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By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (39)

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You know when someone draws a comparison that you hadn’t thought of but now can never unsee? Check out this sketch of Doctor Who as the Cat in the Hat. He wears a tall, stripey hat now. Tall, stripey hats are cool. (i09)

Um, so Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens didn’t break up? Did break up? Are having ex sex? Are people I should care about? I’m not certain, but I thought you should know. (Celebitchy)

I was going to write a sentence that involved the words “shiny” and “‘verse,” but you have to be Kaylee cute to pull that sh*t off. Kaylee cute I am not. So, look! Firefly the Complete Series! For super cheap! Get it today! (Amazon)

When you’re at your lowest and contemplating your life choices and wondering iffin’ you’re a good person and whether or not some of the mistakes you’ve made will haunt you for the rest of your life, please take comfort in the fact that you haven’t, as a fully grown adult, permanently inked your back with the many faces of Edward Cullen. (Get Reading)

I kind of wish all NPR stories were animated thusly. Check out this neat story on how everyone has trouble walking a straight line. Unless you’re Johnny Cash. I mean, they don’t come right out and say the thing about Johnny Cash, but I feel it’s implied. (Boing Boing)

Hella mad wicked props to Pinky McLadybits for pointing out this awesome shirt. I’m not usually one to proselytize my religious beliefs, but I felt His tentacle-y appendage on the shoulder of my soul and knew he wanted me to wear it. For the greater good…the greater good. (Woot)

Fair warning, you fragile Pajiban china dolls, I found this video absolutely distressing. In Georgia (no, not the peachy one, the frosty one), a calf was born with two-heads. This is some freaky footage, folks…how far is Georgia from Chernobyl? Borscht for thought. (NBC)

Check out Audiosuede’s Best Albums of 2010. Along with some of my personal favorites (The National, Mumford and Sons, Broken Bells, etc.) there are some groups I haven’t even heard of. Which is exciting. To the Pandoras!!! (Audiosuede)

This is my absolute favorite wholly unsubstantiated rumor of 2011. We* were all, were we* not, considerably disappointed when Ryan Reynolds not only dated Scarlett Johansson, but then married her? (*By we, I mean Dustin, obvs.) Well the possibly fraudulent word on the street is that he and America’s non-cleavagy non-slut-bomb Sweetheart, Sandra Bullock, have a thing going on. I’d like to think Dustin gives them his blessing. (Hollywood Gossip)

A moment here to recognize the passing of Dick Winters, the WWII veteran that Damien Lewis’ character in “Band of Brothers” was based on. (Hitflix) (Thanks, Tariq)

English director Peter Yates died yesterday at the age of 82. Yates had a truly impressive body of work but is perhaps best-known for revolutionizing the action sequence with 1968’s Bullitt. Alas, your friendly neighborhood link wench is more interested in bike races than car chases and so brings you a snippet from Breaking Away, one of my all-time favorite films. Underdogs! Faux Italians! Quarries! Working class angst! Baby-faced Daniel Stern, Dennis Quaid and Jackie Earle Haley!! If this clip whets your appetite (it’s a stone-cutting pun, folks), the film is available on Netflix Instant for your viewing pleasure.

But perhaps, perhaps, you prefer your Yates cheesy and space operatic. So here’s a Krull clip for you. I’ll let James Horner play us out.

Joanna Robinson doesn’t want any of them “eenie” foods… zucchini… and linguine… and fettuccine. She wants some American food, d*mmit! She wants French fries! You can send some to godtopuswept@gmail.com.









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Comments

For the greater good…the greater good.

Yarp.

Posted by: dammitjanet at January 10, 2011 1:06 PM

Now, why do you hate Sandy?

Thursday night, as The Doctor was jumping around young Kazran's room offering his babysitting services, my friend said "he's like The Cat In The Hat!"

Posted by: Jay at January 10, 2011 1:08 PM

Narp.

Posted by: fenchurch at January 10, 2011 1:09 PM

Firefly the Complete Series! For super cheap! Get it today!

Bought it yesterday!

