I'm pretty sure this list is from 1998. The original list was hand written by me in an old notebook I kept. There are plenty of films from 1997 and 1998 and no films from 1999 on the list, so my deduction is it's from 1998.

This was a period of serious film-geekitude for me, so the list clearly reflects my interests at the time.

So, here's one sentence (or fragment) on each of those films. I'm trying to do this without much editing or research so expect to see some weirdness follow I linked to full reviews of the films where applicable if you want to follow up and see how my original appraisal and my later recollections match up.

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this is a post for all those things I see from time to time that make me think "I should share that" and then I don't because I think "everyone has probably already seen it" when in fact everyone probably hasn't. So here are a few of those things, rolled up into one link-filled nugget of joy.

"A Coke Addict Makes a Coke-Flavored Cola and Calls it Coke"

The 5 Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While High

DNA, Psychoanalyisis, Coca Cola a No Hitter and… you'll have to click through for #1.

Calvin and Jobs

A brilliant technolust cousin to Garfield Minus Garfield from Mad (the paper magazine, which is why we're linking to flickr).

Just In Case You Want To Play Catch-Up With the Meme Thing

Here's a handy timeline. The first I remember experiencing firsthand was the "Ate my Balls" thing, which makes me feel old.

Of course, everything makes me feel old right now, so that's nothing new.

For what it's worth, my favorite of the highlighted items is the classic "All Your Base Are Belong To Us." Now watch as I post it, like the Internet equivalent of a classic rock DJ

I'm completely fascinated with the phrase written on his giant chest. It's nonsense, but just close enough to having meaning that it's a tantalizing mystery. Or just fun nonsense. Or something. Whatever it is, I like it, and that's all that counts.

Regardless, you've got to love the giant Lego man in all his giant Lego glory. Just look at his head crushing talon about to destroy that poor Dutch woman.

I really want it to be some sort of Danish (Trojan) Horse. I'm not exactly sure which way the currents run up there, so who knows it that's even possible, but I love the idea.

Here's some Youtube video, if it were really a Danish invasion, this is where they'd jump out. Sadly, they don't

It's got something to do with this guy. What? I don't know as it's in a language I don't understand:

No real than you are

Here's a story on it:

Giant Lego man washed up on Dutch beach

"A man put his foot through a $300,000 painting Wednesday afternoon at the Milwaukee Art Museum and told museum workers later that the image disturbed him."

"The 22-year-old Pewaukee man started kicking "The Triumph of David" by Ottavio Vannini as it hung on the wall in the museum's Early European Gallery, said David Gordon, CEO and director of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

"Painted in 1640, the oil painting depicts the outcome of the biblical tale of David and Goliath, with David carrying the giant Goliath's severed head, Gordon said.

"'He was kicking it, aiming his blows at the head of Goliath, and then he pulled it off the wall and started kicking it,' Gordon said"

Crazy. And I thought the tourists hanging all over the Egyptian artifacts in the British Museum was disturbing. What a sight that must have been.

Sometimes, when you mix two things that are normally completely harmless you get unexpected results. This, for example, is the result of mixing some Tiger Balm mistakenly applied to my temple (in an absent-minded gesture) and the Kiehls facial cleanser I normally use…