Pfft.

Go Colts!

Kyle

Super Bowl and Oscars

So it looks I will be doing a blog today, and likely more often in the future.

Anyways, the Oscar nominations were announced on Wednesday. There wasn't really too many suprises but I am glad that District 9 was selected for a best picture nomination. A shame it doesn't stand a chance though. The films that scored many nominations were the much hyped Avatar and The Hurt Locker. The interesting thing about this is that the directors of these two films, James Cameron and Kathyrn Bigelow, were married but are now divorced. I have no idea what sort of terms they are on but it could make for a heated rivalry. Upon looking at the Vegas odds for the Ocars,yes there are vegas odds for the Oscars, Avatar is favorite for Best Picture while Hurt Locker(Kathryn Bigelow) is favorite for Best Director. The other nominations are long shots with A Serious Man paying up to 410:1 for best picture. Yes 410:1, I did not miss a decimal.

Speaking of strange bets the Super Bowl is tomorrow and as per usual there are a plethora of strange bets you can make on the game. Here are a select few:

How many times will Pete Townshend do the windmill?
Over/Under: 5.5

How many times will CBS cut to Kim Kardashian?
Over/Under: 2.5

What color Gatorade will be dumped on the winning coach?
Lime Green 6/1, yellow 4/5, orange 11/2, red 25/2, blue 25/2, clear/water 8/5

Who will the MVP thank first?
God 20/21, family 13/2, teammates 23/20, coach 10/1, noone 9/2

Will the combined first-half points or the winning car number at Daytona be higher?

Will the colts first-quarter points or Ovechkin's shots on goal against the penguins earlier that day be higher?

The complete list can be found at www.esquire.com

Anyways, Go Saints!
Dave

Rip Torn and Oscars

So in case you missed the news, actor Rip Torn got drunk, broke into a bank, and was carrying a loaded weapon. Apparently he thought it was his home, and he put his hat and shoes by the door. How drunk do you have to be to think a bank is your house? Yeah, there's my wall safe, man when did I get these cameras put in. The limit is 0.08, he had his at 0.203...I dunno about you, but I know my life goals are to work super hard to become an actor, move to LA and get a lot of good rolls, then save some money up to buy a decent house, maybe get married, then get super liquored up, get my gun and break into a bank. Sigh, one day.

Oscar nominations came out today, and I can't believe some of the nominations. I mean come on, Blindside for Best VFX? Seriously? No Best Picture nomination for Avatar? If you ask me somethings seriously wrong with the people that are putting this all together. If anything Rip Torn should of got a nod for the acting he did when he broke into that bank. How the hell did he manage to break into the bank anyways? I mean aren't banks supposed to be super secure with security and all that? Rip Effin' Torn managed to break into one and he was drunk out of his skull! Hmm, maybe that's the the best way to do it...not that I've been...planning anything...or...yeah. Don't judge me!

Note: In case you couldn't tell, this was written Monday night, 1 day before the nominations were announced.

Kyle

iPad, SchmiPad

So this past week all I've seen is iPad this, and iPad that. Enough with this iPad business, It's just a big iPhone and doesn't deserve as much talk as it's getting. I'd continue talking about it, but that would just add to all the talk about it.

Kyle

Curse You Weather

So the past week the weather here has been amazing, I mean it was around -5 during the day, and pretty sunny. Things were looking good, then today out of nowhere it goes to -30 and crazy blowing snow. I go to my vehicle in the morning, and the doors are actually frozen shut. You see, as it was super nice that night, it was actually raining. Then all the water turned to ice, as science will explain. So yeah, yesterday was great weather wise.

You may notice we have some new buttons now below the comic. This way you can link a certain comic to one of favorite sites. So if you stumble upon, twitter, facebook, digg, or reddit, why don't you try it out with your favorite comic? What's that you ask? You don't know which one is your fav? Assuming you've signed up and rated all the comics, you could go to the archive and sort by your rating and bam,

Or just pick one at random.

Kyle

18 Things to do before you turn 18

So the other day I was eating Reeses cereal. Now I know what you're all thinking, "Reeses, for breakfast? No way!" Well way. Anyways, on the back of the box they had a list of 18 things to do before you turn 18. Upon reading this list I found there was no point to living life as I hadn't even came close to finishing half of it. I shall no dissect the list for your viewing pleasure.

1. Ride the world's biggest roller coaster
Dare to keep your eyes open and hands in the air for the whole ride

The worlds biggest roller coaster (According to Wikipedia) is in New Jersey. So unless you live in or around NJ or can convince your parents to go there for vacation, I'm guessing you're screwed, unless you buy yourself a flight.

2. Bungee jump!
Scared? At 700ft, the Bloukram's river bridge in South Africa is the biggest

How the hell am I supposed to get to South Africa? I was just in New Jersey! I don't even have a passport!

3. Score the winning goal/basket
Remind all your friends at every given opportunity

This ones doable, however if you remind your friends constantly they won't be your friends for long.

4. Win an award, trophy, or prize
Write that acceptance speech and thank the world

Again, this one's all right, but I mean, whenever I won a prize, I've never been given the opportunity to say thanks, let alone an acceptance speech, what are these kids supposed to be winning Oscars or something?

5. Learn an instrument
No air guitar

Screw that, air guitar rocks, next.

6. Go backstage at a gig
It'll be something you'll boast about for years to come

This will often end with security escorting you out, most likely after they rough you up a bit. Make sure you say you're with the band, that always works.

7. Meet your idol
Being a celebrity stalker might not go down too well

I don't mind this one, granted it's nearly impossible (especially if you're super religious), but at least this one mentions that it's preposterous to try if you're a minor. The only way I'd meet my idol is if it was Burton Cummings.

