The Origins of Valentine’s Day
Far from being a Hallmark holiday, or relating to the death of some guy by some tigers or something, Valentine’s Day has a noble history.
Deep in the Mines of Moria, during the splendour of the Second Age, The dwarves carved out enough mithril to forge the Soup Tin of Gor Daleth. This Soup Tin, it was said, when soup was pored forth from it, caused an enchantment. The drinker of the soup would be overcome by a warm fuzzy feeling, such that he might feel a compulsion to make a home with a fair maiden, and begin a family.
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Peter Gabriel’s Newest Album is a Loving Tribute …to Comas
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I love me some Peter Gabriel. I really do. So imagine my delight when I found out there was a free stream of his latest recording “Scratch My Back” available online. He covers some of his favourite artists, like David Bowie, Radiohead, Paul Simon, Arcade Fire and Neil Young. In turn, all those artists will do an album of Peter Gabriel covers called “I’ll Scratch Yours.”
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Super Retro Casting Couch Special: Bloom County : The Movie
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No there hasn’t been an announcement, no plans of any kind that I know of. I was just re-reading some of my Bloom County books last night. Bloom County was a staple of my high school years, and probably largely responsible for my leftist political leanings. The strip is definitely responsible for me exclaiming “Dandy!” more often than any sane person should in everyday conversation. As I was chuckling away down memory lane last night I started thinking about how a Bloom County movie might go.
I am making the following assumptions…it would be live action, with the animals being CGI ala Garfield. The Children would be unknown but talented child actors. There would probably be at least 1 musical number. And it would bomb horribly at the box office. But let’s press on and cast it anyway shall we?
CORRECTING: How to fix The Phantom Menace
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With this article, we embark on a bold new task: Correct that which needs Correcting. To that end, we focus today on the most reviled of the Star Wars films: Episode I, The Phantom Menace.
This task is not an easy one, for there is much that needs fixing.
1) As the point of the exercise is to Correct, any mockery of the source material must be relevant, on point, or incredibly funny.
2) No new characters are allowed, unless justification for their necessity can be made. Existing characters may be removed.
3) Any solutions provided, by The Correctness or comment posters, is subject to ridicule and nitpicking.
4) There is no collaboration between The Correctness, nor do we read one another’s entries until after posting our own.
Preview of Coming Attractions: Valentine’s Rant
Starting Monday, The Correctness will bring you 7 days of brief posts on how much I hate Valentine’s day.
Look forward to such comments as “Commercialism aside, Valentine’s Day also sucks because love does not exist”.
Zing! Pow! Stay Tuned!