Nazi ghostbuster?

I was creeping on my blog stats and one thing stuck out.

Someone found accessed my blog through a keyword search with the phrase "nazi ghostbuster".  How frickin' awesome is that - that my name comes up as a possible match.

Man that's great.

On zombie movies

I have had a good deal of time to sit around over the past nine months.  Often, while sitting, I find myself watching a zombie movie with my neighbors.  Here's an annotated list of what I've seen.

Night of the Living Dead  
Best to start with this one.  This 1968 black and white film is a must see in zombie movies.  NOTLD is responsible for creating the zombie that we know and love today. 

Fido - Speaking of loving zombies, Fido is set in the 1950s.  Radiation from space has been turning the recently deceased into zombies.  Rather than fighting zombies, a corporation known as Zomcon has developed technology that blocks the zombie's need for flesh thus turning them into docile servants helping out around the house and even playing a game of catch with the son whose dad is too busy.  Yeah, this movie was awesome.


Shaun of the Dead 
Also awesome, this movie exploits the comedic slowness of zombies.  Lots of dead zombies result.  (Dead?  Redead?  Not sure what you call a zombie that is killed).

Zombieland
This gem includes a set of rules to survive the zombie apocalypse and a cameo appearance by Bill Murray complete with the a Ghostbusters reenactment.  So good. 

Død Snø
A Norwegian film (with English subtitles) with Nazi zombies.  This film had promise (zombies, Nazis, many scenes depicting intestines being extracted from non-zombies, and chain saws), but I thought it was kind of a dumb.  My critique was dismissed based on the simple fact that this was a zombie movie, and by definition, kind of dumb.  Whatever - it ranks lowest on my list.  

Legos!

Huh, look at this Lego kit:

It's Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater.  There is also a Guggenheim Museum and some other models in their architecture collection.  Who new? 

I've been listening to an interesting podcast - Stuff You Should Know - and they are discussing Legos right now.  Pretty awesome.

Here are some facts to amaze your friends:
4 million children and adults will play with Legos this year
Lego is the number one producers of tires in the world - 306,000,000 tiny tires
On average, there are 62 Lego bricks for every person on Earth
People will spend a combined 5 billion hours this year playing with Legos
Lego has 150 designers on staff (fyi my dream job runner up - after playing baseball for the Twins)
There are 4 billion Lego people on the planet
Eleven people have been certified as Lego professionals
Lego is a combination of two Danish words: Leg Godt meaning play well
Coincidentally, Lego also means "I put together" in Latin

Sea lions are neat.

Here is just one more reason why National Geographic is phenomenal.

Octopus vs. sea lion


Shark vs. octopus


So if octopus > shark and sea lion > octopus, what is the relationship between sea lion and shark?

All videos taken from National Geographic's website