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Still, we all ended up agreeing that, man and woman alike, if we had to be stuck for eternity on a desert island with no man to screw but one, we'd all pick George Clooney.

Assistant Atlas on the Oscars

I may have to fly to New York and kidnap Stephin Merrit's brain and keep it in a jar on my desk.

Ben on someone I have never heard of

We started our Japanese lessons. So far, I can't say much more than "My name is Dan" and "I am not an American"

Dan in and on Tokyo

I'd welcome him with open arms...if you know what I mean! I mean sexually. I was basically trying to say that I want to have sex with him. Why? Because he wasn't in Crash.

Michael Schaub on Macaulay Culkin

Der Norris, der Chuck in einem Beat ‘em up Flash-Game mit Ragdoll-Physik.
Special-Moves: Roundhousekick, Heartripper, Brainstomper!

Soilworker on this

It made no sense.

Sam on Nightwatch

Sweet Christmas. So, so good.

Sean on Nightwatch

A quick glance over some of the most viewed photos involve anywhere from three to ten people with often only one woman among them, which is pretty slutty on everybody’s part.

Jackson on UltraSlut

SY asked out one of my friends, KJ! She obviously said 'no' and, apparently, he nearly cried! I can't help feeling sorry for that guy sometimes.

Laura in her diary when she was 13

I have yet to decide which is cooler: The fact that there's an International Time Capsule Society, or that they compiled a list of the top nine most wanted time capsules that are currently missing.

Jeff on... time capsules

A daughter caught in the act by Daddy! He goes to kill her boyfriend, but things don't quite work out that way . . . ZAK! As if that weren't bad enough, the girl is almost instantly consumed by a fire . . . all except her hand...

Curt on The Severed Hand (with pictures!)

But while I'm ecstatic that Bolivia has elected Morales, Venezuela has elected Chavez and Brazil has elected de Silva, the key word there is 'elected'. While the policies and politics of those governments might be similar to those of Cuba (although far from identical), the point is they have been given a proper mandate from the people. And if they screw up, they can be booted out.

Jess on the date movie we saw over the weekend

At this point the conversation took a hard right-hand turn as Michael Caine walked past me and sat down at the same table as Anjelica Huston. I tried to hear what they were talking about but it soon occurred to me that the chances they'd read my blog were quite slim. So I returned to my food.

Josh on being a dumb motherfucker

A one-hour heating and pressuring process teases out vanillin, the main component of vanilla-bean extract, from the feces.

Anne on vanilla extracted from cow shit

Frances McDormand: Just Hollywood-ugly enough to play blue collar... And should Morgan Freeman really get credit for a voiceover that was added because they thought the movie would confuse Americans?

Jackson again, this time on the Oscars

But when one of these "What does America think about culture" pieces comes on, do I ever see a mid-30's software engineer onscreen bitching about having to download BitTorrents of "The IT Crowd"? Fuck and no.

John on the average American

Anybody who says that “however much I am in favor of the right to freely express one’s opinion, one cannot allow the denial of the Holocaust to hide behind overly generous freedom of expression” ought to take a similarly stringent line with the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. And anybody who defends (as I do) that newspaper’s right to publish its scurrilous trash ought similarly to defend David Irving’s right to publish his scurrilous trash.

Shaviro on free speech

once, whilst queueing for chips at work, I heard one student nudge another and furtively whisper: 'See?, I told you.... Wolverine..'

Psychbloke on haircuts

authorities in Palo Alto are warning everyone to be on the lookout for counterfeit $100 bills. They then give a detailed description on how to make one yourself: basically, soak a $5 in bleach and then print a $100 design on top of it.

Rita on making money

From your playlist at the moment (ie. whatever's on your iPod, CD changer, HD, etc. and which you have listened to fairly recently), recommend me a song for each of the 10 categories, answering with the artist, song title, album and a brief anecdotal explanation if you feel so inclined.

Doc creating a new meme

For those interested, leave a comment below, and the two that interest or amuse me the most will receive a banzuke. Given sumo’s traditional nature however, all comments should be made in the form of a haiku, which if nothing else will help give proceedings the air of a real competition – or at least a dodgy fairground tombola.

Lee's latest Sumo giveaway

From behind the camera, I smiled and flapped my hands in what I thought was a gesture conveying happiness and fun in an attempt to get her to do something - anything - other than stand there, stock still and dead silent with a horrified look on her face, clutching a very expensive dildo.

Peggy on the dangers of shooting with sex toys

Our intern from Singapore; Wu Jia Wei, is documenting his stay in Sweden. Newsletter/Sverige #04 has just been released

Jesper puts the boy to work

Or, maybe I'll do what I normally do and head down to Starbucks for a venti mocha and some crumble coffee cake, followed by my normal filching of the NY Times, and then a visit to my sofa to read both the NY and LA papers while watching Arena Football, all in the hopes of not being driven mad by the University of Fucktards which attend and inhabit Parade Magazine.

Tod on the daily grind

Kelly and I have a new place to live. We move in beginning of March. It's a cute place, close to Kelly's work. She promises to walk around naked in it a lot so I'm happy.

Arran is too busy to blog for obvious reasons

Insert "I Don’t Know How To Quit You, George Clooney Batman" Joke Here

Warren uncovers Batman porn

I’ve used all my mad JavaScript skills to create the rollover effect and I seriously hope that I didn’t completely fuck up your browser and/or nuke your motherboard.

Suzanne springs eternal

[Music: Misfits - Static Age]