Out with the old...

It's that time again. Time to say goodbye to the old year and welcome in the new. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the various goodies we had to offer.

Next year is time for new content, a new look, and lots of fun.

Another family guy star wars coming up

Seth MacFarlane has a pretty cool job and makes lots of money doing it. Now he will be doing his second parody of Star Wars.

CNN delved into what brought about the first Star Wars project:

CNN.com asked MacFarlane how the project -- which was preceded by "Blue Harvest," a parody of the original 1977 "Star Wars" -- came about.

"If you want the truth, it was more of an accident, as our legal advisers were telling us we were doing too many 'Star Wars' gags on the show and we should clear these things with ['Star Wars' creator George] Lucas," said the affable 36-year-old. "And to our surprise, LucasFilm was all for it -- if we made the characters look like the ones in the 'Star Wars' movies -- and so we approached them on creating full-length episodes."

Set Tivo to stun. Whoops. That's Star Trek. At least it's not as cheesy as "May the farce be with you."

There's subtle, then there's not so subtle

"Merry Christmas, grandma. Oh, and by the way, remember that money you have?"

Classic. Thanks, Failblog.

Hope everyone had a good christmas

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and, unlike this Salvation Army elf, had a least a bell to ring afterward.

Enjoy the lights and Christmas specials while they still last.

Bad timing for jake gyllenhaal

Per E-Online:

This message was brought to you by the letters "P," "R" and the number…well, let's go with a big fat goose egg.

In an example of either hilarious or horrendous timing, Sesame Street has decided that now that Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon have split it's the perfect time to release a video of the actor teaching kids the importance of the word "separate."

We knew this show wasn't just for kids. We also look forward to next week's inevitable PSA in which Elin Nordegren runs down the ABCs of prenuptial agreements.

Ouch. That's gotta hurt.

"Racist" webcams give hp black eye

Desi Cryer posted a YouTube video in fun with his co-worker Wanda Zamen. The tongue-in-cheek video called HP's motion-tracking technology racist because no matter how much he tried, the camera would not track his darker completion.

The humorous video has now gone viral and is causing a bit of a black eye for the company. Of course, if these webcams are giving HP a little bit of a black eye I wonder if the webcam would even recognize it.

Kevin smith protests dogma

Per Cinamatical:

After cracking up over that Vin Diesel break-dancing footage from yesterday, I came across this video of Kevin Smith protesting his own film, Dogma, outside a theater chain in New Jersey. This one goes wayyy back (1999, to be exact), before Smith up and left for La La Land (traitor!). Here, Smith looks like he just stepped out of Go Go Rama (Jersey folks should know what that is), and onto a picket line with a group of nutty Christians. A news crew showed up to interview those folks who were protesting, and while Smith wouldn't give up his identity, the package that aired questions whether or not he was really the director. When asked about the film, Smith replies: "I don't think it stands for anything positive." The reporter asks, "What does it stand for?" To which Smith replies, "I don't know, but I've been told not good."

Classic. Nicely played, Kevin.

The wheels on the house go round and round

Ever wished you move your house just a bit to get a better view throughout the day? Well, Luke Everingham has made a rotating house that does just that:

An Australian family is turning heads with a rotating house that can guarantee a different view every time they wake up.

The Everinghams have been in a spin since they moved into their dream home in the countryside north of Sydney three years ago. They can turn the house to follow the sun without having to leave the comfort of their armchairs.

"When you wake up you do wonder where you'll be facing," said Luke Everingham, a sound-engineer who came up with the idea with his wife, Deb, after chatting with neighbors.

Now all they need is a TV in the ceiling and they'll be set.

Killer news about natalie portman

It appears Natalie Portman will be doing the movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

If all of the film adaptations of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" have left your brain numb, this one may really kill you ... in a good way.

Natalie Portman has signed on to produce and star in the movie version of the best-selling book "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," written by Seth Grahame-Smith and, uh, Jane Austen.

