Archive for January, 2010

I’ve Got To Hand This Over Too?!

January 25th, 2010 – 12:37 pm
Tagged as: Observational

Dammit.
I’ve been pretty vocal about my love for Nikola Tesla. I’ve even flipped Edison the bird in Tesla’s honor.
Now the Wall Street Journal (of all places) is reporting that Tesla is in vogue.
Tesla, in short, is cool.

(I’ll let this one slide… but only because it’s you, Bowie.)
I’m happy for you Tesla, and frankly I’m ecstatic that more [...]

What about Jimmy!?

January 12th, 2010 – 11:21 pm
Tagged as: Observational

Oh man is it a mess over at NBC right now.

After the Late Night switch up which landed Conan O’Brien “The Tonight Show” and Jimmy Fallon “Late Night“, NBC just couldn’t give up Jay Leno.
In the network’s infinite wisdom they gave Leno his own one hour show (aptly named “The Jay Leno Show,” which is [...]

Why Shitty Movies Break Records

January 8th, 2010 – 7:35 pm
Tagged as: Observational

Avatar just grossed over $1.14 Billion globally.

Yeah, I just said “billion,” and that’s in less than 3 weeks.

The movie studios like to tout how each consecutive movie they release brings in more and more money. Every big movie that comes out seems to break some previous box office record.
Hell, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is highest [...]