Science Or Science Fiction? Faster Than Light Communication...

...albeit between two quantum entangled particles, the following has been proven:

"The results from the new experiment confirm one of the wildest predictions of quantum mechanics: that a pair of "entangled" particles, once measured, can somehow instantly communicate with each other so that their states always match."

No matter how far apart?  How about 310 miles apart?  The implications are amazing.  So if we can ever travel great distances faster than the speed of light, can this phenomenon be used somehow to communicate instantaneously across great distances?

Speaking of Star Wars...

Patton Oswalt did a great, hilarious improvised bit that was Star Wars/Marvel-centric to say the least on Parks & Recreation:

Greatest Custom License Plate Ever? Uh, Yeah...

I Will Not Be Pulling Any of These April Fools Day Pranks on Family or Friends (Or Will I?)

Some Very Funny Unfunny Stuff...

Here's a clip of a very funny, unfunny stand-up routine from Britain's Got Talent:



Which of course made me think of the one of the funniest unfunny bits ever, Norm MacDonald's roast of Bob Saget:

Outtakes from Bob Saget Roast 1 - watch more funny videos

And I was watching an episode of Supernatural when I was posting the above and the episode ended with the song Dear Mr. Fantasy, a song I really like, so, for a non-sequitur, here's that:

Not science fiction: faster than light warp drive goes from "impractical to plausible"...

...according to a scientist as NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.  In fact they're going to do a small table-top experiment to test the theory, an "existence of proof" of the idea.  Life/science imitating art/science fiction much?

Guardians of the Galaxy Movie, yeah, I'm pretty geeked about this...

...especially since James Gunn (writer/director of Slither, favorite of mine) is set to direct it and Chris Pratt (star of Zero Dark Thirty and Parks & Recreation) is set to star in the lead role as Star-Lord/Peter Quill.

SciFi Expo iphone photo

Anyone else remember the Battleship Yamato from the TV cartoon Star Blazers (from the anime show Space Battleship Yamato) from the late 1970's?

SciFi Expo iphone photo

Couple of Storm Troopers hanging out.

SciFi Expo iphone photos

Kept on forgetting to put these up.  The SciFi Expo in DFW was a few weekends ago.  I had never been to any type of science fiction or comic book convention before.  It was awesome.  Needless to say I plan on going to the DFW ComicCon in May.  Here's a pic from the SciFi Expo, a few more will follow:

(this is a mannequin, not someone in costume by the way)

Ben Affleck to Matt Damon: Suck it Jason Bourne, I have one more Oscar than you do!*

*at least that's what I hoped he would have said in his acceptance speech.

For You Comic Book Geeks From the 1980's...

Here's a great site that takes a fond look back of the greatness produced by Marvel in the 1980's:
http://marvel1980s.blogspot.com/

And here's a great "what if" site that features covers created by the blog's author from a wishlist of team-ups that never were a la Brave and the Bold and Marvel Team-Up:
http://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/

iphone photo(s) - Star Wars Is Back - New Movies Coming Soon

Post December 21, 2012 Joke

I swear I made up the below post 12-21-12 knock-knock joke (why would I lie about making up such a bad joke?).

- Knock, knock.

- Who's there?

- Maya.

- Maya who?

- Maya calendar seems to have stopped, do you have the date?

The Sloppy Swish

This cracks me up every time I watch it:

Do You Think They've Changed????

(this is a re-post from 10-20-08)

Mindy Green (featured in the first clip) is going to vote, does that scare anyone else besides me? It shouldn't matter if you are a Democrat or Republican or Independent, the type of ignorance displayed by some the people in the below clips should be combated at every turn by everyone.

An Honest Trailer for the Avengers (Which By the Way Was Released Today on DVD/BlueRay)

X-Files - 2 Episodes In

Thoughts so far:
So, it's pretty straightforward so far.  The X-Files premiered in Sept. 1993.  Two episodes in it's holding up OK, except for the music, which is heavy on keyboards and dated, at least so far.

Plot lines so far:
Mulder believes his sister was abducted by aliens and Scully's been hired to keep track of Mulder's investigations.
Smoking Man has made at least one appearance but, has said nothing so far.
Deep Throat has reached out to Mulder and told him that "they have been here for a long, long time," of course referring to extra-terrestrials.  Deep Throat also tells a lackey of his that the reason he keeps Mulder in the FBI and feeds him information is because it's smart to keep you friends close and enemies closer.
Mulder and Scully have investigated some kids that were abducted by aliens and had implants placed in the heads ("Pilot" Ep1) as well as some pilots that Mulder thinks have been affected by flying aircraft reverse engineered from alien tech ("Deep Throat" Ep 2).

Guest star(s) of note: Seth Green ("Deep Throat" Ep 2), with long hair, same height, looked pretty much the same as he does now.

As Far From Politics As I Can Get? I'm Starting the X-Files From Episode 1

I'll let you know how it goes...

Aggies Get Pranked, Not Like That's Hard or Something...

Someone put up the below billboard in Gainsville, FL, the home of the Texas A&M's opponent on the gridiron this weekend the Florida Gators:

Of course the Aggies are saying they didn't buy the billboard.  This reminds me of the time that a UT student stole A&M's mascot Reveille in the 1990's as prank.  Maybe a Longhorn bought the above billboard just to mess with the Aggies...