New names

Saw "Children of Men" and now I have to remember how to spell Alfonso Cuaron. And I guess after seeing "Blade 2," "Hellboy" and planning on seeing "Pan's Labyrinth," I'd better remember how to spell Guillermo del Toro.

New symbol

Okay, so too many entries about Turner Classic Movies. But still, I'm looking at my TCM program guide and there is a new symbol at the end of a movie next to the "black and white" and the length of the movie and the closed-caption symbol. Looks like a little maple leaf with a slash through it. I look at the front of the guide and sure enough, the symbol means this movie is not shown in Canada. Weird and weird. Not shown in Canada.

Double points

Real drop shadow

Sparkles

There are some logos, and some typefaces, that lend themselves to the addition of sparkles and highlights. But, I think these sparkles on this logo are wrong.

Frostie Blue Cream Soda

Cream soda and the color blue go together like . . .

. . . okay, they don't go together at all. Even in this beverage they don't go together. I'm sorry.

Rabbit Apple

I'm not going to spell it out for you. Okay, I will: I like these picture/word hybrid logos.

Zombie passes on

I've been enjoying the movies on Turner Classic Movies' new program, TCM Underground. Exploitation movies, monster movies, Russ Meyer movies, all stuff that is way out of place on Turner Classic, but if they want to show 'em instead of a 50th showing of "Operation Petticoat," that's fine with me.

Current-day exploitation movie maker and rock star, Rob Zombie, was the host for the first batch of movies. But he's been dropped and now there's just a Zombie-esque guy running around in a brief credits sequence.

That's okay. Zombie didn't seem comfortable playing the host. And as long as TCM keeps on showing those odd and awful movies, I won't miss him too much.

Goofs

I find it silly that the Internet Movie Data Base has a space for "Goofs." Movies are always full of goofs, but we ignore them in order to enjoy the show. (Yes, I just watched "The Prestige.")

Why this blog sucks

Good bloggers spend lots of time crafting long articles. I don't have that much to say, so my blog sucks. But, hey -- a picture of a Pepsi Blue can!

Old beverage

Bought this bottle of Orbitz blueberry melon strawberry flavor beverage in 1996. Drank a couple bottles of it. The floaty bits are sorta chewy, but not particularly flavorful. But it looks cool. Hence my not tossing it out. But really now, I've had this for 10 years. Silly.

Depressing Christmas movie

In the mood for a depressing, cynical, darkly-funny Christmas movie? Harold Ramis' 2005 effort, "The Ice Harvest." You're welcome.

Chrome logo

Why is this logo done in a chrome finish? Is there motorcycle riding in the movie? Perhaps a heavy metal soundtrack?

Yard ornaments

Perfect for your yard.

Furniture Mart, a little north of Anoka on Highway 10.

A safer helmet

This article in the New York Times suggests that car drivers treat helmet-wearing bike riders with less care than they treat bike riders who are not wearing helmets.

But I don't feel safe without my helmet. What to do?

Introducing the Wilmet -- or maybe the Helwig. Drivers think you're not wearing a helmet, so they give you a wide birth, but you are still wearing a helmet, so you feel comfortable.

Problem solved.

Ugliest car in the world

Pontiac Aztek.

New logo

A couple years ago Lawson Software came up with this new logo. Pyramid. Flat color. Suggesting documents or something.









This summer they started using this logo. Globe. Shaded, 3-D. Suggesting world domination?

Fight!

I know that these little thingies have something to do with rating blog posts. But just look at them fighting it out in their little spaces. So cute. Such a ruckus.

Pieces

So, what do the pieces of a regular and a new basketball look like?

I don't know, but this is my guess.

Basketball

There's some controversy over the new NBA basketball. Some of the players don't like it.

I think the old style looks nicer graphically. More hand made.

The new one looks like it was designed on a computer. A little over-tricky.