Charles Nelson Reilly, RIP

You've finally made a monkey out of me!

So last night the History Channel aired Planet of the Apes. Did I, um, miss something?

Bully!

Working from home advice

It turns out that when there's a plumber working in a) the bathroom, b) the bedroom whose closet contains the access panels to the pipework in that bathroom, and c) the basement, I'm pretty much forced to stay in the office and get work done. And since the water's off, I can't even use the bathroom. It's great for my productivity, but a bit too expensive to pull off on a regular basis.

More jaw-dropping

There's a wiki for Misfits of Science. It's unsurprisingly sparse, given that it's about a show that didn't make it through the whole 1985-1986 TV season. Teh intarwebs are weird, man.

Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor

I just ran across this line in Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign announcement speech:

"Government exists to protect us from each other."

I'm amazed that any politician -- let alone Ronald Reagan -- actually came out and said it.

Today is the third Monday in May.

Happy Miracle Monday, everyone!

Goodbye, Veronica Mars.

It was fun while it lasted. You rocked.

Awesome sometimes turns up in the unlikeliest places

Longtime readers of this blog know that Roger Ebert is awesome. Now Roger brings word that Rob Schneider, of all people, is also capable of awesome.

Awesome can turn up in the unlikeliest of places. That's part of what makes it awesome.

Mercenaries aren't what they used to be.

Last night on 24 a band of mercenaries in the employ of the evil Chinese diplomat who's been dogging Jack Bauer for the last few seasons attacked CTU, which is fine as a plot development and all, but why on earth did Central Casting hire Hot Cops to play the mercenaries? Were the Gutbusters not available?

Edwards on Bush's veto

Iron Man may not suck.

The final version of the armor actually looks pretty frakkin' cool.