Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
These are not Final Fantasy Chocobos. They’re Toyotas. But if they were, I guess they’d look like this? Or maybe they’d be fluffier? Not sure, but what is sure is that Toyota has once again teamed up with Square Enix to sell Japanese people cars. Chocobos, of course, are those big, flightless bird creatures Final…
The best series finales ever “Newhart,” “The Last Newhart,” 1990 “Newhart,” in which Bob Newhart played a Vermont innkeeper, though amiable, was less memorable than its predecessor, “The Bob Newhart Show.” And, indeed, the show was, in its final minutes, dismissed as ancillary to “The Bob Newhart Show,” when Newhart woke up to his “Bob…
Ad Injection:topSix years into his Presidential term, Barack Obama has finally joined Twitter. According to a White House blog post, Obama’s new account, @POTUS, “will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him. President Obama is committed to making his Administration the most open…
Look, movie villains’ plans never make perfect sense. That’s the price we pay so we can watch our heroes foil them with explosions and clever witticisms, and it’s a price we pay gladly. But while we don’t expect our bad guys to be infallible geniuses, we at least expect them to not be actively tripping…
In my experience, kids are pretty dumb, so it seems like getting them to buy something should be simple: Make it a bright color, attach a speaker that plays loud noises, and all the kids in the store will fall over themselves in an attempt to swallow it. Then they’ll demand a 3 a.m. trip…
The Cannes Film Festival is reportedly not allowing women into screenings if they’re wearing flat shoes. I’m not sure I could’ve come up with a better metaphor for sexism in the film industry if I was really, really trying. If you wrote this into a novel about sexism in the film industry, it would seem…
At least the repetitiveness is pretty cool. Why People Are Still Playing ‘Destiny’ | Cracked.com.
Above, Le Musée National du Moyen-Âge (otherwise known as The National Museum of the Middle Ages) and The University of Geneva recreate fight scenes from the 15th century, demonstrating the movements and techniques of combatants who clanked around in full suits of armor. If you’re like me, you’re watching with surprise — surprised by their agility and dexterity….
Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) and Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) on Game of Thrones. Courtesy of Helen Sloan/HBO Another season of Game of Thrones, another Internet rage-fest over having to witness another major female character suffer a rape. For many fans who were appalled at the horrible scene of Jaime Lannister raping his sister/lover Cersei last season,…
Since being fired by ESPN, Bill Simmons has sent multiple goodbye emails to members of the Grantland staff. Here is a portion of one of them: Wanted to tell you that it looks like I am done being involved with Grantland. Can’t say much here for obvious reasons, at least for now—I know you understand….