Welcome to the year 26

We all know Florida’s just a little special–not in a great-vacation-place type of way, but in a short-bus-riding type of way.

The University of Florida recently printed shirts with the year 2006 supposedly in the Roman numerals. Instead of “MMVI,” they had “XXVI.” Roman numeral experts and Super Bowl fans can all tell you that means 26.

Said those responsible, “FVCK.”

The crappiest art around

From Daniel Edwards, the man who brought you Britney Spears naked giving birth to Sean Preston statue, comes Suri Cruise’s bronzed poop.

No, we are not making that up.

It’s not actually her poop. It’s just Edwards’ artistic impression of what it might look like. It is still drawing fire from critics.

You know, this blog remembers when feces in art was only used for classy things, like smearing a picture of the Virgin Mary.

MasterChugs Theater: ‘Kill Bill Volume 1′

Note: MasterChugs Theater is a new weekly feature which will be appearing Friday afternoons (yes, we know it’s Thursday). Movie nut Chugs Taylor will pull one random cinema choice from his vault and review it.

Take a trip back to 2003. What happens to a cinema geek like Quentin Tarantino when he’s away from directing for six years? What happens to a guy who is full of wiry, jittery love of filmmaking on the slowest of days? It’s like a high school physics experiment–he builds up kinetic energy until he finally vomits it out into a movie in the form of ball-clutching action, reverent reference and homage and culture shifting cool. Oh, and there’s bloody revenge, spaghetti westerns, wuxia and plenty of giallo. Quentin calls it Kill Bill, Volume 1. We call it “friggin’ awesome, MAN!”

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CNN ‘Live From…’ the ladies’ room

Ever wonder what women talk about in the ladies’ room? Well Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN’s “Live From…” talks about her marriage and her brother’s marriage–at least she did this morning.

In fact, she talked about it at length over CNN’s live broadcast of President George Bush’s speech in New Orleans, not knowing that her microphone was still on. The scoop: good men are out there, in Phillips’ opinion.

Lt. Frank Drebin could not be reached for comment.