The 28-Year Old Disney Virgin
Posted by Simon in Curiosities, Pop Culture on 10. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
Disney World is not meant to be visited by single urban twentysomethings stricken with wanderlust and rife with cynicism. You don’t need to go to there to know this. And yet, there I found myself, along with five other twentysomething friends, jostling amongst parents trying hard not to beat their children and children trying hard [...]
Senior citizen becomes young man (kinda)
Posted by Anupa in Canada, Curiosities on 05. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Weirdest story ever!!! A 20-year-old Chinese man boarded a Canada-bound plane in Hong Kong dressed as an elderly white dude, and emerged himself! WTF? I mean, Halloween was totes LAST WEEK. Mid-flight, he removed the mask, and after initially denying any wrongdoing upon landing, he eventually fessed up and tried to claim refugee status. According [...]
“Jackass 3D” and the mind-blowing thing about modern moviegoing that nobody talks about
Posted by Jef in Curiosities, Film, Pop Culture on 20. Oct, 2010 | 3 Comments
I haven’t seen Jackass 3D, and I probably never will. What I have seen, however, are the trailers, over and over again in front of many of the theatrical releases I’ve watched of late. Here’s the thing, and it’s not particular to Jackass 3D, but to all 3-D movie trailers: WHY AND HOW DO THE [...]
Skinny guys are out, deems Fashion
Posted by Anupa in Curiosities, fashion on 18. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Finally, the fashion industry is coming around to what I’ve been saying for years: skinny guys suck!* According to this story in the New York Times, the scrawny hipster is out and burly, manly men are back in. This is probably more in line with the other size-related fashion spin of the season, “Boobs are [...]
Man, two Kermit puppets perform greatest Queen cover ever
Posted by Simon in Curiosities, Internet on 05. Oct, 2010 | 1 Comment
If this doesn’t make you smile, you have no soul. Sorry, I don’t mean to be all judgy and I swear I’m not, you know, a religious zealot or anything of that sort. But seriously, if watching this man with two Kermit the Frog hand puppets put on the greatest performance of Queen’s “Under Pressure” [...]
