My Favorite Things of the Week

I've decided to do a weekly post about things I've encountered throughout the week that have maintained a hold on my attention or have just stood out in some way. With that said, here I go.

NUMBER ONE
When Tivo first came out I thought, "That's it. All the good ideas have been taken." Not so, it would seem, because someone came up with this:


Yup. A tauntaun sleeping bag. Brilliant. I don't even know what else to say.

Of course, you might not know what a tauntaun is, so I'll have to explain. Jeez. It's like you're five, or something.

In The Empire Strikes Back, the second Star Wars movie (or fifth, if you're an idiot), Luke Skywalker, everyone's least favorite whiny hero, is attacked by a scary puppet on the ice planet Hoth. Wounded, he escapes across the tundra and collapses, but is rescued by everyone's favorite drug-smuggler, Han Solo. Han is riding on a furry, miniature T-Rex, or tauntaun. The tauntaun, though indigenous to Hoth, cannot survive the freezing temperatures of the Hoth night. I know, right? It's like George Lucas didn't even re-read the thing when he was done. Anyway, Han's tauntaun drops dead and Han cuts it open and shoves Luke inside to keep him warm, or to suffocate him. Either way, Han comes out a hero.

And it took thirty years for someone to think of the tauntaun sleeping bag.

NUMBER TWO
I just recently downloaded Google Earth and I'm freaking out. That I have time to write this entry is a testament to my enormous willpower. I won't post a link here. Just go to Google and type "Google Earth." That how it's done, people. Two seconds for you to look it up or fifteen seconds for me to post a link. I'm all about efficiency.

NUMBER THREE
I got new glasses and, apparently, I look pretty darn hotttt. Like J.J. Abrams or Paul Giamatti.

NUMBER FOUR
Firefly. AWE-SOME! (Said in a sing-song falsetto.) I talked enough about this in an earlier post, so I won't say any more... for now.

NUMBER FIVE
Zach Galifianakis is flippin' hilarious. It's like someone took a Teddy Ruxpin and filled it with bile and acid and set it loose on the world. You totally want to hug the guy, but it probably isn't a good idea.

Anyway, those are the things I've been most impressed with this week.

Thank you,
Matt Beers