Month: February 2007

At one point or another, haven’t we all wanted to set Nicholas Cage’s head on fire:

When viewers of Nicolas Cage’s upcoming Ghost Rider see him transform into a demonic avenger with a flaming skull, they will be looking at Cage’s actual skull, director Mark Steven Johnson told SCI FI Wire. Johnson decided to base the Ghost Rider’s signature noggin on Cage’s actual head after an early version of the image appeared on the Internet and garnered scathing reviews from fans.

Now, any movie based on a concept as, let’s face it, ridiculous as Ghost Rider is going to be an uphill battle. But the commercials I’ve seen really haven’t impressed me. And then there are these flash banner ads that seem to slow my browser to a halt…

I read some really good things about Joe Hill‘s first book, the short story collection 20th Century Ghosts, so I bought a copy. It hasn’t arrived yet, but now I read this, a review in The New York Times of his first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, and I’m starting to maybe worry. How can you not when with a review that says, quote, “This really doesn’t count as novel writing at all, does it?”

The story itself didn’t really interest me, but the Sci-Fi Wire headline… “Gap Gets Prehistoric”…

How much do you think a paleolithic stretch hoodie goes for nowadays? Do you think Cro-Magnons prefered a simple t-shirt and jeans or maybe some khakis and a sweater? (Or do you think they shopped at Old Navy?)

From Minor Tweaks:

Number of months I’ve given myself to cut down on my swearing so that our infant son doesn’t talk like a rapper/longshoreman: 3

Which leads me to wonder: are there any longshoreman rappers? MC Stevedore, perhaps? Just wondering.