Coming Attractions: Iron Man 3 Finds Tony Stark in a Dark Place

Well, it looks like Tony is plagued by some sort of superhero complex. One that conjures nightmares and an unfathomable foreboding. Well, one could say that’s because he has a habit of pissing off the bad guys, and that could make it a little tough at all those villain UN meetings, eh? Is our normally jovial, cocksure crime fighter suddenly feeling a little unsure of himself and his abilities? That’s the premise to Marvel’s latest offering. Tony Stark, a man conflicted. Continue reading

The Presidential Debate Nobody Will See

Barely 24 hours after the final Presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama wraps up in Satan’s Backwash, Florida, a collection of third-party candidates will take to the stage (and the Internet!) to present to Americans a wider spectrum of ideas than the ones voters will hear on Monday night.

Staged by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation and hosted by the ghost of CNN’s credibility as a news organization widely watched cable channel, candidates from the far right and left will present the case to American voters for a much wider political discussion.  Continue reading

Presidential Debate Liveblog: Around the World in 90 Minutes

We live in a world where new threats constantly emerge, power structures are frequently in flux and diplomacy is increasingly important to those who hold power. As leader of the free world (in theory) the President of the United States must posses a nuanced and thoughtful world view.

The best way for candidates to display that worldview is in a series of soundbites spread out over 90 minutes to an audience of folks who would have a hard time finding the Middle East on a map. Fortunately, we’ll hear nothing of the President’s secret war, nor of Mitt Romney’s dis-interest in putting a stop to it. Nor will we hear about the vast powers to make war that the Executive branch has accumulated in the last 30 years, because acknowledging it might mean giving some of them back.

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Behold the Existence of Viral Video Trolling

Haha. Made you look. That’s really what this video auteur should have said once this damnable thing started rolling. Titled “How To Pick Up A Girl,” it’s both a literal example of doing so, with the added benefit of “How to Potato Sack Throw A Girl” as an added bonus. Oh, joy. What fun we can all have on the interwebz. Continue reading

QOTD: What’s in Your Car?

My house is usually reasonably clean and tidy, but my car is a pigsty.

It’s not utterly gross, there’re no food remains anywhere. But there is Stuff. I throw stuff in it, and it’s never seen again.  Donations for charity have spent an entire summer in the back seat, except for a week when it was moved to the trunk because people were visiting and I needed the seat for them.

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