Karma Police: a night on the town

This is what you get: a $47 parking ticket

T-Shirts I Own, Part 1

TBWA\Chiat\Day Summer Party 2005 T-Shirt

The Art Tool

Carl Cheng's Santa Monica Art Tool: "Walk on LA"

Deepak Chopra: MOONBAT

Much like Atrios, PZ Myers at Pharyngula is totally on the ball.

Pat Robertson: "No Extremist Cleric"

Oh, good -- Atrios noticed it too.

Who Loves Ya, Baby?

(Your Pal MRJEFF tries out a new look.)

Bicycle

Bicycle in Los Angeles storm drain, near Culver and Slauson.

Finally - a CNN.com "poll" that speaks to MRJEFF!

I know it's time to move jobs when I...

S. Harris

A few of the science cartoons of Sidney Harris.

Wal-Mart Nation

Why can't you buy the Pensacola, Florida News Journal at Wal-Mart?

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Update 7/27 - Wal-Mart does have a sense of shame!

Blimp, again

You need this t-shirt, Matt

Some fellow has submitted a t-shirt design at Threadless.com, based on the building in the film Rashomon.

Three Years Old

Hey! Your pal MRJEFF just realized that this little thing is three years old! That's right, on July 13, 2002, I set myself up with a Blogger account, typed up two posts, and promptly set about ignoring mrjeff3000.blogspot.com until Matt Langdon started up his Rashomon seven months later.

Ahoy!

What kind of pirate am I? You decide!
You can also view a breakdown of results or put one of these on your own page!
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National Treasure

My roommate Mike, every so often, gets phone messages from people who are under the impression that he can help them get their scripts made into movies. We don't know why. Here's one that we got last week:

My name is Jeff Jones. My number is (724)637-xxxx*. I don't know if you're the right person to talk to about this. But, uh, I discovered a very interesting historical mystery and secret. Obviously very, uh, important enough that I've been somewhat blackballed. I cannot get the story out anywhere.

The story that I have is the true story of the National Treasure In other words, Jon Turteltaub got hold of my story from a friend of mine, and rewrote the story, and fictionalized it.

The story of the National Treasure is really a true story of myself and my great-great grandfather who was a minuteman at the battle of the Concord and Lexington. And I have a real cryptic. I don't know how I can explain this to anybody. And I realize you don't take solicite...unsolicitated, uh, stories and stuff, but, uh, I don't know what else to do.

I cannot get this story out. I've tried the BBC, PBS, uh, the History Detectives, Oregon Films, Lion Films...EVERYBODY.

I have literally been blackballed because of all this. All I know is that I have one of the most incredible stories that has ever been discovered in 200 years and I have been blackballed to get this story out. Like I said, Jon Turteltaub took my real story and fictionalized it and I suspect that's where I'm having the problem at.

I don't know if you're the right person to get this story to. But, um, I don't have anywhere else to turn. Ah, my life has been destroyed over this. Ah...if you can help me or are interested in this story... [chokes up] ...please call me.

Best of luck, Jeff!

(^* 2983)

Sparkler trail

July 4, 2005, Woodland, CA

Paul Giamatti IS The Amazing Screw-On Head.

Superhero Hype! - The latest superhero movie news and rumors: "Giamatti is the Amazing Screw-On Head

Source: Variety June 27, 2005

Paul Giamatti has signed with Sci Fi Channel to voice the lead character in the animated series pilot Amazing Screw-On Head, from executive producers Bryan Fuller ('Wonderfalls') and Jason Netter, reports Variety.

The cable channel last year quietly commissioned the pilot, based on Mike Mignola's (Hellboy) comic book of the same name. David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon and Patton Oswalt also will lend their voices to the project.

Giamatti will voice Screw-On Head, a Civil War-era secret agent at the service of president Abraham Lincoln and an unsung hero who never made it into the history books. His special power is the ability to screw his head onto a variety of different bodies. Hyde Pierce plays Emperor Zombie, Shannon voices Patience the Vampire and Oswalt is Mr. Groin.

Cable executives hope to see a finished pilot by early next year."

I picked up a copy of Amazing Screw-Off Head some months back. Best $2.99 I spent that week.

Tsunami Watch 2005!!!

Move to higher ground! Run away!

(edited to fix link - thanks, Matt!)

Emiliana Torrini - Concert Planet Claire - 13 Janvier 2005

5 songs, live in studio at a French radio station, from Italian/Icelandic songstress Emiliana Torrini.

If you're more visually-oriented, Ms. Torrini has videos for "Sunny Road" (.wmv) and "Heartstopper" (this one is especially wonderful).

Kate York : Paste Records

MP3 FRIDAY! Two songs from Kate York, at Paste Records. Good stuff for a summer evening.