Year: 2006

Before the Civee and I pack up to go to Cincinnati for the second time in two days (but this time we’re staying for more than a few hours), I’d just like to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas.

Whether you’re a friend of the King, or here looking for pictures of Gob riding a segway, Graeme Lloyd, my foot in a cast, Tito Santana, or Jean Smart’s cleavage, I hope you all get what you want. (If you’re in the picture group, you’re in luck. Except for you Jean Smart people. I can’t help you.)

As for me, I’m rather content this Christmas. I can’t really think of anything I want, and for the most part, I’m just enjoying what I have. Maybe that means I’m growing up.

And if that’s the case, this blog might be a bit less fun in aught-seven.

Just kidding.

So the new trailer is out for Transformers The Movie (volume 2).

This is something that I was very skeptical about when they first announced it. The news that the actor who voiced Optimus Prime for the cartoon would also be Prime in the movie made me warm to the movie a bit.

The trailer is pretty good. It’s definitely moody. But the best thing about the trailer is seeing that Glenn Morshower, the guy who plays Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce on 24 will appear in the movie.

First he teamed up with Jack Bauer.

Now, he may team up with Optimus Prime.

That’s a better combination than peanut butter and jelly. Or pie and ice cream.

It feels like I always remember (or are reminded) of this at the last minute…but I want to wish everyone out there a Happy Festivus.

The wonderful think about having a blog is that I don’t have to wait until this time of the year to air my grievances- it’s something I get to do year-round.

So I was looking through some catalog for no reason what so ever, and this caught my eye:

I give you the Turkey Cannon.

If I hadn’t seen this in a printed catalog, I would have thought it was one of those Actual Items from Conan’s show.

Yet it’s real. Some company expects people to pay nearly 30 dollars for some wiring and a part of a car’s tailpipe (with built-in handles, possibly a safety feature). In return, they get to make their birds explode with flavor.

I wonder if the result of a shot from the Turkey Cannon is anything like a Ham Explosion.

I was wrong.

A little more than a year ago, I was quite unhappy with the selection of Daniel Craig as James Bond. But after seeing Casino Royale , I happily admit I was wrong.

There were a lot of things I liked about Casino Royale–while the last few Bond films have been entertaining, but lacking substance, this movie is entertaining, substantial and gives the franchise the kick in the pants it needs to compete against today’s action films while staying true to the original source material.
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Hello.

King Tom here.

Just to let you know, to the rest of the world, tomorrow is just Saturday.

That is all.

p.s. Please don’t burn my house down should your team lose. Or win.

Election Day is tomorrow. I don’t care what you believe or who you support, just get out there and vote (as long as you can do so legally).

In the meanwtime, I’ll leave you with the three things I’ve been thinking about about what America will be like after the 2006 election:

1. What will our landscapes, urban, suburban and pastoral, look like without campaign yard signs?

2. Who will give my life meaning now that I no longer get ten calls per day (eight of which are recorded) telling me who to vote for? (Or what to vote against?)

3. What in the world will TV stations air during commercial breaks now that all campaign commercials are irrevelant?

Go America!

So I didn’t see that coming.
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