A penguin in Scotland was knighted by the Norwegians. I don’t really have any commentary on it — the story pretty well stands on its own. I will say, however, that the penguin speaks remarkable Norwegian Penguinese — you can’t even hear his Scottish Penguinese brogue. Which is actually kind of a shame, because his brogue is so…
From the Head of the Q.U. Crypto-Psychology Department I’ve heard many a person who has watched the Lord of the Rings movies say that Frodo and Sam were gay. But as it turns out, they were probably just “mostly” gay. In fact, the new information presented in an article by Robert Kunzig in the June, 2008…
From the Head of the Q.U. Crypto-Visual Media Department Summary – lamerific. And since I’m not feeling too lazy to come up with anything better (unlike the writers of the movie, apparently), here’s some detail as to why. Ark of Truth neatly wrapped up most of the loose ends of the series, and…
I think about the end of the world as we know it quite a bit. Well, okay, usually I’m contemplating CAUSING the end of the world as we know it by conquering said world with my robot army, but when I’m not doing that, I’m thinking about something or someone other than me causing…
From the Head of the Q.U. Creative Writing DepartmentYou’ve no doubt seen plenty of blog posts, workshops, books, and hieroglyphs describing the mistakes newbie writers should avoid, and most of them say pretty much the same things. Well, as I am now on the verge of the cusp of almost being a semi-published author myself,…
From the Q.U. Visual Media Department Head:I love the work of Guillermo del Toro (director of Pan’s Labyrinth, and the upcoming Hellboy 2). I was very pleased to hear he would be directing “The Hobbit.” In fact, I have drafted what I suspect del Toro’s “Smaug the Dragon” will look like: Your Assignment:Share your thoughts on…
(I originally posted a version of this on Fantasy Magazine’s “Fantasy Friday: Blog for a Beer.” The topic was the seeming lack of public outrage over property damage resulting from superhero battles, and was inspired by the release of the movie Hancock).From the Q.U. Political Science Department Head: As the (unofficial) self-appointed Spec-Fic Community Outreach…
(Warning: While it would be impossible to “spoil” something as mind-numbingly boring or inherently rotten as The Happening, I suppose I should warn you that reading this may tip you off to the movie’s “secrets.” Although, of course, the movie’s secrets are not as plausible as the real events described below. So read on. Really. …
Well, I fear we at Q.U. are about to lose our exclusive vending deal with visiting aliens. You see, our Crypto-Culinary Arts staff long ago realized why aliens really visit Earth. Banana Cream Pie. It’s quite obvious when you think about it. Everyone who has traveled inter-dimensionally or via quantum wormholes knows that any food…
Dear Q.U. Faculty and Students: I’m afraid a group of monkeys has escaped from the Q.U. psychology lab, released by well-meaning but misguided animal rights activists. WARNING: These monkeys have been infected with “all the rage.” If they bite anyone, I fear a plague of trend zombies may spread out of control, destroying…