While waiting for my quarterly blood test, I saw this listed as a "toy of the year" in Disney's FamilyFun magazine: Whipple Deluxe Pastry Set With this sweet craft kit, kids can create little confections that look good enough to eat. (But don't do it!)…
Date Archives October 2011
A spoonful of nothing helps the nothing go down
The creators of Big Love are developing China Doll, a drama about a mixed-race family and their humanoid robot. I assume the robot will carry the show, as white male/Asian female couples are typically, not uninteresting, but…vanilla. Idea: A young, half-white, half-Asian professional mysteriously begins…
Gratuitous Film Clip Wednesday
Bullhead is Belgium's 2011 Oscar submission, about a cattle farmer who confronts a horrific childhood trauma (spoiled below). Matthias Schoenaerts' lead performance is tremendous, reminiscent of Tom Hardy in Warrior. #gfcw • Generation X is sick of your bullshit • Aaron Paul will play Bender…
Crimson Hands
Rory: I think I found my Halloween costume. • Las Vegas man with 100-pound scrotum seeks money for surgery He sprinkled baby powder on it — what looked like a huge watermelon encased in a compression bandage — but the unmistakable smell of urine couldn't…
Yellow Belly
Korn (KoRn?) recorded a dubstep album. Family Values Tour 1998 – Where are they now? Korn: dubstep Limp Bizkit: Fred Durst will produce and star in a comedy for CBS Ice Cube: arguing with a bottle of Coors Light Incubus: soft rock Orgy: dubstep Jord:…
Too old to bother, too young to care
The Trip producer Andrew Eaton says that they have been approached by American producers about doing a US version with US actors and says he is open to that. [source] —It could be the third season of Louie. Louis and Pamela. —Steve Carell and Stephen…
It's just rock and roll
• All seven timelines from Remedial Chaos Theory playing at the same time
FuManTunes
After years in development, and this week spent re-designing it from scratch – twice, I am chuffed to finally unveil FuManTunes, the Adam Riff™ Media Empire's music library. Kurt: including vanmega Kurt: sweet Jon: yup. all of our mixes, all of robert's almanacs, and whatever…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
—Heh. Josh Groban is also Walter Jr. —The black teen on Suburgatory was Randy on The Wire?! 41. Winning (Breaking Bad, S04E13) Honourable mention: » Walter mid-self-lobotomy (Fringe, S04E03) » Lenore buys a cake (Hung, S03E02) » Trey records the voice of a Japanese man…