Quiddity

The Hindenberg Twittered

What would it be like if The Hindenberg Disaster was Twittered?  Hmmmmmmm.  I'm sorry, but I think Twitter is really f***ing stupid.  There's also something very creepy about it.  I don't want you guys to know what I'm doing every freaking minute of the day.

Link via linkmachingo.

Jack White to play Elvis

Jack White will be playing Elvis Presley in a new biopic parody of Walk the Line.  I'm so going to see this!

Old TV Guide Ads

                     

Great forum post on old TV Guide ads from the 70's to the early 90's.   

Old Wooden Toys

               

Judy's collection of old wooden toys.  Um, they're kinda creepy.  Especially the clowns.  Freaking clowns.

Banned from SNL

How to get banned from SNL.  I think Paris Hilton and Robert De Niro should also be banned from the show for being so painfully unfunny.

Adrien Brody became the latest person banned on May 10, 2003. He came out to introduce reggae musician Sean Paul, while wearing Rastafarian attire including faux dreadlocks. Without any prior notice, Brody began rambling in a Jamaican accent for close to 45 seconds before finally introducing the act incorrectly, misannouncing "Sean Paul" as "Sean John."

Link via freakgirl.

300...The Rated PG Version

Check out the PG version of the 300 movie trailer.  Brush your teeeeth!!!  Heh.

Link via shanmonster.

10 Strange Facts about Einstein

                              

Here's a list of 10 strange facts about Albert Einstein.  One man stole Einstein's brain and took it on a road trip.

… after safeguarding the brain for decades like it was a holy relic — and, to many, it was — he simply, quietly, gave it away to the pathology department at the nearby University Medical Center at Princeton, the university and town where Einstein spent his last two decades.

"Eventually, you get tired of the responsibility of having it. … I did about a year ago," Harvey said, slowly. "I turned the whole thing over last year [in 1998

33 Names

33 names of things you never knew had names.

CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.

I already knew what a zarf was thanks to my favorite transgender character named Zoe!

Link via Amy on the Web.

What the frak?

"'There must be some way out of here,'
Said the joker to the thief.
'There's too much confusion,
I can't get no relief.'"

Battlestar Galactica isn't going to return until 2008?  Um, what the frak?!  I can't wait that long.  Anyway, great finale.  I'm so glad I resisted the temptation to read the spoilers.  Also, I'm ashamed to admit that I had no idea that All Along the Watchtower was originally written by Bob Dylan.

GitM has linked to a great interview with Ron Moore about what happened in the finale.  Now I'm even more confused.  Damn you, Moore!

Bear McCreary talks about creating his version of All Along the Watchtower for the series on his blog.

I happened to catch Ron Moore in the hallway at Universal and, in a brief conversation, got everything I needed to know. I learned that the idea was not that Bob Dylan necessarily exists in the characters' universe, but that an artist on one of the colonies may have recorded a song with the exact same melody and lyrics. Perhaps this unknown performer and Dylan pulled inspiration from a common, ethereal source. Therefore, I was told to make no musical references to any "Earthly" versions, Hendrix, Dylan or any others. The arrangement needed to sound like a pop song that belonged in the Galactica universe, not our own.

The autographs of Jules Verne

                   

The illustrators of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires.

The autographs of Jules Verne (via grow a brain).

Dr. Who Phone Charms

                               

These adorable Dr. Who cellphone charms spin and flash whenever a call comes in.

Link via shiny shiny.