• Hot Off The Presses

    “Wanna Get Lei’d” Jokes Inevitable

    MEDFORD, Ore. – A nylon necklace strung with condoms has sparked outrage at the county fair. Strangely enough, the necklace kits were very, very popular with older teens, the target group for a Planned Parenthood promotion aimed at making contraceptive use normal and less embarassing. However, due to the obligatory “numerous complaints” from parents whose kids were not among those making the condom leis, Planned Parenthood agreed after meeting with fair officials to stop the promotion. It wasn’t difficult for them to come to this agreement, because they ran out of supplies for making the condom leis, which consisted of…

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    Oh Ho Ho: Timing Is Everything

    Just in time to make the major news organizations “hot” sheets for tomorow… the weekend before the DNC takes over Boston. Timing is everything, and both sides play the game. The Pentagon had said that the payroll records for that time period had been inadvertently destroyed. “Previous attempts to locate the missing records at the Federal Records Center had been unsuccessful due to the incorrect records accession numbers provided,” the Pentagon’s Office of Freedom of Information chief C.Y. Talbott said in a letter Friday to The Associated Press. “The correct numbers were obtained … and the records were found.” Talbott…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    The Musical(?) Stylings Shatner And Jackson

    Joey reports via a friend’s blog that William Shatner will commit albumery again, this time with actual musicians of note Ben Folds and Joe Jackson, on a project titled (wait for it)… Has Been. I hope this is true, I would totally shell out for it. Joey concludes with a quote that ought to have been part of Original, Classic, and Still the Cheesiest Star Trek Canon: Yeoman Rand, you common ensign, you’ve started a warp core breach… IN MY PANTS. Also not to be missed: a plea for Wil Wheaton to collaborate on something that sounds like it’ll be…

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    Serenity Has Been Slashdotted

    Although the movie isn’t due to open until April 22nd next year, Whedon is ready to show the first clip from from Serenity, the motion picture based on the Firefly series. He’ll do it this weekend at Comic-Con, also present will be the cast from the series/movie (all 9 actors), editor Lisa Lassek, special effects guru Loni Peristere and producer Chris Buchanan. It will take place on Sunday July 25th, 1-2pm, Room 20, afterwards there will be a signing session in room 28DE. Aaaahhhhh!! Aaaaaaaaah!!!! If I had planned farther in advance and maybe smacked David over the head with…