Quote of the Day [6.22.08]

Eagerly I wished the morrow; – vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow – sorrow for the lost Lenore –
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore –
Nameless here for evermore.

Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven

Quote of the Day [6.21.08]

“Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.”

Isaac Asimov

Team Cinzano

Breaking Away is on! And he’s chasing the Italians. That’s how it should be.

You. The bike. Closing the gap on the Italians. Rossinni’s Barber of Seville playing.

As long as those damn Italian bastards don’t fuck with you, it’s a great day to be on a bike.

Why aren’t you out there?

School Rumble 278

School Rumble chapter 278 is pushing Harima and Sawachika closer and closer together. Darn. The noromo in me hates it. The onigiri follower in me hates it, too. Yet it was inevitable.

Save her Harima! You’re our only hope!

Nuke the fridge

Why haven’t I heard about this phrase before? It wants desperately to be the “jump the shark” for the late 00’s. Oh, well, you can’t have it all I guess.

But it does seem to sum up the problem with the movies nowadays. What to do when you’ve place your characters in an unbelievable, tenuous situation? You nuke the fridge! What absurdity! I like that, but it is the worst way to get out of a jam.

Plus, the fridge thing flying over the heads of the doomed nazis was absolutely brilliant. One step further down the bizarre that was Indy 4.