Indiana Jones R2D2

It's Christmas - so what better way to celebrate the spirit of the season than to watch "Raider's of the Lost Ark"?  As I watched for the millionth time (I love this movie - my crush on Indiana Jones evolved into me wanting to be an archaeologist as a serious career choice) I remembered the rumor I had heard that you could see R2-D2 and C-3PO in the hieroglyphics in the Well of Lost Souls.  I've never been successful in locating them.  But it turns out that the RUMORS ARE TRUE!  They are only visible for a split second so you really have to know what you're looking for (thanks Urlybits).  BEHOLD:

Golden Globes 2013 Best Picture

For the past several years, I have made it a goal to see all the Oscar best picture nominees before the award show airs.  As if that weren't enough, last year I went back and watched every best picture winner in the 83 year history of the Oscars (Netflix didn't have 2 of them available on dvd - so I resorted to buying them on VHS through Amazon.com.  YES - I said VHS.)

I haven't seen a movie in months - and that was "Pitch Perfect" (I doubt it picked up a best picture nod from the Foreign Press - but American audiences are unpredictable).  Since there seems to be a strong correlation between Golden Globe nominees and Oscar nominees for best picture - I figured I could get a jump start following today's announcement.  Here is the list of Golden Globe nominees for best picture (a full list of nominees can be viewed here

Best Picture - Drama

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of PI
• Lincoln
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Picture - Comedy or Musical

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Les Miserables
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• Silver Linings Playbook

 

Sydney Bristow Mountaineer

It seems that every time I go visit my friend in NYC I come home with a new addiction.  Once it was the tv show "The Secret Circle" (a special thanks to the WB for cancelling it after one season and saving me extended embarrassment).  The last time I was there, I became obsessed with two things: blueberry struesel bread from Target and "Alias". By extension, I'm completely in love with Agent Vaughn.

I know I'm late to the game on this show (why was John Locke in the CIA?).  Watching Season 3 I was curious why Sydney's code name was Mountaineer.  As it turns out, it's an inside joke - Jennifer Gardner is from West Virginia - and West Virginia University is known as the Mountaineers.  How's that for a little Alias trivia?

Bear Run Downhill

I saw a friend "LOL" a FB post that said if a bear chases you, you should run downhill because they trip and fall.  Having watched as many Animal Planet shows as I have...I found this suspicious.  Turns out I was right according to YellowstoneBearWorld.com.  In fact, it's their #4 myth.

They say:  "There is a well-known myth that says that if you’re being chased by a bear, then you should run downhill because bears can’t run downhill. The myth justifies this conclusion by saying that a bears front legs are shorter than it’s hind legs, so it can’t run downhill. This is FALSE. Bears can outrun you no matter where you try to run. They can run just as fast downhill as they can uphill. They can actually run over 37 miles per hour! That’s FAST!!! So don’t try running downhill…it wont help. Just stay smart in bear country and you’ll be fine!"   (this information was found in Bear-ology by Sylvia Dolson)"

Larry Craig Bathroom Map

I grew up in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, so I'm something of an expert when it comes to things to see and do.  Which is why today, when I saw that two of my Chicago friends were going to be re-routed through the MSP airport on their way back from Arizona I told them to check out the Senator Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom.  Yes, such a thing exists to commemorate the exact location of the anonymous gay sex act that the dearly departed senator participated in.  It's even got it own offical Facebook and FourSquare check-in point.  But of course it was imparative that I give them the exact location (Concourse G gate C11) which is where today's Google search came in. 

If you're ever at MSP, ignore the shopping and head to Senator Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom instead.  You'll be glad you did.

FBI Shirtless Nipple

Now that the election is over and I'm not rolling out of bed and straight into the car to go volunteer at Obama HQ, I was able to get back into my Saturday routine: watching Friday night's "Real Time with Bill Maher" while enjoying a cup of coffee. 

During the opening monologue, Bill was cracking jokes about the General Petraeus scandal.  As he was leading up to the big punchline about the FBI agent who led to the investigation of emails - he mentioned in passing that he sent a shirtless picture to Jill Kelley and that he didn't have nipples...and that it had nothing to do with anything but that it was true. 

SO I had to see this for myself...so I fired up Google and entered: FBI shirtless nipple.  Enjoy.