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The Survivor

December 1, 2007

>> A story of survival and triumph.

The Exhilaration of Vice is less so if it does not sell Ju Ju Bees

December 1, 2007

>> Followup: the much-hyped sixth (or is it seventh?) anti-Iraq film of the season managed to perform even worse than the ones that came before. Fewer than 3,000 people saw De Palma’s Redacted on opening weekend. Seriously, people: make good movies, not cliche-ridden preachfests, and maybe we’ll come.

Athletes Say the Darnedest Things

November 29, 2007

>> The few seconds of Dmitri Young (or is that Lil’ John?) are the best thing about this compilation.

Bo Knows Skinning

November 29, 2007

>> Did you hear about the time Bo Jackson battled a bear? Well, now you have.

The Last Line

November 27, 2007

Taylor and his fiancee, Jackie Garcia, were asleep with their 18-month-old daughter when they were awakened by noises in the house. Taylor reached for a machete or other form of knife he keeps nearby in case of emergency, Sharpstein said. He told CNN that Taylor then locked the door of the bedroom, but that an […]

Sean Taylor 1983-2007

November 27, 2007

To An Athlete Dying Young The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart […]

Oprah vs. The Clintons

November 26, 2007

>> “You know and I know that if any woman dares to tell her husband she’s voting for Barack Obama because The Oprah told her to, there will be no end to the deserved and hopefully savage mocking the woman receives from her husband. That will naturally lead to the husband’s death or divorce.“

Some Punctuation Reviews Zero Punctuation

November 26, 2007

>> So a funny British game reviewer has his own game reviewed by a non-British game reviewer in exactly the same style and using the same version of Cool Edit we all have, and at some points, it’s actually funnier. This is so meta, I think my head’s going to explode. Oh, and you can […]

Thanksgiving

November 22, 2007

Why give thanks? Well, there are the reasons that are practical, and the reasons that are about something more: WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both […]

Awesome Die Hard Youtubery

November 14, 2007

>> So which is the better Die Hard youtubery: This? Or this? Gotta be the first one, despite the fact that the second one is actually getting used in commercials now. “Time to pay like on Smoot-Hawley day!”

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