April 10th, 2009 : A friend brought this link to my attention, which is an article that tells the harrowing tale of a 29-year old man who somehow lived under a rock long enough to avoid ever watching the Star Wars saga. Hard to believe, huh? After explaining that he has been living of life of dishonesty by merely pretending to have a clue what the heck his friends were talking about any time Star Wars became a conversation topic, he decided to actually watch the movies… but only after relaying the storyline as he had pieced it together over the years, which is quite amusing so I suggest checking it out!
A friend told me that “Chewie” (a nickname? is he, like, mates with him or something?) was “a lovable camp rug” and secretly gay. This might have been a trick. But what the hell, let’s say that Chewbacca is having trouble expressing his sexuality, which has resulted in disturbed vocalisations.
On a related note, this video was posted in the comments area of the article:
So amazing… especially the visuals 
Trekking across Middle-Earth certainly required a lot of ambition, stamina, and patience, but I may be even more impressed by Patrick Acton’s quest to build a model of Minas Tirith entirely with matchsticks. If I lived closer to Iowa, I’d definitely be checking out this out in person 
Oh, the things one can do when they’ve got too much time on their hands!
CalTech student Virgil Griffith decided to compile a list of favorite music among college students from Facebook polls and then mesh that up with SAT scores to show a correlation between intelligence and preferred music. Granted, it may not be the most accurate assessment, however I feel there may be some accuracy in the fact that Lil Wayne is associated with the lowest SAT scores while Beethoven is associated with the highest.
Check out the full chart here. I also noticed that the same guy performed a similar experiment with books and as an English major, of course I had to check that out as well. Apparently the brightest in the bunch have a twisted affection for Lolita, which happens to be one of my favorites as well (and if you don’t understand why a book about pedophilia is one of the greatest literary works, then perhaps you should read it). For the most part though, I think these charts were made for fun and not necessarily a stellar indicator of whether certain music or books “make you dumb.” But as far as random fun on the internet goes, it’s worth perusing for a moment or two.
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