From all of us here at Spwug, we wish all of our American readers a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

To all of our non-American readers, we wish a happy and wonderful day. No reason for the day to be any less happy for the non-Americans.

This bit of machinima is pretty neat, it’s a World of Warcraft political demographics poll.
Regardless of who you’re voting for, it’s a fun watch.

The Secret of Superhero Movies

(WARNING: He is quite opinionated)

Katy found this and forwarded it to me, and I think it has a lot of interesting ideas (some of which I disagree with) when it comes to modern super hero movies.

For example, I disagree with his belief that Watchmen will flop, but this is something we’ll have to wait and see on.

Meanwhile, I’m still working on the Blizzcon post, things have been crazy at work. It’ll be up soon, I hope.

Yes, I’m alive. Barely.

I’ll be posting about last weekend’s Blizzcon this week. Maybe even with pictures.

This post should be up this weekend.

Thanks to all of our loyal readers (all seven of you) who are still reading Spwug.

Hello, loyal Spwug readers!

Katy and I apologize for not posting much recently, things have been crazy at home.

This is not a post saying that Spwug is ending, because it’s not. Nor is it a post saying that Katy and I will be posting more, because that’s in the air.

However, it IS a post saying that in a week or two, there will be a call for writers! If you’ve ever wanted to write for a geek culture magazine, here’s your chance!

Just keep an eye on this space, and I’ll have the details up as soon as I can.

Thanks!

As many people know, the earthquakes that happened last month in China have been devastating. We have seen the reports, and know of the horrors that have happened.

But I believe that this page of comics (http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/133_china/133_china.htm) shows us some stories that we haven’t seen here in the U.S. (and possibly in other countries as well)

Warning: The stories are very moving, so if you’re someplace where you don’t want to have people see you cry, you may want to wait until you’re home.

Our thoughts go out to the people in China affected by these tragedy, and to all of those people in other places (like Burma) who are dealing with their own tragedies.

So Katy and I went to a Jonathan Coulton concert last night, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. The concert was incredible, but I’ll leave the concert reports for more dedicated bloggers.

What I want to talk about is the opening band.

The comedy music duo known as Paul and Storm were the opening act, and they started with a hilarious song sending up their own status as an opening band called “Opening Band”. And from there, things just kept getting funnier. There were points where we both were laughing so hard we were tearing up.

Their songs run the gamut from parodies to satire to plain old comedy. From a Schoolhouse Rock parody about counting to ten (“Count To Ten”) to their idea of what a theme song for the Lord of the Rings would sound like if it were written by Randy Newman (“Randy Newman’s ‘Theme from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’”), their songs all had the audience laughing loud and long. They also sang several fake commercial jingles that they come up with, covering products from kitty litter to Necco wafers.

I have the feeling that a lot of Jonathan Coulton fans (including myself and Katy) became Paul and Storm fans that night as well.

Check them out, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. (Warning: They do swear in their songs sometimes.)

So, dear readers, do you have any favorite comedy musicians (beyond Weird Al, Jonathan Coulton, and Paul and Storm)? Do they have any specific shticks that set them apart?

And thus, no post this week, either. My apologies, folks.

Hopefully I’ll have this figured out soon.

I was watching a preview of the upcoming episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and there’s a conversation between Zuko and Sokka that caught my eye ear.

Warning: POSSIBLE SPOILER

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POSSIBLE SPOILER:

Sokka: My first girlfriend turned into the Moon.

Zuko: *thinks for a second, then completely seriously says:* That’s rough, buddy.

This is one of the funnier and more unexpected things I’ve heard recently.

So, have you ever run into a line or lines in a show that made you stop in your tracks, thinking, “Did they just say that?” What was the line? Do you use the line yourself?

Sorry for the constant delays, folks. Things have been a little on the crazy side.