Every movie that came out this year - even the crappy ones.

I found myself far more entranced by this cinematic mashup than I thought I would be - a guy named Kees Van Dijkhuizen jammed together pieces from 342 different movies that came out this year into one long trailer for, I guess, spectacle in general. Check it out.  It's strong up to about 5 minutes in, then gets going again at the 6 minute mark.

I also enjoyed this rundown of the Top 10 Movie Moments of 2009, which I found myself agreeing with - though I disagreed that Taken had any good moments outside of the one mentioned there. It also included at least one that made me say "Oh, yeah, I forgot about that, but that was epic" - the cafeteria scene in Watchmen.

I'm sure most of you are getting sick of it, but I'm quite enjoying all these "The Top Something-Or-Others Of The Decade" lists. It might inspire me to make my own, though I guess I already kinda did that with movies, huh?  Maybe instead of "top," I'll just do "favorite," which is more fun anyway.

A short dose of winter.

I got to be home in New Hampshire for a couple days over Christmas, and just as I hoped, I got a real snowfall out of the deal. I threw on a jacket and went walking in the snow, stopping occasionally to take a couple pictures with my cell phone. Here are a couple:

By the end of February, when all of New Hampshire is a grayish-brown, and people in Houston are just starting to say things like "do you suppose it's time to get the badminton set out?" - then, I will be thrilled to live in Texas again. But for now... I miss being a real northerner.

Found This Appropriate.

Accenture hasn't yet taken down all of their Tiger Woods advertisements that were, for such a long time, ubiquitous to airport terminals. I stumbled across this one in D.C. this morning and took a picture, since the tagline was so gloriously exact.

Your move, Tiger.

Ultimate proof that I was born in the wrong decade.

Epic Win found and posted this picture, sans context. I think it's better that way.

Now I understand the appeal of Jeeps.

A group of kids perform an unbelievable live techno song, using only a single Jeep as their instrument. Apparently it took them about 2 weeks of practice, followed by 7 hours of shooting to get a perfect take, and it's totally worth it. The song really starts getting good around 1:00, so skip ahead if you lack the time.