Fa. La-la-la... La

Posted by Zardoz on Fri, Aug 7th 2009, 7:20 am

I'm glad this website is so excited that they've scored a "William Shatner singing a Christmas carol" exclusive and I'm glad sales will benefit Shatner's Hollywood Charity Horse Show, but could the site look a little more like it came from 1995?

Holy Time Machines, Batman.

There's no indication what the song is from what I can tell. I'm hoping for "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and not "Deck the Halls."

Source: http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page7.html

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Aesop's "Crows"

Posted by Zardoz on Thu, Aug 6th 2009, 12:54 pm

One of Aesop's fables may have been based on fact, scientists report.

In the tale, written more than 2,000 years ago, a crow uses stones to raise the water level in a pitcher so it can reach the liquid to quench its thirst.

Now a study published in Current Biology reveals that rooks, a relative of crows, do just the same when presented with a similar situation.

Full article below:

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8181233.stm

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To Be... (in 2010)

Posted by Zardoz on Thu, Aug 6th 2009, 11:25 am

David Tennant's (and Patrick Stewart's) Hamlet will air in the US on PBS as part of the network's "Great Performances" series in 2010.

Source: http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/

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Dinobots

Posted by Zardoz on Wed, Aug 5th 2009, 7:51 am

No, not these. Instead it's an arena show based on the BBC series Walking With Dinosaurs using giant robotic dinosaur puppets. If we ignore the lessons of Westworld, then this would be something that little 8-year-old Zardoz wouldn't have been able to love more.

Heck, I loved this. Giant robotic dinosaur puppets would probably have made my head explode. I mean, I love all of those words.

Source: http://www.wired.com/

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Star Wars In Concert

Posted by Zardoz on Fri, Jul 31st 2009, 11:30 am

I know this is just another way to give George Lucas money, but it caught my interest. At least it features one of the best things ever associated with Star Wars: the music.

More information below or visit the official website here.

Since it's a "worldwide" tour I assume they'll continue to add more dates as time goes on.

Source: http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/11388.shtml

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"Alien" Autopsy

Posted by Zardoz on Fri, Jul 31st 2009, 7:12 am

It looks like they're going to attempt to raise the Alien franchise from the dead once again.

The potentially bad: Prequel. Almost never a good idea.

The potentially good: Ridley Scott attached to return as director.

More from Variety below:

Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006722.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

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Holy Naked Adam West

Posted by Zardoz on Fri, Jul 31st 2009, 6:50 am

Well, Bat-Fans, this is as close as you're going to get to a 60's-era Batman release on home video for a while so get it now if that's your bag. Adam West releases a two-disc set of his recollections from the series titled Adam West Naked.

Source: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Batman-Adam-West-Naked/12403

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Can't we all just get along over a beer?

Posted by Starbuck on Thu, Jul 30th 2009, 12:06 pm

Once again beer enters the national headlines. This time President Obama tries to patch up race relations over a couple of brewskies.

On the one hand- I know for a fact that most of my more brilliant ideas occurred after a few (dozen) sips of some sort of alcoholic beverage.

On the other hand- I can't for the life of me remember any of them.

But I think it's worth a shot. With a beer chaser.

Source: http://rawstory.com/

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Tested in Wisconsin

Posted by Zardoz on Thu, Jul 30th 2009, 8:03 am

We all knew this, but the old slogan for Guinness may just be true: "Guinness is Good for You."

More from the BBC below. Thanks to Blendergirl for pointing this one out. Also kudos to my browser spell-checker for knowing that "Guinness" is correctly spelled and "Guiness" was a typo.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3266819.stm

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TrekFest 2009 Revisited

Posted by Zardoz on Wed, Jul 29th 2009, 3:13 pm

The pictures for this year's TrekFest are posted over at BIYF (link below).

Old news, to be sure, but you can bet there are way more pictures of green women than NOTE posted on Facebook.

Source: http://www.biyf.com/sga/06_27_09.php

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