Things I Wikipedia

“Han shot first” is a phrase used by Star Wars fans to refer to a controversial change made to a scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the scene, Han Solo meets the bounty hunter Greedo at the Mos Eisley Cantina.

After Greedo tells Han “I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.”, Han replies “Yes, I’ll bet you have.” In the original theatrical version of the film, Han then shoots Greedo and Greedo dies without firing a shot. The scene was modified for the 1997 re-release to feature Han using his weapon in retaliation after Greedo fires at him; the latter missing Han at point-blank range (<2 meters away).

Look, the problem here was not so much that Mr. Lucas shit all over the laws of physics (after all, the ones that governed that galaxy far, far away had plenty of other questionable discrepencies), but that he shit all over Han Solo’s established character of a self-serving criminal/outlaw in favor of a more sanitized, family-friendly rouge who only shoots in self-defense.

Give me a break.

When will people learn that you scorn the army of geeks at your own peril? If you need proof, see: 4chan /b/tards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_nice

Syl Jones suggests that Minnesota nice isn’t really about being “nice” at all. It’s more about keeping up appearances, maintaining the social order, and keeping people in their place.

When I was growing up, my mother (who is not from Minnesota, but may as well be) used to rant on and on about the importance of being a “nice” person as opposed to a “weird” one. “Nice” people are polite people who use place mats when they eat, who never “make trouble” or “call attention to themselves” in public, who comb their hair and put themselves together before leaving the house, who do not dress “strangely,” who drink and eat in moderation, who always do what they are told without questioning, and who never, ever volunteer information about themselves or their family members to others.

“Weird” people, on the other hand, do things like fly across the country without telling anyone, pierce as many face holes as possible, hang out with porn stars on the weekends, get 80% of their calories from cheap vodka and high alcohol content beer, and make blogs. Lots and lots of blogs.

I think I’m doing a decent job of keeping it weird.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Vietnam_War#Common_slogans_and_chants

“Draft Beer, not boys”, “Hell no, we won’t go”, “Make love, not war” and “Eighteen today, dead tomorrow” were a few of the anti war slogans.

I’ve decided “Draft beer, not boys!” is my Thing to Loudly Repeat 800 Times While Drunk at a Bar for 2011. Replacing 2010’s “What, I’m not slurring!!” and 2009’s “Who took my keys?”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_your_father_and_your_mother#Requirements

A child is not permitted to interrupt or contradict a parent, or to disturb a parent’s sleep.

A father has the following obligations toward his children:

• To teach a child how to swim

Just one more thing to bring up with your therapist when you talk about your daddy issues.

“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” (Isaiah 57:20-21)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_transit_gloria_mundi

So it goes.

The concept bridges across time and culture. See: mujō (Japanese terms for the Buddhist concept of impermanence).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_too_shall_pass

So it goes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses