We’ve reached the end, everyone. Not the end of YMI, just the end of the year. We’re off every Friday until 2011, so this will be the last YMI edition for 2010. Don’t worry, I’m not going to do one of those damn retrospective things, but I do want to thank you for reading this, and I want to thank Antoine Dodson and The Gregory Brothers for bringing us The Bed Intruder Song. Easily the highlight of the year. If you were busy getting named Time‘s Person of the Year, odds are you missed it.
We can’t hear you, hippie
Hybrid cars are great. They’re expensive, they’re small, they’re associated with femininity, but the federal government wants them to be louder. The problem is that no one can hear them coming, especially if you’re blind, and hearing is pretty much all you’re going on. Fortunately, we already have a fix for that.
It’s only a matter of time before The Big Lebowski II
TRON: Legacy hits movie theaters this weekend, and has already received mixed reviews. They say the movie looks and feels great, it’s just missing some sort of human touch in the Grid. So look forward to a disappointment. Fanboys, it’s time to stop. You made this happen. Didn’t Episodes I through III teach you anything? How about the Matrix sequels? You’re like Lennie with his puppy, you love something too much and you end up killing it. (Didn’t think you’d see any Steinbeck gags in here, did you?)
Al Gore. Environment. Blah blah blah
Referring to leaked emails from executives, former Vice President Al Gore lashed out at Fox News this week, saying the 24-hour news network was deliberately giving its viewers false information on global warming or not covering it at all. To which Fox News replied, “I’m sorry, did you say something, Al?”