Movie Review: The Vow

On Tuesday night, I saw The Vow (so you don’t have to) courtesy of Gilt City Chicago. They offered a free cocktail hour and free popcorn before the movie. Below are some of my thoughts.

Highlights include:

  • The backside of a naked Channing Tatum (I might not like his face, but from the neck down, he does have a nice body)
  • An argument about cilantro in the first 5 minutes of the movie
  • A shot that was clearly an outtake made it to the final cut (Rachel McAdams spits food in her hair during a date scene)
  • Free wine and popcorn (it counts even if it wasn’t part of the movie right?)

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Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado Have Spoken! Only 42 More Primaries to Go

Santorum and campaign advisor J.P. "Stinky Pete" Johnson claim victory in Colorado.

Colorado has spoken! Oh, and so has Minnesota. Missouri also had a thing, but it’s meaningless yet important. A threefer! So, the Republican race so far — sweater-fetishist Dick Santorum won the near-worthless support of the foul pig-men of Iowa, Massachusetts fancy-lad man-bot Willard “10k” Romney won over the skeptical maple-miners of New Hampshire, loathsome space-beast Newton Leroy Gingrich bamboozled the bog-people and shrimp-herders of South Carolina, and the Massachusetts man-bot broke the tie by winning over the addled elders, ex-pat New Yorkers, and suspicious mer-people of Florida. Continue reading →

Alan Turing Denied Official Pardon for Being Gay

The British government rejected a request today to pardon renowned English mathematician, codebreaker, and computing innovator Alan Turing, who was convicted of gross indecency in 1952. The request for a pardon was initiated by scientists and mathematicians around the world as well as a publicly circulated petition to the government in London.

The online government petition, which was started last year, asked for a pardon that “may act as an apology to many of the other gay men, not as well known as Alan Turing, who were subjected to these laws.” It currently has close to 24,000 signatures. An earlier petition calling for a formal apology prompted then Prime Minister Gordon Brown to write such an apology on behalf of the British government in 2009. Continue reading →