Elephants Never Forget

Brother: Elephants are lucky, you know.
Me: And they never forget.
Brother: That's actually a myth.
Me: I don't know... I've read some books.
Brother: Read a few more.

Message Rock #4

Like last time, a tribute to a lost loved one.

Autumn in New England

Sorry, New Jersey. You may have the bagels and the pizza, but New England has the edge on Autumn.

Sacrilegious Remakes

When I heard they were remaking Adventures in Babysitting, I rolled my eyes. When I heard the star attached to the remake is Miley Cyrus, I almost gagged. What is with the latest trend of remaking movies that have no business being remade? To quote Adventures in Babysitting, "Don't f--- with the babysitter"!

I got the latest Crime Against The Original news today, when I read that they are remaking Thelma and Louise. Thelma and Louise! While Adventures in Babysitting may be a 'classic' in sentimental terms only (I watched it dozens of times as a kid and my brother and I still quote it to each other), Thelma and Louise is an actual classic. Leave our classics alone!

The stars are supposedly one of the actresses from Gossip Girl and another young, barely-starlet. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis may not be particuarly well-respected actresses, but replacing them with poptarts who are 15 years younger is a disgrace. Possibly the worst detail of all is the remake's title: Cowgirl Bandits. It's bad enough to make my brain explode out my eyes. Goodbye, feminist messages. Hello, superficial girl power.

Why not remake a movie that wasn't done well the first time around? Like Twilight!

Obama in Boston

Not only in the city, but across the street from my office.

Dartmouth Street was blocked to cars and pedestrians between Boylston and Stuart.

Worst Twilight Merchandise

We've all seen the TrueBlood drinks and the Twilight jewelry but this article rounds up bizarre outliers in the world of vampire merchandise. An Edward Cullen shower curtain? Really?

Most hilarious (or frightening) is the Twilight Dildo, which sparkles in sunlight. Natch. The article goes on to say:

"The real craziness comes from the product description, which touts both its "deathly pale flesh tone reminiscent of the moon's soft glow" and the fact that it "retains hot and cold temperature," so you can "toss it in the fridge for that authentic experience," thus selling it on the strength of how accurate it is to a corpse's wang. That's right, folks: This may in fact be the first sex toy to be marketed directly to the amateur necrophiliac."