I saw the new Harry Potter movie the other night, and while it was mostly okay, I was reminded of something that has always annoyed me about the Harry Potter books and movies. This is the game of Quidditch: the stupidest fictional sport ever devised.
The reason Quidditch is so stupid is, of course, the presence [...]
I pulled this off of Foreign Policy, where it’s explained that Hamas has accused Israel of tampering with chewing gum and allowing it to cross the border into Gaza in a diabolical scheme to enhance the sex drives of the locals.
And this is why I keep a box in my head marked “Stupid Things [...]
This weekend, I had the misfortune of watching The Haunting in Connecticut. Instead of trying to explain just how horrible this movie is, I shall provide a succinct summary of the plot in five easy steps, and let you decide for yourself:
1. The words “Based On A True Story” flash on the screen. Uh-oh. Meet [...]
Yes, this is the lazy man’s post. But this, courtesy of The Onion, is a fine piece of reporting on a sensitive subject.
I am friends with a large number of- now, I’m not sure how to phrase this without getting myself into trouble- clever boys. You know, boys who wear glasses and enter science expos and debating competitions. Boys who start blogs and who write for magazines. Boys who talk about politics and help me with the [...]
I went to see Transformers, the new one, last night and I am not happy. I would like to write a lengthier article on it, but I need some time to gather my thoughts.
Let me just briefly say one thing: Michael Bay. Why did I let my friend Mikhail convince me to watch another Michael [...]
I recently had the rather random opportunity to watch an episode of Pinky and the Brain and it immediately sucked me back into my childhood days of watching KTV at my grandparents’ house after school. It also made me think about the way that my grandfather used to smother eggs in a thick layer of [...]
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