Get Cynical

I’m traveling this week and won’t be back until the 4th. I won’t be updating the blog but I will be tweeting periodically.

From CNN:

The cause of death is unknown. Police said there were no signs of forced entry to the residence and there is no suspected foul play.

Mays was on a US Airways flight from Philadelphia that had a hard landing Saturday at Tampa International Airport after the front tire of the plane blew out.

After the flight, Mays told a Tampa TV station, “All of a sudden as we hit, you know, it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.”

His last update on Twitter was about the landing.

Now, all we have left for tv pitchmen is Vince: (audio NSFW)

From Cincinnati Enquirer.

Long format commercial for the new Beatles: Rock Band game

One star Amazon reviews of classic movies, music and literature. Today we take a look at Dune:

A hatful of people with unreadable alien names, and a central character called Paul. Vastly advanced civilisations who retain a totally monarchic society. Never have so many dreadful Science Fiction cliches been brought together in one book. Ghastly.

This book brought me near suicide. I was so depressed after reading this pie that I wanted to go eat a goat.

One of the worste books of all time, I feel.
Actually… I couldnt make it past page 50. I usually give all books 100 pages, but I just could not stand it. It is written with a slight yoda like way. I just could not stand it.
Though, the movies arent really all that bad though.

Prose that would make a Dungeons and Dragon novel blush, boring , narcassistic characters, plot goes nowhere…1 star

This is a chore. I don’t go for complex storylines and this book is the worst of the worst for those. I kept turning back to read over parts I had not taken in the first time, and in the end I gave up. I got to almost half-way, but I had lost interest way before then.

AN UTTERLY ABSURD AND INORDINATLY LONG BOOK THAT INEXPLICABLY SPAWNED NUMEROUS SEQUELS THAT RESIDE ON THE SAME LITERARY LEVEL AS THE ORIGINAL.BORDOM, POMPOSITY AND PRETENTOUSNESS DO NOT A GOOD BOOK MAKE AND THAT IS PERHAPS MORE EVIDENT HERE THAN IN ANY OTHER BOOK I HAVE EVER READ.THE PLOT IS BIZARRE AND STRONGLY AKIN TO THOSE OF THE 50′S B-MOVIES THAT WE ARE SO APT TO FORGET,THE DIALOGUE IS LEADEN AND THE STYLE IS HEAD GRINDINGLY BAD.

There are some good things in Dune. But the bad swamps the good. Clumsy writing, heavy-handed symbolism, self-righteousness, unbelievable dialogue, characters even a comic book would blush at. A book that insults the intelligence at every level.

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Chiquita

CleoCatra

Teddy Bear

Comedian, actress, and grandmother, Abbi Crutchfield, is sharing pictures of her family of felines from back home:

This is Chiquita (14), mother of Teddy Bear (12) and CleoCatra (12).

Chiquita passed away some months ago. She was a tortie and looked like her daughter Teddy Bear, and Cleo is a tabby with some of her mommy’s peach coloring. I had to leave these ladies behind when I moved to NYC, but Mom takes care of them.

BTW, if you’re in NYC you can catch Abbi and her brand spanking new hubby Luke host their comedy show, The Living Room, tonight at 8pm.

From Michelle:

Hope you have just as chill a weekend as my kitten Andrew DanJumbo, who knows how to relax!