8. Play a part in your favorite TV show
Be an extra and learn to speak without talking

Is this one serious? People go to school for acting, save up as much money as the can, then move to LA, only to live a miserable life and then if they're lucky they get to be an extra on a show. But oh wait, you're favourite show, yeah, it'll probably be canceled by the time you get out there.

9. Meet someone with your own name
With a world population of 6 billion it should be easy

This ones easy, unless you were named something like Rainbow or Milhouse.

10. Make a discovery
Whatever the discovery, make sure it's named after you

I'm not going to even talk about this one.

11. Get away with the perfect practical joke
Be careful of retaliation, it could end in tears

If it were perfect, nobody would know it was you that did it.

12. Own a pointless collection
One person's junk is another person's prized possession

Every collection is pointless, but I hope this isn't telling you to collect dirt (Like that guy in "Saving Private Ryan" did)

13. Invent a word that makes it into the dictionary
Make it a part of your crew's lingo

Again, I refuse to explain this one.

14. Conquer your biggest fear
If you're too scared, try hypnotism

Okay this HAS to be a list for rich kids in the Hollywood area. Some people go their entire life without conquering their biggest fear. Or they'll spend mad money on psychiatry.

15. Raise money for charity
Get some exercise by signing up for a charity road race

This ones actually good. Although it says road race...do they mean ala "Fast and the Furious" I wonder?

16. Pass your driving test the first time
Go straight to the next task

You have one shot at this one, I'll tell you right now, I don't like your odds.

17. Complete a road trip coast to coast
Route 66 originally ran from Chicago to Santa Monica

Okay so it's a list for a rich Hollywood area kid that lives in an RV.

18. Reach 18 years of age - yes!!!

The last thing on the list is to turn 18. That's like getting a medal for participation.

So that's the list broken down, check to see how you stack up.

More TV

So lately it'd been unseasonably warm here, which is quite welcome. I mean it's at least 10 degrees warmer than usual. Though things are quite dirty around the city.

I've been watching a good amount of TV lately, mostly How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, and the Tonight Show. Though this will probably be my last week of watching the Tonight Show seeing how it's Conan's last. I'll probably tune in when Jays new show starts just to see how bad it is. I imagine it will be terrible. I am quite impressed with How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) though. I definitely didn't think it'd be as good as it is. Big Bang Theory is allright, not great, not bad, I'm sure if I was a bigger geek or scientist of some kind I would appreciate it more. What shows do you like or are anticipating? Let us know in the forums if you want.

Kyle

Late Night

So, this has been a pretty huge story as of late. I'm sure you've heard about it already, but to recap:

-Leno retires
-Conan gets Tonight Show
-Leno gets new half hour show
-New Leno show sucks
-Leno wants Tonight Show back
-NBC gives it to him

That's basically what's going on right now. Conan's only been on the Tonight Show for about 6-7 months now, and the vast majority of people are taking his side. I can't say I blame him, but a lot of people are seeing this as Leno vs. Conan, where in reality it's NBC dropping the ball really hard. I'm sure Leno didn't plan on giving the show to Conan just so he can take it away from him.

One great thing to come out of all this is the past week (and next week as well) have/will be some great television on the Tonight Show. Conan and Andy have taken some pretty big jabs at NBC, things that many people wouldn't dare to say, which is great to hear. I mean yesterday on the show Conan was selling a carry on bag, and all the proceeds were going to NBC as they are estimated to loose 200 million during the winter olympics. It's quite ballsy for him to throw this information out there, but clearly Conan doesn't care anymore about what he says, and it makes for great TV. I'm sure Conan will turn up somewhere, hopefully a place where he'll get more then 7 months.

Note: Just to put it in perspective, Lolable Comics will have been around for 7 months at the end of January and it just feels like yesterday it was starting up, boy how time flies.
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Hopefully Jay Leno doesn't start making webcomics.

Kyle

News

So it's quite big news now, about McGwire, but as you can see from the comic, it makes very little sense to me how this is big news. Everyone knew he used roids, and that was years ago. I mean yes, I'm glad he came clean and all, but I didn't expect it to be as big a deal as it is. Here's hoping Barry Bonds comes clean (to my memory he hasn't but I can be wrong). I really don't think that anyone that used drugs should be in the hall of fame or hold a record. The whole point of it being great is that he did it within the rules, and by letting someone get the recognition that didn't follow the rules is just wrong.

Kyle

Pineapples, Reactions and New Features

So I didn't realize this fact about pineapples, but I think it's pretty cool. The only downside though is that it takes around 3 years for a pineapple to grow out of it. So it's not exactly worthwhile in that sense.

Avatar's now 2nd worldwide money wise. It's though to say if it'll beat Titanic, though it's not looking like it. I think it still needs to make about 700 million more? Sound a little steep, but I'm hoping. One of the real interesting things I found about this movie, well, not so much the movie but alot of peoples reactions to it. A lot of people are comparing it to the North American natives when the English came. While others are seeing it as what's going on with the war. One article had a man complaining that Avatar (also Star Wars) was making fun of Bush, though I have no idea what he's talking about. Meanwhile, another article I found has some Chinese people seeing it as being about nailhouses. It's interesting how different kinds of people are able to relate to it.

Also, we added a new feature to the site. We've added a "remember me" button to the log in, so that when you go to log in, you should only have to do it once and then you're logged in for good. This should make it easier for you to rate comics and use the forums. If it doesn't seem to be working right for you, either post in the forums about it (though I guess that's impossible if you can't seem to log in) or email Dave at dave@lolablecomics.com

Kyle