The Somewhat Ambitious

Well, just when you thought that the unending rape and pillage of our childhoods that has been the past decade of Star Wars films must surely be at an end, George Lucas has to go and outdo himself once more. Not content with simply castrating Han Solo by having Greedo shoot first, recent revelations on [...]

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An american man, who was driving drunk and who led police on a car chase, managed to run himself over. Apparently, after a series of profoundly retarded acts (driving through barbed wire was my highlight, especially given the scarcity of barbed wire in most cities), the unnamed miscreant fell out of the car and ran [...]

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Soap Lake (which is apparently a town in the USA, and not as i first thought just an awesome place to bathe) is allegedly planning on installing a fifty-foot high lava lamp. To be perfectly honest, I’d like to say something snide about how the people installing it have no sense of irony, or that [...]

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LUKE SKYWALKER’S LIGHTSABER IS FOR SALE.
A reader has pointed out that Profiles in History is holding a Hollywood memorabilia auction, at which Luke’s iconic weapon (not sure if its the one from ‘Jedi that he built himself, or the one Alec Guiness foisted from his still smouldering dad) will be up for auction. Also for [...]

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Ever wanted to literally shit gold? Good luck, idiot! because there’s no way you could…
…Right. Turns out you can. For $400US a pop, no less. Carry on.
(Link via Neatorama)
/Paul

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In a break from nerd news and the general whimsical idiocy which characterises The Somewhat Ambitious, some relatively breaking news: Mumbai is officially caught up in a shitstorm. A group calling itself the Deccan Mujahedeen has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks targeting luxury hotels and various highly populated public places, which is good, [...]

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About a month back, I linked to some do-it-yourself papercraft Marvel superheroes. Well, good news! If you emerged from that encounter peppered with papercuts and clutching your tiny Wolverine, wilting on account of all the blood you’ve lost, and you STILL want more, here’s more! The papercraft guys (I’m assuming they ditched their real names [...]

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As discussed this morning on the Breakfast Show, pictured above is my Death Knight Estelle Getty. And ON todays show, I discussed:
- The new Bandai gun alarm clock (which quite flustered Marieke’s inner fangirl)
- An incident in Louisana involving a phone, a bullet and God.
- The midnight launch of Wrath of the Lich King, and [...]

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In a chonologically stupefying move, Paul and I have just finished doing Tuesday’s episode of The Somewhat Ambitious. WHA-? you say. Wha indeed. We have the hyper-caffeinated sound bites to prove it. My god it was tangential. But only suitable really, given that the theme this week was/will be, once again, shuffle. We just pick [...]

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IF you happen to be a fan of Lost, and IF you happen to play World of Warcraft, and IF (furthermore) you aren’t deterred by the word IF being repeated pointlessly in upper case, then congratulations, you have chosen the right blog post to read. This screenshot, from Wrath of the Lich King, was posted [...]

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