Previously on Adam Riff™: Enough already. I feel like we've pushed bacon as far as it can go. For the entire month of February, I, Michael J. Nelson will eat nothing but bacon. Nothing, my friends, but bacon. [source] I spoke too soon. • Blink-182…
Date Archives February 2009
Cut Your Ribbon
My boss entered my office and closed the door. "Order #4546. The customer says he returned it because you weren't nice to him on the phone." "What?" "He didn't like your tone." "Was I too matter-of-fact?" "He says you sounded like your father owned the…
Cataract
SF Indie Fest begins tomorrow. Short film highlights: Burr A group of teenagers settle a score with a traditional pistol duel. Mombies Night of the Living Dead in a world overrun by breeders. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon The never-ending torture…
The little victories and the tiny defeats
George Lucas couldn't conceive a better name. "Barkevious Mingo and Wendell T. Wolf!" Oh man… UCLA offered him. From Freakonomics, my favourite name of all time: Roland G. Fryer Jr., while discussing his names research on a radio show, took a call from a black…
Groundhog sees shadow; Six more weeks of people arguing this somehow refutes global warming
Federer's totally thinking about clobbering Nadal with his plate. If tennis was wrestling, Roger would soon turn heel outright. But tennis is wrestling! A small group of main eventers. A large group of jobbers. Masculine women. Rowdy fans with signs. Silly patriotism. Gimmicks (surfaces, "I…
Domingo Gigante
What would be the most DEPRESSING three-song set Bruce could play at the SB? Like, imagine if he came out and sang, "Meeting at the River," followed by "Nebraska," then he finished it up with "When You're Alone"? [source]