Slept in way to late today after another one of those Infamous B.O.L. Board Meetings. We brought the ruckus, the cast and crew met at our favorite German Restaurant to sample some of the Oktoberfest brews. You know how we party, and if you don’t this should give you an idea.

Well, maybe it didn’t go quite like that. We tried, oh we certainly tried, but unfortunately the bartender was too strung out on the Be-bop to let us bang some righteous Um-pah-pah. Maybe next year we’ll organize our own block party.

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Ahh, now what would be a decent Dystopia with a wee bit of Steampunk? Sure, cryogenics and giant mech suits are lovely, but can they really top the aerial escapades of overly chivalrous musket-wielding pseudo-Brits on massive floating cannon platforms (with ill-defined technical specifications, I might add.)? I think not. Tonight, lizards and squabs, we have for you Koichi Chigira’s Last Exile (the same group that also brought us the inimitable Blue Sub no. 6). A true feast for the eyes, and one series that I am pleased to say does not contain an entirely massive-sucking-headwound of an opening theme song.

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OIL-SOAKED EQUATORIAL GUINEA — There is very little in this world that I can officially say has “blown my mind” or “floored me,” but while I was writing my chronicles, I brushed briefly with a fictitious version of Simon Mann based on his then recent arrest for some kinda botched mercenary operation. A few months later, thanks to my fine associate, playwright and raconteur, Timothy Charles Browne, I got my hands on The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa by Adam Roberts only to discover— much to my bemused chagrin— that The Truth was ever so much more crazy—so completely and jaw-droppingly half-baked and unhinged— that I never ever would have thought it up even with my promise to make my blog the most over-the-top nonsense possible.

God damn you, The Truth! Why do I even bother?!

Roberts’ book was, and still is, the best thing I’ve ever read with the possible exception of Sam & Max: Surfin’ the Highway.

THE PLOT: some mercenaries try to overthrow a tiny blip of a country in Africa, install a new president who will grant them the contracts to re-arm and train the country’s army for obscene amounts of money and fail.

Sounds pretty cut and dried, right?

BWA! Fools! This is the Greatest Comedy of Errors of Our Time! Allow me to explain by way of introducing…

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Wuv. Twue Wuv. And don’t forget to retweet.

I actually found this funny, until I suddenly became self-aware and desperately sad. I’ll turn to my FaceBook friends for comfort and solace. Damn you, Moments of Clarity!

via CollegeHumor

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Man’s finger bitten off during US healthcare rally

Reprinted from this morning’s GAURDIAN.CO.UK – “A 65-year-old man who opposes Barack Obama’s plans for healthcare reform had one of his fingers bitten off during a pro-reform rally organized by the liberal political action group MoveOn.org.

After 100 protesters supporting a healthcare overhaul assembled for a vigil in Thousands Oaks, California yesterday, a group of people who opposed reform showed up.

A confrontation ensued between a man who supported healthcare reform and one of the members of the anti-reform group, police said.

The two men yelled at each other and then got into a fist fight. As the brawl escalated, the pro-reform protester bit a finger off of the 65-year-old.

The injured man walked to a nearby hospital where his finger was reattatched. A hospital spokeswoman said the man had Medicare, the US government-run insurance programme for older citizens.

A MoveOn spokeswoman expressed regret for the incident and said the organization “condemns violence in all forms,” according to Politico.

She said: “While we don’t know if either party involved was a MoveOn member, we regret any violence that may have occurred yesterday, and we support the Ventura county sheriff’s investigation into the situation.”

The original article here with thanks for involving us further into this insanity.

Tags: Politics, Uncategorized, Zombiphilia by Cash Money
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It’s 3am and you are slouched on your couch scrolling through the 1000 channels you pay over a 100 bucks a month for with nothing to watch.  You’ve watched Cheaters, Cops, and (that train wreak of a show that you would never admit to watching) Jerry Springer (is that show still even on?).  You stop the remote to go get a drink and it stops on one of those infomercial channels that goes on forever after 1am about some crazy gadget you need.  You get sucked in because you can’t believe this dude is really excited about his electromaticsuckitallupandspititbackoutmachine that cost only $19.95.  We’ve all been there…

So, about a month or so ago Cash introduced us to “Slap Chop Rap” by DJ Steve Porter.  Infomercial hell that is now entertaining!  Get your sexual innuendos here!!!

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