Day: July 2, 2008

Apostles Gone Wild?

Via TV Squad, I learn that Heidi Montag, of MTV’s The Hills — which I feel fortunate to have never seen — recently compared herself to Jesus:

It began when she was accused of spreading rumors about an alleged sex tape of Lauren, another cast member. “I don’t even want to talk about that. There were rumors about a sex tape, but I had nothing to do with that. God knows the truth in all of this, and at the end of the day, that is the only thing that matters. Jesus was persecuted, and I’m going to get persecuted, ya know? But it doesn’t matter to me,” said Montag.

Funny, but I don’t remember Jesus’ sex tape rumors…

Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.

A couple of recently discovered neat web tools:

  • Add-Art — It replaces online advertising with art. So far I’m really liking it, not least of all because it’s built on Adblock Plus, which is doing a great job. [via]
  • The Awesome Highlighter — I haven’t used it much yet, but I can definitely see the appeal. It does exactly what you’d think — highlights pages — and you can see a sample in action here. [via]

“BOO!” shouted the Alien

I love Mike Sterling‘s kiddie version of Alien:

“BOO!” shouted the Alien, and Ripley cried out in surprise.“That wasn’t a very nice thing to do!” Ripley scolded, shaking her finger at the Alien. “You really scared me!”

“Gosh,” said the Alien. “I was just trying to have a little fun. I didn’t mean to really frighten you!” The Alien looked sad.

More — though not nearly enough — here.

Also amusing: this Terminator vs. Highlander – The Sarah Connor McLeod Chronicles parody. Via SF Signal.

An unbearable crime

From Kaleidotrope contributor Edd Vick (“Guy, Sky High,” October ’07), I learn of this $2 million museum heist at the University of British Columbia. Apparently, campus security were fooled by a phone call that told them to ignore security alarms, but it’s this part that really struck me:

Then, as the lone guard working overnight in the museum that night left for a smoke break, the thief or thieves broke in, wearing gas masks and spraying bear spray to slow down anyone who might stumble across them.

Maybe it’s a Canadian thing, or maybe I just don’t have the mindset of an art thief, but I don’t think bear spray would be the first thing I’d reach for.

Prose and cons

In his comments to this post, Eric B. hopes that my herniated disc won’t upset my plan to attend our upcoming L.A. capfest in September.

I really hope not. But I am, unfortunately, thinking about canceling my plans for Readercon in a couple of weeks. I’m not sure 4+ hours in the car by myself, followed by 2-3 days of sitting at panels, is quite what the doctor ordered right now. The good news is, if I cancel my hotel reservation now, I’ll only be out-of-pocket the $40 conference registration fee.

The bad news, of course, is that I don’t get to go. (Although I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t been a little nervous about attending all by myself.)