This expanded version of the Austen classic adds a twist on the well-known love story when the outbreak of a deadly virus begins to turn townsfolk into killers. Elizabeth Bennet struggles to balance her blossoming love for Mr. Darcy with her obligation to kick some zombie butt.

And who better to bring the right combination of elegance, wit, and edginess to the role of Elizabeth Bennet than Portman? She certainly has the chops to convince us to embrace this version of Elizabeth -- a woman who at long last will have a proper outlet for her sense of purpose.

Ah, Natalie Portman kicking Zombie ass. Between her SNL rap video and experience kicking butt in movies, this is a no-brainer. Literally.

Bring it on.

A new spin on frosty the snowman

I enjoy those Rankin/Bass Christmas shows as much as the next guy. Throw in some How I Met Your Mother and a little crazy voice over and you've got a different kind of Frosty.

This new kind of Frosty has freaked a lot of people out. It seems to have drawn a bit of ire.

If you're easily offended by potty mouths, be careful, but if you are, what are you doing here?

A name that belongs here: brownie shytles

It's hard not to appreciate how well a name like this belongs on a site named Buffer Urinal. Sure, toilets are a common theme around here, but names like this are rare.

But the icing on the cake is the topic of the story. Classic. Thanks, Failblog.

At&t ready to screw over iphone users?

The information in this article is a little scary for iPhone users:

Wireless data hogs who jam the airwaves by watching video on their iPhones will be put on tighter leashes, an AT&T Inc. executive said Wednesday.

The carrier has had trouble keeping up with wireless data usage, leading to dropped connections and long waits for users trying to run programs on their devices. AT&T is upgrading its network to cope, but its head of consumer services, Ralph de la Vega, told investors at a UBS conference in New York that it will also give high-bandwidth users incentives to "reduce or modify their usage."

De la Vega didn't say exactly how or when the carrier would change its policies, but he said some form of usage-based pricing for data is inevitable.

Right now, the carrier doesn't limit data usage for smart phones. It also doesn't make it easy for subscribers to know how much data they're consuming.

What is the point that internet use is too much use? Are they planning to charge us for finding a toilet or even just finding our phone if it's lost?

I guess we will find out soon.

Christmas lights win

More goodness from the failblog. It's the description that does it:

Good news is that I truly out-did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down.

First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by.

Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn’t realize

Still, it's not as good as this one:

Pride and prejudice and zombies

I was looking for a quote from Pride and Prejudice, when my Chrome search made a suggestion (despite my horrible misspelling) I found fascinating:

So, of course, loving cherished classics like Zombieland and enjoying anyone who can put a fun twist on anything, I had to pursue. It appears Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has quite a following. I'm not the first to speak of it. It even has it's own Wikipedia page.

Hopefully no one will start attacking people deluding themselves to believe they are zombies, but having fun with reading never seemed so right.

Slim fast's new weight loss plan?

If you want to lose weight, this batch of Slim Fast is the answer:

The maker of Slim-Fast announced a recall of its canned, ready-to-drink products due to possible bacterial contamination.

Unilever, the company which also makes products like Skippy peanut butter and Ragu pasta sauce, said the weight-loss drink may be tainted by Bacillus cereus, which can cause diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

What better way then diarrhea and vomiting to lose weight?

In all seriousness that would be bad, but with people drinking Meatwater you almost wonder if people are crazy enough to risk life and limb to do it.

Jesus Christ excluded from jury pool

The failblog never disappoints, even when it comes to our Lord and Savior.

Too bad they couldn't get a hold of Jesus. Perhaps they just needed someone to rob them so they could ask for help in that regard.

New father misses sons birth due to groping

I've done some interesting things as a father, but this new dad takes the cake. It's always a good rule not to grope the hospital staff when the mother of your children is giving birth. I guess no one gave this dude the memo.

Best prop-free demonstration of a nuke

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At 3:30 in this clip Stephen Colbert gives the best demonstration of a nuclear weapon by only making sounds and using only his hands. It's no Hadron Particle Collider, but I think it's better.

See for yourself.