Lovely write-up by Edward Copeland
Very nice article. Twin Peaks was probably my first big TV obsession (complete with immediate rewatches and viewing parties). Much like the writer, I'm not sure I've ever been quite as obsessed with anything since. Despite my love for Buffy, Firefly, etc., Twin Peaks really did it for me in a way nothing else has. I also agree with him that the stuff with James aside, the second season was pretty solid too.
And, damn, I've already missed the first night of the Brattle doing the entire first season of Twin Peaks (including the pilot) on the big screen (it started last night, appropriately enough). Oh well, guess I'll have to dig out my complete series dvds.
More evidence for the "xkcd guy = secret Buffista" theory:
Literally
I wish I could unread today's Lifebooker email. Since I can't, I will share it with you:
Some things just go together. Peanut butter and jelly. Zac Efron and hair products. Your vagina and Swarovski crystals.
Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays
A large portion of these, if not all of them, are the results of the Style Invitational contest from week 310 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/invitational/invit990314.htm). This is a humor contest, which asked participants to come up with the bad analogies
I wish they'd say which ones were from the humor contest, but whatever - they're still funny.
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
The thunder was ominous sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.
eta:
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
This one's almost a direct life from Douglas Adams. (The Vogon ships hung in the sky in exactly the way that bricks don't.)
This one's almost a direct life from Douglas Adams.
I
thought
that sounded familiar....
This one's almost a direct life from Douglas Adams.
My first thought. He's ruined all those kind of analogies the way humorless prose doesn't.
A photo of a small child, apparently after attempting to put on lipstick: You Got A Problem?
