Happy Holidays From The Obama Family

Must...Stop...Buying...Gifts

And now, a classic holiday shopping moment from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Oh that Clark W. Griswold, when will he learn!

Leave Nothing

Dear advertising industry: this is how you get me to pay attention to commercials. After seeing the visuals of this commercial, it makes complete sense that this was directed by Michael Mann (Collateral, Miami Vice). From now on, I expect all my commercials to be directed by individuals of an Oscar nominated caliber.

Why So Serious?

Ok, I've already watched this trailer at least half a dozen times and I can't seem to stop.

I just hope my July '08 wedding doesn't get in the way of the summer release of The Dark Knight.

I'm kidding, of course...I'd never let anything get in the way of seeing this movie.

Kidding again...maybe.

Kidding.

You Better Be Near 'Legend'ary

UPDATE: Yeah, so...I'm pretty disappointed right now. Let's put it this way: the amazing trailer for The Dark Knight shown before the movie was easily the more memorable part of my movie experience tonight.

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I think the first trailer I saw for I Am Legend was a good year or so ago. It's clearly positioned as the holiday blockbuster movie (with Sweeney Todd, as well as the collective force of all 100 Oscar movie releases, nipping at its heals), and it's release date is finally here. You better believe I'll be at my local theater nice and early tomorrow night to reserve my seat amongst the rowdy masses.

And to you, I am Legend, all I ask is that you're even close to the hype that has surrounded you throughout the run-up to this movie's release. Just get close...you don't have to to be the best post-apocalyptic vampire movie I've ever seen (then again, I'm not sure you're competing with more than the Blade trilogy here, so it looks like you do have to be the best). We're talking Will Smith, crazy aerial shots of a barren NYC, eerie creatures lurking in the night...please don't turn out to be like the remake of Godzilla with Matthew Broderick, please!

I Am Legend, if you mess this one up, I vow to never see another "suspenseful monster movie set on the streets of New York City" ever again......until J.J. Abrams's Cloverfield is released in January, that is. To the movies!

Note To Self:

Alan Keyes is mayor of Crazytown!

Viral Politics

Hey Rudy...nervous laughter much?


Cookiegate: the scandal that will surely sink the Hillary campaign.


It's too bad the writers' strike is still going on because you know Letterman would be pulling out the infamous "Uma...Oprah" joke for Obama and Oprah......OK, so maybe there are some benefits to the writers' strike.

The Winner Of This Year's Heisman Trophy Is...Jesus Christ!

Earlier tonight, Tim Tebow began his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech...

"Thank you...[choked up]...I'd just like to...first start off by thanking my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who game me the ability to play football..."

Hmmm...so Jesus gives college football quarterbacks good throwing arms? I have to say, I did not know that. And, just in case we didn't hear him the first time, Tebow gave his "Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ" a second shout out later in his speech.

Technically, if Jesus gave Tebow his football abilities, doesn't this mean that Jesus should be receiving the Heisman Trophy, and not Tebow? Just saying.

It's Time

Hello Pittsburgh

Thanks for knocking the Big East out of the BCS championship game! The entire country could have been watching West Virginia and Ohio State play for the national title in New Orleans, but noooooo, you had to go and pretend you were anything other than 28-point underdogs. I hate you.