The Sudden Curve

The Greatest Song Ever

Posted by Bob Wallace, who has lots of girls treat him like a lollipop.

The gals of "Halloween"

Rob Zombie's unnecessary remake of John Carpenter's 1970s horror classic Halloween opens today, and just thinking about the original, I started to dream again about P.J. Soles. P.J. sits on the left in this photo. She played hot babysitter Lynda, who doesn't survive the film. P.J.'s not even the lead -- that honor goes to the gal on the right, Jamie Lee Curtis, who grew hotter several years later. But P.J. is who I remember most from Halloween. She was my dream babysitter...more interested in making whoopie with her boyfriend than watching the kids. I had fantasies about P.J. for years, most of them involving her telling me how naughty I was.

Posted by Wally Conger, who can't even remember the name of the third girl in this photo.

Al Gore and his energy-efficient office

Posted by Wally Conger, who wishes he knew what the heck Al's working on in there!

Sidebar Babe :: Melody Anderson

Flash Gordon (Saviour Of The Universe Edition)

Okay, here we go with Guess the TSC Sidebar Babe #2 and she's easy too ... um, maybe that doesn't sound quite right.  But guess away, the first right answerer may even get entered into some contest or something for a drawing of some essential cool stuff.  Provided you have a legitimate email address and are present to win and we can afford it and you aren't Bob, Wally, or either Toms.  Now - Ready ... set ... set and a half ... GO!

posted by Tom Novak, who says this Sidebar Babe just happens to be the background screen on my Zune!

Presenting :: Tales from the Pub ~ "Meet Beeba"

posted by Tom Novak, who is waiting for Beeba to say, "Rowwwrrr!"

Sidebar Babe :: Kim Novak

Much of the mail we get around here that doesn't go immediately into the Hate that Bob bin has to do with the pictures posted over there on the upper left side bar.  And of course, long time myrmidons of The Sudden Curve know that TSC was probably the first blog in the entire net-o-sphere to have a babe posted in the "my picture" slot instead of some fat ugly nerdy guy.

Hooray!

So it's only fair that our Sidebar Babes FINALLY get their own categlory.  Since you guys are so good at guessing who they are (sometimes I don't even know) *You* can guess their identities as they are posted.  This first one is easy...  cheating is allowed.

Bell, Book and Candle

posted by Tom Novak, who in bars, buys Sidebar Babes sidecars.

The Colossus of New York

When I was a little kid, maybe five, my parents took me to see The Colossus of New York

To say I was awed was an understatement. The Colossus had zap-rays come out of his eyes and disintegrate a cop. I had never seen anything like that before in my life, and I honestly think my mouth dropped open.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is a Colossus hisself.

Thanks, Stupid Coppers

Believe it or not, I still put together models.

Not long ago, I put together one of Ben Grimm, the Thing. A woman I know thought he was funny, because he had blue underwear instead of running around naked, just the way the Hulk always wore purple cut-off jeans.

So I send him to her to where she now lives, in Alaska.

He takes forever to show up, so long in fact I thought he was lost.

He wasn't.

Apparently the postal coppers thought there was drugs in him, so they rip the package open, tear the Thing apart, thinking he was hollow, I suppose, then crudely tape the package up with all the Thing's parts just lying loose in the box. No note, no explanation, nothing.

That's why superheroes have always been so popular, to fight crime and corruption, whether, as the Constitution says, "foreign or domestic."

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is going, GRRR GRRR GRRR.

45,000 Hits in One Day

Two years ago I wrote an article, "How Propaganda Works," for The Libertarian Enterprise. I posted it on my site, The Bob Circus, and have probably gotten about 500 hits on it.

Someone found the article and posted it at Digg.com and Reddit.com. Next thing I know, within one day the counter on my site had shot up to 45,000, and right now stands at a little less than 50,000. I've received several emails, including ones from Greece and Australia.

I have no idea what caused this. An article I wrote two years ago -- and now it's all over the Internet.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, this is as weird as when I wrote the Urban Legend about the grandma beating up six airport security guards/

Presenting :: Tales From The Pub ~ "The Keychain"

posted by Tom Novak, who received a warning from whats-his-name-Charles from beyond the grave not to make this post .... eerie, huh?

My Home-made Man from U.N.C.L.E. badge

When I was about eight years old I was a big fan of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. This got me into big trouble in school.

One day, being bored by school as I almost always was, I was working on my Man from U.N.C.L.E. badge when the teacher caught me.

It was a pretty neat badge, too. I cut it out of the backing of a package of Twinkles, colored it with a yellow Magic Marker, and drew all the appropriate symbols.

Then the teacher caught me.

She made me come to the front of the room with my badge, and asked me in a loud voice, in front of the whole class, what I was doing instead of paying attention.

Miss Wormwood, I hope you are sizzling in Hell right now.

She stapled a note to my badge, and made me take it home so my parents could sign it. My dad just looked disgusted, rolled his eyes, and signed it. I guess I returned it to school and gave it to Miss Cat's Eye Glasses.

I don't remember any of the episodes of The Man from U.N.C.LE. but I do remember how much I disliked school -- and a lot of the teachers.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who hears the theme song going through his head.

MV Babe :: Belinda Carlisle

Long before Destiny's Child or The Spice Girls, even before The Bangles, came The Go-Gos . . . .

Belinda Carlisle sang lead for The Go-Gos before pursuing a solo career.

Embedded below find my favorite GoGos tune.

Happy Birthday Belinda Carlisle.

Posted by Tom Ender, who remembers riding in enormous "boats" like the car in that video.

Talk to the Animals

I sometimes wonder if ERB got the idea of Tarzan from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books.

Tarzan was raised by talking apes; Mowgli was raised by talking wolves. Each ultimately had to return to his own kind.

Kipling was a far better writer than ERB, but ERB was fun, and Kipling was not only not-fun, he was deadly serious, even though The Jungle Books is much more for kids than adults.

By the way, the animated version is fun, although not exactly true to the source material.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who can dance like Baloo!

The Difference Between Men and Women

Posted by Bob Wallace, who...snort, snort, snigger, snigger.

Masters of Science Fiction ~ on TV

Now when's the last time I watched TV? About eight years ago, maybe?

But I'll watch tonight, Saturday. I was listening to NPR Friday, and a critic said a new program, "Masters of Science Fiction," was equal to the best of the original "Outer Limits" and "Twilight Zone." That's all I need to hear.

I quit watching when "X-Files" and "Futurama" went off the air. So far, for this new program, there are four episodes, so at least I'll be watching until September!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who misses Beaver and Dobie and Gilligan, but has never seen any reality show.

Guess Which Contestant is from Southern Illinois?

posted by Tom Novak, who could be in severe trouble for this ...

Presenting :: Tales from the Pub ~ "Past Life"

posted by Tom Novak, who can travel to the fourth dimension - if he has enough Dogfish Beer in him.

Trail of the Screaming Forehead ~ the Trail Trailer

posted by Tom Novak, who still obeys his inner lost skeleton

What I Drank in High School

At least I could tolerate this stuff in high school.

The one that I and none of my friends could tolerate was Mad Dog 20/20, which to me tasted like Lavoris mouthwash.

Ah, the ghetto wines of my youth. Such memories.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who wishes he had kept at least one unopened bottle of this stuff.

Women Shopping

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is going HAHAHA!!