This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: fearless and inventive.

Just saying.

(I haven't done a Rush post in a while. As a warning- Jabba quotes always equal Rush.)

That's okay Mikey. You and your brother are back with your mother and I. That makes us the richest people in Astoria.

McCain:

“I define rich in other ways besides income,” he said. “Some people are wealthy and rich in their lives and their children and their ability to educate them. Others are poor if they’re billionaires.”

Goonies never say die!

On a lighter note- here's Cindy Lauper's "Goonies 'R' Good Enough." I love this movie for a lot of reasons but it just seems to perfectly capture what it was like growing up in the 80s.

There's some shots of wrestler Andre the Giant at the end, dead for several years now. Sigh.

Hit puree!

A couple of days ago I made a guilty confession to Swinebread that one of my favorite movies was Richard Donner's 1985 film The Goonies.

The funny thing is I have a hard time quantifying just why I like this movie so darn much. Part of it is the way Donner directed the kids in the movie. Half the time they're stepping all over each other's lines and just throwing their lines out at light speed but this has the effect of making the dialog sound more like kids actually talk. Donner was smart enought to just roll with that.

It's also got a great score by Dave Grusin and a pop soundtrack that featured Cindy Lauper, REO Speedwagon and the late Luther Vandross. The music just seemed so perfectly... 80's.

Swinebread notified me that there was a comic in the works and that I should check it out. Sure enough "The Goonies: Search for Sloth" is in production with a late summer release date and it's co-authored by none other than Mr. Richard Donner. Not only that - they consulted every cast member from the original movie about their characters while writing this. Frickin' awesome.

Just keep Chunk away from the blender...

Kid's suck.

Do you have a child you particulary despise for whatever reason? Is their a toddler at whom the sound of his voice just makes you want to claw off your own ears? Well here's the perfect Christmas present for the little spawn of satan:

From the authors of "Help! Mom! There are liberals under my bed" comes another children's book which can serve as the equivalent of a literary lobotomy on any wee ones on your hate list.

If you want to ensure a certain child doesn't develop the cognitive skills to complete college, much less kindergarden, get them this book.

Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here.