Fresh To Death
Even Death was a plucky little punk in his teens… Now this is the story all about how My life got flipped, turned upside down And I’d like to take a minute don’t struggle preytel I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a place called Hell Inspired by […]
Grim Readers Book Club
Joining a club is a great way to experience existential despair. “All right, everybody, this is very exciting. Welcome to the first meeting of the ‘Contemplate Your Own Death For A Few Moments’ club. Thanks for coming!” “Thank you, Cheryl.” “Let’s get right down to it. Did everybody do this […]
Was A Legend
Transportation comes in all shapes and sizes. He-man had Battlecat. The Ringwraiths had the Nazgul. Mario had Yoshi. The Doctor had the TARDIS. So why wouldn’t the Grim Reaper have a shark and ride it like a surfboard? Death is a gnarly dude.
I Just Call it Housekeeping Remix
Even Death has to do the ironing… You know how it is going about your house chores being the Grim Reaper: Sweeping up the souls of the damned from under the carpet where they have been laying for what seems like eternity; Scrubbing out the lives of the soon-to-be newly […]
I’ve Seen Things
When it comes to artificially engineered beings with super-human strength meeting their untimely end in the movies, there are two moments for me that come to mind. Arnie in Terminator 2 with the molten lead and the thumb, and the death of Replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner. As he says to Deckard in his final soliloquy before his […]
Skull Kitty
It is a little known fact that female pirates sailing around Japan often displayed the Skull Kitty flag in place of the more traditional skull and crossbones. Supposedly, this sent a very clear message to those who saw it…we may be pirates, but we’re still cute. Japanese icon Hello Kitty […]
Obvious Slogan #2
Indeed. Apparently everything I needed to know about life I can get from Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey… Don’t matter if you’re a king Or a little street sweeper Sooner or later You’ll dance with the reaper.
Justin Bieber Checklist
Saddam Hussein. Osama Bin Laden. Muammar Gaddafi. There is another whose actions have had a far more far-reaching and devistating effect on the world-at-large…Justin Bieber. This little pop-star with all the hits is on everybody’s hitlist of people to pop. Well, for everybody over 15, anyway. In the words of […]
Death Scratch
Dog-lovers, beware. You just made the list. Inspired by Japanese manga-cum-movie Death Note, Midgerock gives us Death Scratch. If this furry feline scratches your name into his notebook, you’ve been given the scratch of death. Moggy meets manga in this deadly mash-up.
