The Sunshine Empire

me: seriously though I tweeted as much last night why hasn’t someone created a star wars vs star trek video game? Biggus: Out of fear that the violence would tragically spill out into the sci-fi conventions. me: perhaps you’re right Seriously though that would sell The Federation vs. The Empire The Trade Federation vs. The [...]

As we reach the end of the first decade of the 21st century the news is filled with not only year end reviews but also decade end reviews. I began this decade in a simple and unglamorous fashion. In late 1999 my girlfriend’s parents at the time were paranoid Trilateral Commission types convinced that the [...]

I’ve really been impressed with conservatives awkwardly trying to pin Roman Polanski’s sins on the whole of the political left. Along with “the media” “Hollywood values” have always been the meat and potatoes of knee-jerk conservative political excuses for anything wrong with the country. They feel that since Woody Allen and Harvey Weinstein have bizarrely [...]

h/t to McCainblogette

me: I always forget how good Air is the band Biggus: That’s probably because they aren’t that good. me: oh yea Biggus: But it’s fine that you like them. I just think less of you because of it. Would “Polka Dots and Paisley” be a good title for a blog that had nothing to do [...]

The Sunshine Empire would like to give our condolences to the family of comedy and film legend Rudy Ray Moore. His Dolemite series is legendary and he will be truly missed. Our good friend Jolemite’s name is derived from Moore’s most legendary character, but Moore was a stand-up comedy veteran aside from that. The world [...]

I’ve had only four non-family heros in my life. Teddy Roosevelt, David Letterman, Hunter S. Thompson, and James Bond are the people I want to be when I grow up. With the new James Bond film coming at the end of the month, I watched one of the more underrated James Bond films On Her [...]