I can't write a witty title. I'm too busy geeking out.

Last year, Mrs. Mosley got the sudden bug to own a Nintendo DS. I certainly wasn't opposed to the idea, so we explored the option. Eventually, her desire ebbed and we ended up not laying down $130 for the system and however much more for games.

A tip today from Red and White has suddenly made a future purchase of a DS damn near inevitable:

LEGO Battles, developed by Hellbent Games, sounds like a kind of LEGO-based strategy game, in which players build and defend bases in the LEGO Castle, Pirates and Space Themes, using units mixed and matched from the sets. The press release promises "pirate swordsmen fighting side-by-side with wizards and aliens; dragons battling ninjas; and pirate ships launching broadsides against spacecraft and knights!" In addition to the single-player mode, local multiplayer battles will also be available.

As always, Stephen Fry is Awesome.

Via IMDb:

British comedian Stephen Fry used his time while stuck in an elevator in London to blog about the ordeal to his online fans. The funnyman was on his way to a meeting at the top of the city's 33-storey Centre Point Tower on Tuesday when an electrical fault brought the device to a halt, leaving all the passengers trapped.

So Fry took to his internet-ready cellphone to post comments about his situation on his Twitter blog, giving his Internet companions live updates.

Fry's first post read, "Ok. This is now mad. I am stuck in a lift on the 26th floor of Centre Point. Hell's teeth. We could be here for hours. A**e, poo and widdle."

He followed that message up with another moments later: "This is getting boring. Morale still high. Hopes of early night dashed. Engineers on their way in 20 minutes apparently."

While the group waited for help, Fry gathered everyone together for a photo, which he also posted on the internet.

After 30 minutes in the confined space, Fry was rescued, prompting him to post a final update: "We're free! Paramount Club had champagne for us at the bottom. I'm allergic, but nice thought."

He later went on to pay tribute to his fellow online bloggers for their messages of support during his ordeal: "Slept heavily after the Fry lift incident. Another thank you to all those who kept the Blitz spirit alive."

This is what black & white psychadelia looks like.

What a great way to start the morning. Hit it, Nina:

Feeling Good, Nina Simone
by mrfnk

Meet "Jenny"

Most of you have probably already met "Jenny" in her ubiquitous ads on all sorts of websites. Clicking on the ad takes you to her "blog" where she details the methods that finally proved successful in helping her lose weight. Here are the pictures:

Now you can trust me when I say that I myself have weight issues and I know where she is coming from, but it just seems to me that the "before" looks better and healthier than the "after". Sure, she has some meat on her bones, but not to the point where her health was in danger.

As for the "after", well, it seems to me that most of the 25 pounds she claims to have lost must have come from the surgical removal of her entire ribcage.

Quit starin' at me, Rufus!

I was watching the movie Heights last night while going through a list of music videos I have on VHS and Favoriting them on YouTube. At the very moment I got to Rufus Wainwright's "April Fools", damn it if he doesn't suddenly pop up as a character in the movie! For a musician that may enter my consciousness once or twice a year at most, that was damned freaky.

Roscoe Lee Browne Quote of the Month: February 2009

Naked in New York is the kind of film you could have sworn you've seen a dozen times already: A story concerning attractive bohemian New Yorkers and their complicated love lives. At least in this particular case, you have a lot of familiar faces to distract you. Big stars in major roles (Kathleen Turner, Tony Curtis, Timothy Dalton) and brief glimpses of up-and-comers (Luis Guzman, Calista Flockheart, Lisa Gay Hamilton) populate this quirky story.

And then, of course, there's Roscoe Lee Browne. He only gets one scene here, and it's as a theatrical professor named Mr. Reid. Our protagonist Jake (Eric Stoltz) has just shown him his new, slightly disturbing play and wants his opinion:

Mr. Reid: "Let me understand. At the end, the end of the play. The main character becomes depressed, and in a state of sheer desperation, kills everybody who resides at the lumber camp with him."

Jake: "Yeah. Yeah, because you see he realizes that, that there's no other way out. He, he doesn't have any other options. He doesn't have any choice but to kill them."

Mr. Reid: "Well, you know there's great writing in there. There really is great writing. (pause) But on a personal level, I think you might want to go and talk with someone in health services."