There will be pork in the smokestacks come doomsday

In the midst of all the desolation in Children of Men, there was one little detail that made me smile: At one point, Clive Owen's character goes to see his cousin, who is in charge of a new ministry of Art that is located at the old Battersea Power Station.


I mean, really, if you were an artist that was given control of Battersea Power Station, wouldn't you pay homage to Pink Floyd album covers too?

Just say the word, boss!

It may be because I just saw Children of Men (which is incredibly good, but also bleak and brutal as all get out), but when I read this tonight (Via Think Progress) I got my biggest laugh of the week:

"He's tried this two times - it's failed twice," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says of President Bush's escalation plan. "I asked him at the White House, 'Mr. President, why do you think this time it's going to work?' And he said, 'Because I told them it had to.'" Pelosi reportedly then asked, "Why didn’t you tell them that the other two times?"

I'm guessing, Nancy, that you're quickly realizing what kind of an imbecile you'll be working with for the next two years.

The pinnacle of Geek Culture meeting Technology

It was inevitable: A Soundwave MP3 player



(Via Need Coffee)

And, wouldn't you know it, my MP3 player just broke and I'm in the market (as it were) for a new one!

"Don't Mention the War"

When I saw this story, the first thing that entered my head was the post title above, which is a reference to an episode of Fawlty Towers. Wouldn't you know that the post Think Progress links to for this story uses the same title.

I guess it's a little too obvious. Here's the story:

Rich Little won't be mentioning Iraq or ratings when he addresses the White House Correspondents' Dinner April 21.

Little said organizers of the event made it clear they don't want a repeat of last year's controversial appearance by Stephen Colbert, whose searing satire of President Bush and the White House press corps fell flat and apparently touched too many nerves.

"They got a lot of letters," Little said Tuesday. "I won't even mention the word 'Iraq.'"

Little, who hasn't been to the White House since he was a favorite of the Reagan administration, said he'll stick with his usual schtick -- the impersonations of the past six presidents.

"They don't want anyone knocking the president. He's really over the coals right now, and he's worried about his legacy," added Little, a longtime Las Vegas resident.

Dubya's Daddy famously resurrected Harry Truman's old quote of "If you can't stand the heat, then stay out of the kitchen" during his campaign for President. After reading this little item, I'm guessing it's a damn good thing Dubya isn't running again for both ours and his sakes.

C'mon, George! Where's that shit-kickin' good ol' country boy from Texas who'll stare down the terrorists when the wussy Democrats would bow before their feet? Never mind Osama Bin Laden. Bush can't even face Rich Little without having a fainting spell, apparently.

Segways are for preschoolers. Prepare to graduate

From Popular Science to Katsuhiro Ôtomo to a guy named Kerry McLean (via Boing Boing):

All Elizabeth, All the time

Yes, we have more pictures of upcoming releases, but it has nothing to do with pirates this time.

Mrs. Mosley has been on a Queen Elizabeth kick lately, enjoying rebroadcasts of The Virgin Queen on PBS (We have yet to see Helen Mirren's Golden Globe winning take on the Queen in Elizabeth I). When we found out that Cate Blanchett and director Shekhar Kapur were going to continue the story they started in 1998's Elizabeth, we were both very excited.

The new film is titles The Golden Age and is set to be released in October of 2007. Here are a couple of sumptuous preview pics to whet your appetite: