Facebook should give its users a (better) hide function and tell them to shut up about wanting a "Dislike Button" already. I didn't join Facebook in pursuit of a user opinion poll on the things I post.
The Glee cast is so ridiculously talented. Though it seems slightly odd that they had Kristin Chenoweth guest star in an episode and didn't find a way to have her as part of this number (since she was the original Glinda).
- Dan Hsiao
Yeah they are great. We saw Lea Michele (Rachel) in Spring Awakening about a year ago. She was very good (the whole musical was).
- Benjamin Golub
@Dan - I think the main difficulty there was that Kristin Chenowith's story arc lasted only that one episode, and the episode that this number is in hasn't aired yet.
- Brian Chang
Yeah, it didn't really fit in with the way her character was written... but I also feel like they didn't necessarily pick the best pieces for her. How awesome would it have been if she did "Popular"? Anyway, I'm really behind in this show so should find time to catch up :(
- Dan Hsiao
I really liked the duet they did together, I think it was Maybe This Time. But it isn't really fair making anyone go up against Kristin Chenoweth
- Benjamin Golub
I dunno... i feel like Lea Michele sounded better than Kristin in their duel... Lea Michele's voice is freakin' amazing.
- Dan Hsiao
Dan, did you see them perform the national anthem at the world's series?
- Jeannie Choi
I was impressed. The songs on the show are very over produced, you know? So I was skeptical about their actual singing talent, but wowzers, they can sing well live and a capella, not an easy feat.
- Jeannie Choi
Agree Jeannie - why do they have to super-synthesize the songs on an otherwise fine show? it's hecka annoying
- Felicia Yue
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe - http://xkcd.com/658/
"Making matters worse, it appears that one Mr. David Pogue didn't have this problem, as his iPhone: The Missing Manual was approved with title and icon intact."
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
A parody (even though this is not indicated in the title or description) of DirecTV commercials. Funny in the "Awww, too soon?" kind of way.
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
Funny, except the Droid goes from being Vader to Admiral Motti, and the iPhone goes from being Obi-Wan to Vader.
- Dan Hsiao
Yeah, it's not so much a spoof of the Star Wars scene as it is two phones taunting each other using as many Star Wars references as they can. Had it gone on for another panel, one of them probably would have called the other a scruffy-looking nerf herder.
- Brian Chang
Dan...um, how to say this...you just brought it to a whole 'nother level of geekdom. Due respect :-)
- Felicia Yue
"By removing the bustle of street names, traffic flows and landmarks, nothing is left but the city's organizational beauty."
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
TMNT (the CGI Ninja Turtles movie that came out a few years back) is way underrated. Plus it has some good voice acting from Patrick Stewart.
"Eleven people died during the two-hour gun battle between militants and police, including five UN staff and three gunmen dressed in police uniforms."
- Brian Chang
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Wow. The guy's 62 years old. He was hired by the U.S. Department of Defense... I wonder if they provided him with the AK47 he carries around or he picked it up himself...
- Dan Hsiao
I don't think AK-47s are standard issue from any US government agency, so it's probably something he acquired in Afghanistan and carries around for his own defense.
- Brian Chang
Either the independent panel didn't get the memo about the < 50% success rate of past missions to Mars, or they've taken it upon themselves to improve the number.
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
Whoa. Facebook news feed is lookin' a little different today.
Ridiculously thin = yea. Everything else about this = nay. Maybe this means the first generation Adamo units will finally drop to a reasonable price.
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
"Out of 42 missions, only 20 have succeeded. That's less than 50% chance of survival. And it gets worse: Of those, only eight were actually programmed to land on Mars, which is actually the theoretically difficult part."
- Brian Chang
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