“I’m telling you people, the Earth revolves around the Sun!” – Principal Skinner “Burn him!” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson There’s a nice menagerie this week. We’ve got the usual random internet crap, a spectacular usage fail, me hating on astrology, Simpsonized skeptics, and an oblique reference to the Miss Universe pageant. 10 Best Father/Son Wisdom Exchanges from TV and Movies – Bart and Homer make the list for Homer’s awesome “You’re not talking about killing anyone, are you?” speech. Miss Kosovo vs Marge Simpson – You be the judge. – Miss Kosovo (it’s a country now!) lost the Miss Universe…
Day: August 28, 2009
Homer Guitar!
“Hey, cherry ax, Bart dude.” – Otto This Homer guitar is simply too cool to be part of today’s link dump. Instructables user captainserious created it from a leftover guitar neck and some wood. (The full list of the steps to create it are here.) What makes this thing really impressive is the fact that it’s a dead-on Homer drawing. I’d be impressed if someone just drew that freehand, much less made it out of wood and painted it. Mad Jon is the resident musician around here, but would it even matter what this guitar sounded like? I mean, you…
Quote of the Day
“You’re my agent, you have to do something about this. How can it be the same movie if they’ve changed my character from a tightly wound convenience store clerk to a jittery Eskimo firefighter? . . . uh huh . . . uh huh . . . mmm hmm, well actually, that’s . . . that’s a pretty good explanation.” – James Woods