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Entries from December 2005

Dave, Where the Fuck Are You?!?!?!

December 26th, 2005 · No Comments · We're All Okay!

Time passes, and minds start wandering.
If Chappelle doesn’t get his act together, I might have to listen to this Gilbert Gottfried disc that someone got me.
Just the thought of it conjures up Problem Child halucinations.
Oh, the horror.

Any suggestions for great comedy cds or dvds? I’ve worn out the Hicks, Pryor, Allen, Cross, Black, and Carlin [...]

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Book Hounding

December 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Blues, Books, Shoot the Messenger

Pretty much any gift giving occassion, finds a least a few new books for me to consume. When I was about eleven or twelve, armloads of wrapped Stephen King paperbacks through off the balance of having read everything on my bookshelf. Fifteen years later, any chances of catching up on my reading would involve mandatory [...]

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Season’s Greetings

December 24th, 2005 · No Comments · We're All Okay!

Hope everyone enjoys the holidays.

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Taking Lemons and Making…

December 24th, 2005 · No Comments · We're All Okay!

There had to be someone other than all those flag and commerative plate companies to profit off of 9/11.

She has already risked Osama’s wrath by declaring her ambitions to launch a pop career. But that was nothing compared with her decision to appear in a photoshoot for the January edition of American GQ magazine.

Give it [...]

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Calling Spike Lee!!

December 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Shoot the Messenger

Please, please Meet The LeBrons—because you think you know LeBron, but you don’t.  Just make sure you watch the T.V. spots, almost makes you miss those Hare Jordan days.

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What To Do When Shaq Wants Your Girlfriend

December 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Embedded In America

“Don’t you wanna dance?” Prithi asked Shaq, alone at their table.

Shaq said:

“I’m a lover, not a dancer.”

A few weeks back we had a call for athlete run-ins. The good folks over at Deadspin seem to have had the same idea and got a tremendous response. None of the posts fail to entertain but a true [...]

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Whatever Gets You Through The Night

December 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Shoot the Messenger

May Pang reveals the John Lennon, Yoko doesn’t want you to know.

“Yoko said, ‘I want you to go out with him, I know you’ll treat him nicely, I know you’ll take care of him.’ It was more like I should go out with him, I needed a boyfriend. That’s what she said to me, [...]

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Yeah, But Who Has a Talking Doll Made of His Likeness?

December 2nd, 2005 · 1 Comment · We're All Okay!

There’s a growing rift between David Cross and Larry the Cable Guy. The pinching and eye poking began in a Rolling Stone piece and continues in Git-R-Done, the new 288pg transcript, I mean book, that every fucking comic seems to release once they get a large enough mainstream audience. For those indecisive buyers still [...]

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