Pointless Uselessness Revisited

Wow. Writing about nothing really kick-started my interest in blogging again!

Ultimate Brian (Or Bryan)

I was just thinking about the weird connection between Ultimate X-men and people named Brian (or some variation thereof). While the series' first writer was named Mark (Millar to those not in the know), he was succeeded by Brian Michael Bendis, who, after finishing his run, was replaced by Brian K. Vaughan. Soon, we'll be getting those much fabled issues written (or supervised or whatevered) by Bryan Singer (yes, THAT Bryan Singer). What up with this? Coincidence? Nepotism toward people named a certain way? Karma? An evil plot by Dr. Doom? How did this happen?! Something else to ask is: Who'll be following Singer's run? Will Vaughan return and maintain the Brian lineage. Will they get someone else named Bri(y)an? Will the next writer, whether he/she is a true Brian, officially change their name TO Brian if necessary to maintain the pattern? Will we get Brian Brubaker, Bryan Ellis or B. Michael Straczynski? Only time will tell.

Pointless (But Fun) Competition

Well, I've been cleaning up fairly nicely in some online competitions lately.

At Snark Free Waters there was a Battle of the Bands contest to see who could come up with a band that could possibly compete with this. Apparently my band came extremely close to getting the nod. Even better is that the band my guys lost to is amazing. I don't mind losing if it's to something this good. Check out the entries here (all of them were great, and I don't just mean the winner's and my own) and the results here.

Also, at the Code Lyoko forum at tv.com, there have been weekly-ish caption contests. The judge, Dylan, posts some pictures and we get to come up with funny stuff to write about them. Dylan picks his three favorite captions for each pictures and awards points to the writers. A running total of points is kept. This last week, the third contest ran and I'm already tied for second place in the running. Pretty good considering I missed the first contest and didn't place in the second. Click here to see the winners (You'll have to scroll down a bit). My tv.com username is magnus4001, by the way.

Pointless Uselessnes

Boy, having a blog sure can be fun when you've got stuff to write about. Unfortunately for me, I've been running dry this last little while.

Insomnia bites, by the way.

I Couldn't Make This Up If I Tried

Click here to read the bizarre story of a woman who inexplicably became a man overnight.

I'm especially enjoying the strongly-implied sexism on the part of all the Myanmaris (Or whatever a resident of Myanmar would be called). It's pretty clear being male is much preferable to being female in Myanmar.

I, Powdered Toastman, Promise to Relieve the American People of Their Basic Human Rights

Check it out! I'm in line to be commander in chief of the United States! And I'm not even American!

Click here to get in line!

NASA Has Killed Us All! Run For The Hills!

So, NASA's being sued for performing an experiment on a comet. Apparently, this experiment will... DOOM US ALL! But, even if it doesn't, the person who filed this still feels that her morality has been compromised. But it could be made better... if NASA pays her $300 million! Truly a woman of honor.

Read This Please (Just Click Here)

In response to what's recently happened in Britain, Paul O'Brien posted this.

A Reality Show for Those of Us Who Don't Like Reality Shows... Take 2

I've got yet another new idea for a reality show that those of us who are cynical about the genre might dig: It takes place in a real mental hospital and, basically, just presents the daily lives of the inmates there. It'd be like The Osbournes, but at least 17 times more demented. Lots of sick, twisted fun!

Even Computer Sprites Can Procrastinate

"I come from the net. From systems, peoples and cities... to this place, Mainframe! My format: Guardian. To mend and defend. To defend my newfound friends, their hopes and dreams. To defend them from... their enemies!"

(Instrumental interlude)

"They say the user lives outside the net, and inputs games for pleasure. No one knows for sure... but I intend to find out!"

This is the opening narration from first two season of the TV show ReBoot. The series' main character, Bob, recites this at the beginning of every episode, so it must be important. So, how come Bob never actually finds out about the user? In fact, he never even tries! Maybe his speech should go:

"They say the user lives outside the net, and inputs games for pleasure. No one knows for sure... but I intend to find out... when the writers finally get around to letting me!"

LazyTown Revew

First, it was Code Lyoko. Now it's LazyTown as I continue to review TV shows you've probably never heard of. Just click the entry header and enjoy.

Timberlake as Two-Face?! Garg!

I cannot describe how utterly wrong this is. Even the possibilty that it could be true is... I don't know. There isn't a word. Garg.

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Remind me to NEVER again try to tinker with the options to anything late at night. Spent about half-an-hour trying to get the link field up. It's there now, but when I started I was tired. I don't know what I am now that I've finished.

The Astonishing Two!

Well, I've been blogging for about a month and my current comment total: 2! And, get this, one of them was posted by me as a response to someone else's comment! Oh, I am feeling loved, I am.

WWE Draft Picks, Week 4

I'm running out of things to write for this, so I'll make this quick. We rap up this week's draft with two Smackdown stars heading to Raw, while two from Raw are tranfered to Smackdown.

For this final week, Raw gets the fantastic RVD, who was also a part of last year's draft. They also get the Big Show.

Meanwhile, Christian heads over to Smackdown. I have no idea what to say about this. More interesting is that he's joined by Heavyweight champ, Batista, which finally solves that problem of the lop-sided title assignments. No Smackdown championship will be introduced. It was all just to fake us out. It had me fooled.

To wrap things up, a bunch of second-stringers are being traded between the two shows. Not too much of interest here, except for Chavo Guerrero's move to Raw. Unless he's picked up some weight and is now in the heavyweight division, this seems an odd move since the Cruiserweight championship is still with Smackdown, as are (To my knowledge) all the company's other cruiserweights. Also worth noting is the break-up of the Basham Brother tag tea as Danny Basham also goes to monday nights. Strangely, Smackdown get Sylvain Grenier, late of La Resistance, while Raw receives Renee Dupree, former member of that same team until he headed to Smackdown last year. I guess we'll have to see what's up for La Resistance. Will Renee rejoin? Or is this the end of the team? Come to think of it, I don't really care. I never liked that team.

I shouldn't write when I'm tired. Otherwise, this might have been more interesting to read. Sorry.