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Name: Michael Curtis

Despite having never been a professional adventurer, Michael Curtis has nonetheless deciphered cryptic writings, handled ancient maps and texts, ridden both a camel and an elephant, fallen off a mountain, participated in a mystical rite, and discovered the resting places of lost treasures. He can be contacted at poleandrope @ gmaildotcom

Monday, April 18, 2005

If You're Going to be a Nerd, Pick Your Battles...

The fabulous Mr. Wil Wheaton brought this to my attention so I just had to share. As you all might know, I'm currently spending part of my days running around the Star Wars Galaxy when not attending to real life duties and studies. It seems that, for some people, these two worlds have collided in some horrible train-wreck of events.

You can find the details in summary HERE.

But to sum up, here's the deal:

You know the die-hard Star Wars fans who line up in front of the theatre months in advance? Well, it appears that some of them have lined up in front of the WRONG one. To make matters more surreal, rather than just move the half-mile down the street to where the movie will be playing, they've decided to remain where they are and stage a protest over the matter. Schisms have broken out amongst the line-waiters and now cliques of "cool" and "uncool" Star Wars Geeks are engaging in open warfare on the streets of Los Angeles. Jar Jar Binks could not be reached for comment...

Wow.

BTJM

Amityville Mike

p.s. I had nothing to do with the release of the new "Amityville Horror."

Monday, April 04, 2005

God Loves Funny

I know this because He keeps taking the really good ones away from us to perform for Himself. Like Johnny Carson giving you the nod to come join him on the couch, God'll give you the call if your too damn funny for the rest of us.

Mitch Hedberg passed away on March 30th. Much like the late, great Bill Hicks, Mitch left before his time was due. Dammit.

His death will most likely slip through the cracks, due to the demise of the Pope and all the coverage that will receive. I just wanted to make sure some of us knew Mitch was gone too.

Mitch, much like frogs, will always be cool.

BTJM

AM