Mon, Dec
22
2008

End of the Year Tid-Bits

TIME Magazine has come out with an issue full of Top 10 Lists, covering various subjects…and on this snowy day in the middle of (god help us all) SNOWMAGEDDON, I thought I’d share a few silly absurdities with you…

(1) From Top 10 QUOTES

“Think of us like a coast guard.”

—SUGULE ALI, spokesman for a group of Somali pirates, rationalizing their seizure of a Ukranian ship off the coast of Somalia on Sept.24th

…and for more absurdity…

“So?”

—DICK CHENEY, when told that two-thirds of Americans did not support the war in Iraq

(2) From Top 10 RELIGION STORIES

“Extraterrestrials may already be saved,” says a Vatican astronomer (confirmation pending)

I’m trying hard not to imagine what a Klingon saviour must be like…but it’s nothing compared to this last tid-bit…

(3) From Top 10 MOVIES

SPEED RACER: With its delirious precision, non-stop Op art, and virtual virtuosity, it’s the future of film.

Which begs the question…why did NO ONE bother to go SEE IT? Perhaps people saw the future…and stayed at home with their supply of Gravol, to avoid the sick bucket…?