Archive for December, 2007

James Bond stamps to be launched (BBC)

Posted by on December 29, 2007 * Comments(2)

The centenary of the birth of James Bond creator Ian Fleming is to be marked next month with six extra-long UK stamps, Royal Mail has said. Each stamp has been lengthened to show a number of different Bond novel covers, with first-class stamps featuring Casino Royale and Dr No. –BBC News [From Eden. BK]

category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics    

Chuck Norris Mountain Dew Commercial (YouTube)

Posted by on December 27, 2007 * Comments(0)

[Here is a hilarious ad for Mountain Dew featuring Chuck Norris and a You Tube-ish site. BK]

category: Humor    

“Superbad” DVD Pulled From Wal-Mart (G4)

Posted by on December 10, 2007 * Comments(2)

Remember Superbad, and how that McLovin dude got a fake Hawaiian ID? Yeah, well, apparently the Hawaiian gentry aren’t too happy about that ID being on the cover of the DVD, so they got it pulled from Wal-Mart in their state. See, they don’t want kids to know what a Hawaii driver’s license looks like, […]

category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics