As Monty Python fans will gleefully remind you, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, and for nearly 30 years, nobody in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth expected that the troupe’s 1979 film, “Life of Brian,� would be screened in the village. The movie, a satire on the life of Jesus, had been b...

Hilarious assholes they have in England, it seems. He broke his back, but seems fine now, despite a cracked vertebra and dislodged disc. "Yeah, I'm a lizard," he says, cackling.From an article on Terry Gilliam's seemingly cursed movie "The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus." Other problems: The producer d...

A lot can happen on the Internet in a day, let alone seven, so we rounded up our most popular articles about the Web from the past week. CliffsNotes include the cannibalization of DVDs and Blu-ray by streaming video, Muxtape returning as a legit music showcase, and Wikipedia's founder facing opposit...

Yesterday’s article, about the newly-launched Vatican channel on YouTube, reminded us of a favorite Monty Python sketch, “The Pope and Michaelangelo,” which we embed here for your amusement. Click here to view the embedded video. “Look - I’m the bloody Pope, I am! I may...

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Stories, United Kingdom It's great to have belly laughs. The article in the New York Times that Jeremy wrote about yesterday had me chortling out loud and reminded me about why Monty Python is so darned funny. I thought Intercourse, Pennsylvania was bad, but the list o...

Ik heb hier al zo vaak mijn standpunt verkondigd over filesharing, p2p-netwerken en piraterij dat ik er bijna niet meer over durf te beginnen. Toch doe ik het, zij het kort en bondig. Marie-José Klaver en Erwin Blom verwijzen naar een onderzoek (PDF) van TNO, SEO Economisch Onderzoek en het Institu...

A lock implies a locker One of the arguments regarding the existence of a cosmic muffin (absent any actual proof) given by adherents of "Intelligent Design" is the Watchmaker Analogy which suggests that design implies a designer. Because we rely on our experience in life as a part of that equation (...

Filed under: America, Shellfish, Ingredient Spotlight, Head to Tail One of the great things about delicacies is that, while they may be rare, they are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them. For example, sturgeon eggs may be a taste treat, but if nobody is willing to fork over the a smal...

Well, this was a pleasant article to espy; Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits The decision represents an abrupt shift of strategy for the industry, which has opened legal proceedings against about 35,000 people since 2003. Critics say the legal offensive ultimately did little to stem the tide of i...

Filed under: Computers, TV Mony Python alumnus Eric Idle has brought the Flying Circus onto the Internet with that groundbreaking comedy troupe's first Web site, the New York Times reports. Although Idle has been considering the construction of a Python site for years now, it is only recently that t...