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Life After Death for Beginners Free Download Day–9.30.10!

Friends/family/fans/fellow countrymen of the internet, Life After Death for Beginners… …my novel about a John Lennon-like rock star who survives an assassination attempt and has to go incognito to find out who shot him and why… …variously known, over the last three years, as “Beatle Noir,” “the little monster,” and “really, as good a reason [...]

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Who Killed Rasputin?

This documentary from BBC’s “Timewatch” uncovers that the British Secret Service had a hand in the death of the death of Gregori Rasputin. In the words of TopDocumentaries.com: The programme-makers re-opened the investigation into his death and found conclusive evidence to suggest that Rasputin was murdered in St Petersburg in 1916 in a plot hatched [...]

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Excellent writing advice from Chuck Palahniuk

I’m not usually much on writing advice, but this list by author Chuck Palahniuk is really insightful. Incoming search terms:chuck palahniuk writing advice

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The GOP is officially living in a van down by the river

This from Phil Davison (R-Insanity). “WHO SAID THAT?!” “INFESTATION!” You know, he might get somewhere if he wasn’t so soft-spoken…

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Stupidity, the international language

Autobody guys are the same everywhere, even in Russia.

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Big Font, Large Spacing

Recovering Barry Trotter fan Kimberley Wintle forwarded me the trailer to her VERY FIRST MOVIE. Big Font, Large Spacing premiered in Atlanta last April. Sez Kimberley: “It’s also going to a festival in Iowa during August, it seems to be fairly popular with the American audiences so far, despite the dry wit of us Brits.” [...]

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Ultraman (1966)

If this clip seems boring and unrealistic to you, you obviously were not a six-year-old growing up in St. Louis during the mid-70s. We don’t pick our “Rosebud”s, dudes. We just have to acknowledge them and move on. It’s appropriate that many of mine were only available on UHF. Incoming search terms:Ultraman 1966

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The Monkey Business Illusion

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John Cleese Podcast #34: The Headmaster

Want something that will make you laugh hard three times in two minutes? Try this. I’d embed it but I can’t.

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Caddyshack is 30…

…and here’s a nice appreciation by blogger Edward Copeland. Copeland says he’s always shocked at how loose the film feels—how the dramatic elements (Danny and Maggie) seem to be at odds with the comedy; and of course they are. The movie is, to use my wife’s phrase, “a hot mess,” but it’s fantastically watchable. It’s [...]

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