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(07/28/09 5:01am)
Let's talk about Funny People. Note the capitalization, so we're not actually talking about humorous things, of jokes and quips that we find hilarious via our own thought processes. We're talking about the upcoming film, with a title just as brilliant as those cinema classics, "Guns 'n Stuff," "A Breakup, Followed by Moping, Followed by Prince Charming," and "Buy These Toys." Since it hasn't hit the theaters yet, I can't really editorialize on the content of the film itself, just on the way in which it's being presented.
(07/25/09 9:40pm)
Every kid, whether it be when they ride their bike right into a shrub, fail to hit a baseball off of a tee or decide that bagel bites belong in the DVD player, is told by their parents that they need to learn from their mistakes. There's a reason you don't see many people in their thirties prodding electrical outlets with forks and CEOs don't put on Superman underoos and think they can fly. It's the simple idea that if you do something wrong, you admit to it and move on with your life, knowing one more thing you shouldn't repeat.
(07/24/09 3:09am)
Are they gone? Did every single foreign computer user abandon their post and run off to tip over old ladies, or whatever it is non-Americans do? You're sure it's just us?
(07/22/09 6:01am)
Kids are often compared to sponges, absorbing everything they see and experience then presumably, scrubbed against the backs of the geriatric or on a crusty plate. The key element of that absorbency is how there are no barriers to exactly what is taken in. Toss a sponge onto a puddle, and its response will be akin to the result of tossing it on some soda.
(07/21/09 8:38pm)
(07/17/09 5:33am)
It was reported earlier this week that a military robot, the Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR, aren't they cute with their acronyms?) would have the ability to feast upon the remains of dead people. This assertion has since been retracted and corrected, since there was a bit of dismay at the thought of an army of self-sustaining mechanized warriors going from battle to battle, flaying the human populace and then sitting down to chow, complete with steel bibs and $1,000 Pentagon-designed silverware.
(07/16/09 6:44pm)
Mommy, keep the Glenn Beck away from me...
(07/16/09 3:58am)
Don't get me wrong here, I love Thomas Pynchon and his labrythntine, self-indulgent and completely enthralling prose. But the cover for his new book, "Inherent Vice," is just mind-bogglingly terrible.
(07/14/09 8:58pm)
To further integrate ourselves with technology (and qualify for the "cyborg" tax deduction) we'll be having our very first liveblog set up tonight, in celebration of this year's All-Star game. Now, I can't guarantee that it'll go on for the entire game, seeing as to how last year's matchup lasted for about three decades, but give it a look at 8 p.m. by clicking on the link below.
(07/14/09 8:53pm)
(07/14/09 4:04am)
Every so often, stagnation settles into areas of our lives that were once vibrant. Let's use a pond as a metaphor for my own excitement over music (or hipster trash, if you want to call it that).
(07/13/09 5:36am)
Only on Fox News can you hear the following...
(07/13/09 5:16am)
The "Bruno" press assault has finally left town (but don't worry, in a few years when Sacha Baron Cohen disguises himself as a Brazilian woman to expose the prejudices against the opposite sex in "Bertha" the same media blitzkrieg will take place) and I can't help but be simultaneously smug and disappointed in its wake.
(07/09/09 5:34pm)
Then you're looking at a much better Internet than I am.
(07/08/09 7:12pm)
It's a nice feeling when you trump a few media outlets on a story, isn't it? Earlier this year, we reported on how much of a bust Youtube is turning out to be, from a financial standpoint, and now both the Independent and Gawker have reported on the same matter (though the $470 million loss we originaly reported has been toned down to $380 at most). This story has resurfaced around the same time as the record industry settled a long-standing feud with Internet radio and Google's announcement of its jump into the operating systems market. What a wild time for all of the webaholics, no?
(07/07/09 7:56pm)
I just happened to stumble upon the ability for to transfer my hypemachine account onto the blog, which means that all of you loyal readers get to take a peek into what I'm tuned into music-wise. For everyone who doesn't know, hypemachine is a site that hosts a bunch of songs that a multitude of blogs post about, giving you the chance to stream the tunes and favorite the ones you want to keep a hold of. Now of course, hypemachine is rather remix-heavy and topical, so it doesn't exactly toss the best music in the world out there.
(07/07/09 1:32am)
Yes, it's old news that Sarah Palin is unpredictable and, in a move that some would liken to hopping onto a crazy train to Looneyville, will be resigning as governor and starting her run for the presidency in 2012 (well, that last part isn't official...yet). But I have to giver her credit for the brilliance of her timing, tossing a bomb into the crowd right when the crowd scatters to distant lands. Everyone knows that if you're going to do something stupid, or try and drag a skeleton out of your closet, down the steps and toss it into your neighbor's yard, you do it before a big holiday weekend filled with food and shimmery things.
(06/30/09 12:26am)
UPDATE: Pennsylvania State Senator John Eichelberger, during a radio debate on June 19, revealed his thoughts about his attitude toward homosexuals.
(06/27/09 1:13am)
It is not the death of Michael Jackson that is being universally mourned by the world. To many, his death occured admist the decade-long period of constant ridicule and allegation of child abuse and bodily reconstruction. To others, he died in the same way that cultural icons tend to, no longer relevant, with only a back-catelogue providing them with any shred of decency as most people moved away from his accomplishments as an artist. There were still a great many supporters, a sizeable contingent of people who still clung to every track he released after his retreat into reclusion (as scarce as they may have been), but their numbers and their sorrow is enveloped in this massive outpouring of lamentation that has posessesed the media (the Internet in particular, as it's estimated that at least 30 percent of all Tweets have something to do with Jackson).
(06/24/09 7:34pm)
We here at the Pendulum aren't immune to jumping on the bandwagon, so take a peek at our new Twitter, I'm sure it'll have all of the wit and brillance of the blog, only ridiculously shortened and littered with tinyurls...