Multi-link Monday: Get your 'Star Wars' name
Posted: Monday, July 30, 2007 6:00 AM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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Multi-link Mondays
I'm back from the TV critics' summer press tour in Beverly Hills, although I'm still posting about some of the new shows that were presented there. We'll also get back to the commercial contest that was so sorely neglected while I was gone. But for the moment, a new Multi-link Monday.
--Want to get your "Star Wars" name? This is much more complicated than getting your porn-star or drag-queen name, but fortunately, the site does all the work. Apparently I'm Gaepe Vosa, Repbonneville of Singulair. Hmm. That does sound pretty "Star Warsian," now that I think about it.
--¿uʍop ǝpısdn ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ǝɥʇ sı ʎɥʍ 'ʎǝɥ. Or, in other words: Hey, why is the Internet upside down?
--I've always loved John Moe's Pop Song Correspondences on McSweeney's, but here's a gem: "To: Peter Criss, From: Beth." KISS fans will appreciate it most. Excerpt: "You say you and the boys just can't find the sound. Here: loud guitars and lots of people bellowing in a not particularly melodious way. There. Done. There's your "sound." You ain't Bowie. And, honestly, if the band is really searching for a new sound (what, is Gene going to go prog-rock? Ace trotting out a folk protest ballad?), they probably don't even need you, Peter! You're the drummer for KISS! What are you going to do, recommend more hydraulics on the drum platform?"
--If, like me, you're pining for "The Office" to come back, you can help the time pass by chuckling through this list of pranks Jim (and often, Pam) has pulled on Dwight (and often, Andy). Don't try these in your own office. Well, except for maybe convincing someone it's Friday when it's really Thursday. Or faxing them from the future.
--Reader-submitted link o' the week, from Ohio Betty: "Just what every parent-to-be needs, the Random Name Generator. It runs the gamut from 'normal' cultures/languages to interesting categories like Norse Mythology, Classical Greek, Rapper, Kreatyve and (not to cash in on any summer blockbusters or anything) Transformer."