Posted by: jM at January 10, 2011 1:19 PM

Aw, Dick Winters. RIP sir. Now that just made me sad.

Posted by: cydeleida at January 10, 2011 1:26 PM

Love the NPR animation! Thanks Link Wench!

Posted by: brite at January 10, 2011 1:27 PM

I wonder if we can get a work release for Wesley Snipes to make "Blade IV: Twilight's Last Gleaming". I'd pay cash money to see him slice up some sparkly metrosexuals.

Posted by: Capt. Spaulding at January 10, 2011 1:27 PM

"Breaking Away" is fantastic. I saw it in theaters when I was a kid, and loved it, but it holds up over time, beautifully. So much fun, and young Dennis Quaid was dreamy.

Posted by: Edith at January 10, 2011 1:27 PM

Joanna, how do you feel about weenies? That's about as American as you can get, food-wise.

Posted by: elsie at January 10, 2011 1:36 PM

What about if you can't walk a straight line without a blindfold on and have to gauge the direction you're going in off of everyone and everything else around you to appear capable of this simple feat?

Posted by: Robert at January 10, 2011 1:44 PM

please take comfort in the fact that you haven’t, as a fully grown adult, permanently inked your back with the many faces of Edward Cullen.

::slinks away::

Posted by: shamed in the shadows at January 10, 2011 2:02 PM

Thanks for the heads up on Firefly! I just ordered it and Kitchen Confidential.

Posted by: LuLu at January 10, 2011 2:07 PM

Cutter!

Posted by: JrFanBoy at January 10, 2011 2:09 PM

"Breaking Away" is fantastic.

It sure is! I didn't see it in the theaters, but it is one of those movies I can never click away from when it's on. If you've never seen it, go do that NOW!

Posted by: mswas at January 10, 2011 2:09 PM

who cares about Twilight.

after the last movie? No one will remember it. and all the twihards will grow up and read decent literature.

Posted by: Lordninja at January 10, 2011 2:12 PM

I almost teared up when I read about Dick Winters. Every time I see a BoB marathon on tv I want to cancel all my plans or not go to work and just watch it all day. How ironic that a miniseries about a group of heroes who sacrificed everything makes me want to be lazy and sacrifice nothing.

Posted by: Austin asking for trouble at January 10, 2011 2:23 PM

Oh, RIP Dick Winters. That made me unaccountably sad--I liked knowing he was alive and thriving out there.

Posted by: Siege at January 10, 2011 2:23 PM

That Inktopus shirt, while clearly not a Godtopus shirt (not that there's anything wrong with that), is fucking fantastic. Really nicely done artwork.

All hail the tentacly overlords in all their manifestations, one-eyed + blue and otherwise.

Posted by: MM at January 10, 2011 2:26 PM

RIP Dick Winters. RIP Peter Yates.

Posted by: Fredo at January 10, 2011 2:38 PM

Ahh Krull....
Cue Bill Bailey and Simon Pegg.


Bilbo Bagshot: I was like you once. Blond hair. Scraggly little beard. Childlike ears. Full of beans and spunk. I let my principles get in the way sometimes. I punched a bloke in the face once for saying "Hawk the Slayer" was rubbish.

Tim Bisley: Good for you.

Bilbo Bagshot: Yeah, thanks. But that's not the point, Tim. The point is I was defending the fantasy genre with terminal intensity, when what I should have said is "Dad, you're right, but let's give Krull a try and we'll discuss it later."

Posted by: Simon at January 10, 2011 2:41 PM

How DID Sandy become Americas sweetheart anyway? Are we to believe she married this Nazi horndog with NO CLUE he was a Nazi horndog? Did he lead a secret double life? Like he was a simple biker dude during the day and a Nazi lovin, jew hatin, cross burnin horn dog at night?

Ok all those activities are best done at night BUT are we to believe that Sweet Sandy knew about none of his strange fetishes and was just SHOCKED, SHOCKED, when she found out?

Or maybe she just dumped the loser when it all became public?

Oh wait she played a white woman that took in a large black boy so she must be innocent.

