“According to this book the first thing we need is a setting.” – Lisa Simpson The Tumblr blog “Who Asked For This?” is having a John Swartzwelder Month. Mostly it’s excerpts from some of his novels, which are quite absurd and funny.
Day: August 21, 2009
Friday Link Dump
I can’t hide it, digging into Season 12 has sapped my will to live. Here’s your much abbreviated Friday Link Dump. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to stick my head into a bucket of battery acid and yearn for death. Are Freshmen Necessary? – This is oblique Simpsons usage made cromulent by the link: If there’s previewing being done, it goes without saying that the previewers are wondering aloud which ACC freshmen will make the biggest splash: Derrick Favors, John Henson, Ryan Kelly, Michael Snaer, or, as Homer Simpson might say, someone else? The link is to “Homer the Vigilante”.…
“Simpson Safari” Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“I’m gonna crawl into bed with a bottle of Amaretto. Good day.” – Llewellyn Sinclair Oh the rancid joys of Zombie Simpsons on DVD. There are so many episodes in this season I genuinely hate that it was hard to know where to start, so I began with my own personal Season 12 nemesis, “Simpson Safari”. To call this episode bad is an understatement; to call it a mess doesn’t even begin to describe it. It is a random collection of boring set pieces that instantly plummets to the deepest possible nadir of boredom. It is Zombie Simpsons. Holding my…
Quote of the Day
“But Reverend I need to know, is God punishing me?” – Ned Flanders “Ohhh, short answer “Yes” with an “if”, long answer “No” with a “but”.” – Reverend Lovejoy