Friday Open Thread

by Mark Thompson on October 30, 2009

Czech Republic DefenestrationImage via Daylife.

Speaking of defenestration….this picture seemed oddly appropriate for an open thread.  If you’ve ever been to Prague Castle, perhaps the most amazing thing about the defenestration monuments (which denote where several politicians from the Second Defenestration of Prague landed – and lived thanks to a fortuitously located pile of manure) is just how far they are from the window.  Angry citizens can have superhuman strength it would seem.

Mark is the Managing Editor of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen.

{ 11 comments }

1 Jaybird October 30, 2009 at 11:58 am

Dragon Age comes out Tuesday!!! (We’ve had a fairly large number of really good titles come out in the last month… Uncharted 2, Demon’s Soul, Ratchet and Clank: Crack in Time… and that’s not even counting the genres I don’t care for).

This is going to be an *AWESOME* Christmas season, I tell you what.

2 Kyle October 30, 2009 at 12:40 pm

In Honor of the Late Friday Genius Ten:

1.) “Lisztomania” – Phoenix
2.) “Sleepyhead” – Passion Pit
3.) “D.A.N.C.E.” – Justice
4.) “Paris Is Burning” – Ladyhawke
5.) “Heavy Cross” – Gossip
6.) “My Moon My Man” – Feist
7.) “1901″ – Phoenix
8.) “Gamma Ray” – Beck
9.) “Blind” – Hercules and Love Affair (I think this was on the last list I posted)
10.) “Fa-Fa-Fa” – Datarock

Unrelatedly, has anyone else read American Lion and can we discuss just how crazy Andrew Jackson was. I mean Nixon had an enemies list but Jackson actively beat his enemies to a pulp, when he wasn’t dueling them.

3 E.D. Kain October 30, 2009 at 12:59 pm

I have spent way too much time researching web hosts. I’d much rather be playing video games.

4 Jaybird October 30, 2009 at 1:16 pm

Tuesday!

(It’s made by Bioware whom you may remember from such video games as “Jade Republic”, “Mass Effect”, and “Knights of the Old Republic” (famous for making geeks weep while asking “why couldn’t the movie have been this good?”).)

5 Kyle October 30, 2009 at 2:43 pm

“Knights of the Old Republic” (famous for making geeks weep while asking “why couldn’t the movie have been this good?”

Truth.

6 Dave October 30, 2009 at 1:59 pm

Call of Duty World at War – Zombie Mode

We pile them up like sandbags.

7 Mike Schilling October 30, 2009 at 2:20 pm

From Wikipedia:

tried two Imperial governors, [...] found them guilty, and threw them, together with their scribe Philip Fabricius, out of the windows of the Bohemian Chancellery

Talk about killing the messenger.

8 Jaybird October 30, 2009 at 2:26 pm

If you’re not part of the solution…

9 Katherine October 31, 2009 at 2:46 pm

Hey Jaybird, I think you inspired someone in Canada:

The 12-step program for the Liberals.

Yours was better.

10 Jaybird November 1, 2009 at 8:10 am

I blush and am now devouring the link!

11 Jaybird November 1, 2009 at 8:12 am

Heh, the first comment is a variant of “the other guys are worse!”

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