Reading: read (most of) Kelly Link’s Magic For Beginners online, for free, legitimately! (And then read an interview with her at Meeting House Mag.) [via Bookslut] Watching: watch Stalker, online. It’s a movie by the guy who did the good Solaris. What’s not to like? [via Warren Ellis] Listening: all about con men. And by […]
You Know You Want More
Posted by Ben on October 23, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/you-know-you-want-more/
Shocking!
Criggo is my new favorite frivolous blog indulgence.
Posted by Ben on October 16, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/shocking/
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
(2008) dir Guillermo del Toro – w/ Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Doug Jones & Doug Jones, James Dodd, Jeffrey Tambor, Anna Walton, Briane Steele, and John Hurt. Why did Mr. Wink have to be Evil! Synopsis: Evil elvy-type wants to take back earth from greedy, selfish humans. Wants to do so through battle. […]
Posted by Ben on October 14, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/hellboy-2-the-golden-army/
What a difference a year makes in Transformers
Last year at this time I was 81% Jazz; this time around, I’m 84% Optimus Prime. Things are looking Up. (Nothing against Jazz, mind you.) I AM 84% OPTIMUS PRIMETake the Transformers Quiz
Posted by Ben on October 14, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/what-a-difference-a-year-makes-in-transformers/
Books, telling stories
I’ve always wanted to do something like this, but haven’t gotten around to it. Book spines, telling stories. You don’t even need to open them! (via Bookslut via TMN)
Posted by Ben on October 5, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/books-telling-stories/
Once again, “If you give a moose a muffin” comes to the rescue
Filed under Things I Am Bad At: Judge a book by its cover. The goal of this (simple, difficult) game is to guess the average number of stars under the book’s listing on Amazon. You get a running tally of how many you guessed correctly.
Posted by Ben on October 2, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/once-again-if-you-give-a-moose-a-muffin-comes-to-the-rescue/
Headhunter
(2005) dir Paul Tarantino – w/ Benjamin John Carillo as would-be upwardly mobile insurance agent, Mark Aiken as Dougie, Kristi Clainos as Sarah, and Ralph Lister as, apparently, “The Man”. I don’t really remember who that might be. Synopsis: A happy office drone wants a little more out of his workplace environment, and feels he […]
Posted by Ben on September 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/headhunter/
Q: Can you eat asbestos?
Answer: DON’T DO IT! (The question being an actual search query that led someone here. I hope they read beyond the title…)
Posted by Ben on September 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/q-can-you-eat-asbestos/
Think you can fend off a zombie invasion?
Try your hand at a choose-your-own-adventure style zombie movie, online. I don’t know how long it actually can go, what with dying after 3 minutes. Eh. (via MeFi)
Posted by Ben on September 27, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/think-you-can-fend-off-a-zombie-invasion/