Posted by: logan at January 10, 2011 2:43 PM

That two headed cow freaked me out. It's really like a normal cow with an extra side face, and the side face blinks and shit and it's all wooooooah side face. Apparently watching that video made me high.

Posted by: Lindsay at January 10, 2011 2:49 PM

There is so much crazy in that Twilight tattoo article, it pains me.

Posted by: Even Stevens at January 10, 2011 2:53 PM

Eh, two headed (or faced) animals are born all the time. Gene mutations and all that. Just most of them die so you don't hear about them often.

Posted by: (Not so) Blonde Savant at January 10, 2011 2:54 PM

Yeah, fortunately, many, many years of horror movies have inured me to the two-headed cow. Bring me a human brain-foot and then maybe we'll talk.

Posted by: MM at January 10, 2011 2:58 PM

Rest in Peace, Sir. And, thank you.

Posted by: rezcat at January 10, 2011 3:00 PM

Yes! Krull!! True story, when we lived in LA my husband sang in a church choir w/Prince Colwyn. He gave us a ride home from a party. He doesn't look quite as hot anymore.

Posted by: Samantha at January 10, 2011 3:07 PM

Re: The Twatlight tattooed 49 year old woman. Jesus Christ, I'm embarrassed for her.

Posted by: Jadine at January 10, 2011 3:23 PM

Refund?!?!?!

Refund?!?!?!?!

/heart attack

Posted by: icecreammang at January 10, 2011 3:50 PM

Am I alone in thinking the two headed calf is pretty darned cute?

And as (Not so) Blonde Savant mentioned, two headed animals aren't all that surprising. It's the living much past birth thing that's surprising.

Nature is pretty darned interesting, with or without our radiation contributions.

Posted by: JGirl at January 10, 2011 3:55 PM

Krull was just plain awesome. If not for the flame hooved clydesdales that possessed the ability to fly, or the ever moving Black Fortress, than for a weapon that made Xena's chakram look like a metallic collar for Gabrielle when she was naughty.

Posted by: TVConnoisseur at January 10, 2011 4:01 PM

Aw "Breaking Away" is great... I went to IU and it's really cool to see the campus in the 70's. Little 500 is SUCH a huge deal, everyone spends the week before getting wasted everyday (teachers know not to even bother), which means we're all too hungover to attend the race. Good times.

Posted by: smasherstein at January 10, 2011 4:06 PM

Re: Georgia -- When I visited the Ukraine back in 1997-ish, they still didn't drink local dairy -- it was all imported yogurt, cheese, and sweetened condensed milk from the can. (They'd spread the sweetened condensed milk over bread for breakfast. Yummmm.)

Posted by: linny at January 10, 2011 4:13 PM

There are people who don't already own Firefly?

Posted by: Darcy at January 10, 2011 4:25 PM

"You know when someone draws a comparison that you hadn’t thought of but now can never unsee?"

Which is exactly why Justin Bieber looks like a lesbian to me.

Posted by: Hayden Tompkins at January 10, 2011 4:28 PM

"it's all wooooooah side face"

This has had me going for the past forty minutes. I guess it made me high as well.

Posted by: thatstrangewoman at January 10, 2011 5:22 PM

@logan:
Yeah, it's always the chick's fault. We're a bunch of devious bitches - always trying to turn our Nazi-whore-loving-husband situations to our advantage. Why just today I posted an ad on Craigslist:

"Seeking new Friend....
Totally skank uber-slut needed to hook up with my long-term boyfriend so I can turn the situation to my advantage at work and with friends. Requirements: must CLEARLY be less attractive than me and possess no redeeming qualities whatsoever so I look really good by comparison."

Fingers crossed!

Posted by: malechai at January 10, 2011 6:47 PM

*grumble* There IS no Firefly the complete series... Hurumpf...

Posted by: Sage at January 10, 2011 7:23 PM

@Simon

Tim Bisley: Derek... Babylon 5's a big pile of shit!
Derek: Get out!
Tim and Bilbo: Yaaaaay!

Posted by: Ballymena Bob at January 11, 2011 8:24 PM