April 2009
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Needing The 'Mo' Back
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Moving On...
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Uncomfortable Plot Summaries →
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: Redneck trucker kills Chinese immigrants
THE EXORCIST: Jesus trumps science
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL: Retarded man doesn’t know what sex toy is for
POLTERGEIST: Pot-head parents lose child, ruin property values
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: Tourists have difficulty with regional cuisine (via)
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Home Cookin'
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“JENNA: I’m sorry, you’re a big fan of mine and you’re not gay,...”
– 30 Rock
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Hello, Stuffing Store...? We've Had Ours Beaten...
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Nixon's Undelivered Moon Disaster Speech →
A snippet of alternate 1969 reality. What we would’ve heard if astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had not been able to leave the Moon’s surface after mankind’s giant leap. Creepy. (via)
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Get Home, Chicago!
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day →
On this, The Bard’s 445th birthday. Get thee to a bakery!
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Huffington Post: Boehner Cites Cow Farts To... →
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Chicago Tribune: Bulls' Guard Derrick Rose Named... →
Here’s a hearty handshake. Now let’s get to the second round…
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Plinky (dot com) →
“Plinky is a service that makes it easy for you to create inspired content on the web.”
Inspiration isn’t supposed to be easy.
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Earth Day Is More Than One Date On A Calendar
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As It Is With Winning, Losing Is Contagious
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This Week's Canceled DVR 'Season Pass'
Parks & Recreation - There’s dry, and then there’s comedically arid.
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Sweet Home, Indeed. And Now The Road...
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Home Court Advantage...?
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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2009
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Watch“Please Touch Me” - Tim and Eric Awesome Show. Great Job
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Dead At Your Age (dot com) →
Hooray for longevity! You’ve retained your mortal coil longer than this database of historical figures, luminaries and notable persons. Once you’ve gotten past the “Hmm, that’s interesting” factor, you can either be encouraged by your life accomplishments thus far, or inconsolably depressed by the lack thereof. (via)
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“A homeless man walks up to a guy and asks for some spare change.
Guy says,...”
– Unknown, as told blogged by Roger Ebert in his Chicago Sun-Times journal entry, ‘Parrot asks, “What’d the frozen turkey want?” ‘ , which outlines the fine points of masterful joke telling.
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Washington Post: Peeps Show III →
Reader-created dioramas featuring that beloved Easter all-season treat and dental nemesis, the marshmallow Peep®. Be sure to check out WaPo slideshow of the top entries. Can you say “too much free time…”? “Nightpeeps” - Melissa Harvey’s winning entry.
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The Hollywood Reporter: Coldplay Denies Copying... →
With the post-Grammy buzz subsided, the volume’s turned up on Satch’s infringement claims against the Brits’ royalty cash cow “Viva la Vida”. Yeah, the melody lines are similar, but it’s not like either is particularly original in the grand scale of things. This is more about money ruling the world than about musical integrity. Truth be told, Satriani’s...
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“You can’t win them all if you don’t win the first one.”
– Bob Brenly, World Series-winning manager and current color commentator for Chicago Cubs TV gamecasts (Ed. Note - And they did, BTW. 161 to go)
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Chicago Tribune: Michael Jordan Elected To... →
Saw this coming on October 26, 1984.
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Watch
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Go Cubs!
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Chicago Magazine: Election Stat Man Silver... →
Northsiders should be happy. Southsiders, not so much.
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The 1st 7th Annual National Grilled Cheese... →
Because, if you didn’t know already, April is National Grilled Cheese Month.
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This Week's Canceled DVR 'Season Pass'
ER - Mandatory, unfortunately. Never missed an episode in its 15-year run. Sure, the show was on life support ratings-wise for more than a few years, but it’s hard to overlook the fact that the writing was consistently top notch, from premier to finale.
ER Season One Cast (1994): Margulies, La Salle, Clooney, Edwards, Stringfield and Wyle