When a fast-food-type bucket says "Fried Dynamite" on it, I expect it to deliver. Pay attention, OC Fair vendors: balls of fried dynamite sauce (that spicy cooked mayo that sushi restaurants tend to serve scallops in) would be a great greaseball snack.
But the only food in here was...four atomic fireball candies, which Janine and our receptionist Leslie nearly came to blows over (Balls of Fury?). The temporary tattoos, not so much.
Nor is Fried Dynamite the long-lost drug-addicted sibling of N
Here's a pretty stylish free shoulder bag, advertising "the first live-action series from Cartoon Network" about a boy who sees cartoon characters everywhere he looks.
I think they already did a movie about this mental condition, called "Miss Potter," with Renee Zellweger. All about how that chick who wrote "Peter Rabbit" had insane hallucinations and talked to herself, or something. I assume there'll be no mention of LSD on the show, but I could be wrong. The image on the bag sure looks psyche
I was just the other day lamenting the drought of free crap from the mail that used to provide so much blog fodder a year ago when I was brand new here. But it seems I can always count on Cartoon Network for the goods.
I don't really know what the deal is with Ben 10, but I know they previously sent me a handheld electronic game to promote him, and now a DVD and a T-shirt to herald an "all new Ben." I've no idea what makes him all new, but check out the logo on the shirt. It looks awfully famil
Last Night: MC Chris, Totally Michael and Sirah at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, Oct. 21, 2008.
Better Than: All three of the "Star Wars" prequels. Sorry, "Revenge of the Sith" apologists.
Download: Totally Michael's self-titled debut, released last week and on iTunes.
MC Chris isn't a fan of the "nerdcore" label that's followed him throughout his career. Writing at length on the subject in his MySpace blog, he essentially doesn't want to be the figurehead of any movement, or associated with the