http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:30:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, I’m not one of those weirdos who thinks that everything from when I was a kid was brilliant and everything today is shit, but holy shit I just watched an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh and I think I forgot how to poo. A Brief Comparision, 1991 Saturday Morning Cartoons versus 2007 ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/a-random-post/ The NBA season has started, and you know what that means … lots of blog posts about something that none of my few remaining readers care about! The Lakers have pleased me quite a bit by winning their first two games without Kobe Bryant, which is basically the equivalent of finding ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/11/02/the-oakland-warriors/ As someone who hopes to go off into the wild blue yonder and be a writer, I pay some attention to the Writers Guild. For those not in the know, Hollywood has a writers guild, an actors guild, a directors guild, and then the 3 or so huge media conglomerates ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/10/19/a-really-perfect-example-of-why-the-writers-guild-exists/ Short Reviews: Simpsons. The new season is thoroughly meh, but it’s about the same level as last year and still much better than the couple of truly awful years we had a few years back. Biggest problem right now seems to be the failure to stick to one decent plotline for ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/10/03/a-brief-interlude-about-every-tv-show-i-watch/ If you’re like me, the only bus you ever use is the 51. And if you’re also like me, then you’ve noticed that during the past week every 51 bus has been mysteriously packed to the brim, to the point that those of us getting on near campus can’t even ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/09/09/new-scoop-ac-transit-slashing-buses/ My Favorite Moments     •    Tennessee puts in their second string during the third quarter, which immediately gets several first downs and touchdowns.    •    Cal finally scores a touchdown. Several members of the Tennessee squad pat Cal players on the back and congratulate them, perhaps even saying while clapping their hands ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/09/02/tender-moments-from-cal-vs-tennessee/ Here’s a pretty cute bug from the European version of Madden (YouTube). It’s not super interesting, but it is kind of funny. Imagine the Philadelphia Eagles have just taken the field. All eyes are on star quarterback Donovan McNabb. After a few failed runs and some lossed yardage, it’s time for ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/08/30/madden-2007/ One of my favorite Slate.com features is Ad Report. It’s basically just a guy reviewing TV ads. Anyway, the latest one is really, really weird (there’s a link to the video on the page). The article covers it pretty well, so I’ll just summarize the ad for you so you can ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/08/28/weird/ As you might expect from a group of people that have to hang out in a tiny office together for long periods of time, The Squelch staff tends to go through a lot of music. One could even say that the Squelch has its own music history. Former editors like ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/08/23/obsession-of-the-week/ "Forwards, not backward! Backward, not forwards! And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!" Well the Scifi channel cancelled Stargate. Stargate is not a good TV show, but it was once a good TV show. Logically this could mean that cancellation is the right move, but since this is the scifi channel ... http://tiltedfish.blogsome.com/2006/08/22/nerd-post-of-the-week/