Blog of Much Holding

As the economic news has me in a funk, and I’m facing a lot of work to do at my place of employment, here’s some videos from Flight of the Conchords to cheer me up: [youtube]mlYkIJVguCU[/youtube] [youtube]iR2L98gobTQ[/youtube] [youtube]WGoi1MSGu64[/youtube]

The latest Apple rumor is that Wal-mart will start selling the iPhone after Christmas for $99. The model will supposedly be the 4 GB model that is no longer being sold. I am totally believing this rumor, because the price…

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Well, THIS was not what I had wanted to write about in my first post back after a two week hiatus. Forrest J Ackerman passed away last night and the news broke just a while ago. Uncle Forry, as his…

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Four days of family travel for Thanksgiving and another three days of business travel directly thereafter means that posting will be sporadic at best (and U.N.C.L.E. a day will return when I do). Sorry, loyal reader, you’ll just have to…

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God, I miss this show. [youtube]BGXxrjnVE9A[/youtube] [youtube]QRB3xDg5pnU[/youtube] [youtube]RFHlJ2voJHY[/youtube] [youtube]2ZyJCV_dyug[/youtube]

45 years ago today viewers caught the first episode of Doctor Who, “An Unearthly Child.” It was broadcast a day after the Kennedy assassination. This blog has a nice posting marking the occasion.

Sad news. Christopher Lloyd’s house has been destroyed in the California fires. This link tells the story. The saddest part? He says he put off cataloging all of the movie memorabilia and collectibles that he had gathered in his 35+…

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Here’s a news story that is reporting on what Wal-Mart will be selling on “black friday.” Among the doorbusters? A $128 Magnavox blu-ray player. Guess where I’ll be shopping that Friday morning? Thanks to The Digital Bits for the heads-up.…

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Paramount, again, lemme remind you: you coulda done a day-and-date release of the Star Trek trailer on-line and on the web, like Warner Brothers did with Watchmen, but NOOOOO… you want to release it on Monday and premiere it on…

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Got screen caps as best as I could from the bootleg – I canna do any better Captain!

Paramount, just a hint: PUT THE TRAILER ON THE INTERNET THE DAY IT’S IN THEATERS! Otherwise you will see it leak on the net in inferior quality like… oh, I don’t know, THIS: UPDATED: As expected, Paramount contacted Vimeo and…

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Just posted, a couple of minutes from the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special just broadcast in the UK for the Children in Need special… Unfortunately, the rumors of a seven-Doctor reunion did not pan out. [youtube]gb1ilNJ2L7Q[/youtube]