little known fact: while filming spider-man 3, tobey maguire was injured and unable to act for a significant portion of the shooting schedule.  luckily, his longtime friend conor oberst of bright eyes fame was able to fill in for him.  oh, you don't believe me?  check it out:


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here's something that recently occurred to me: the beatles have a stupid fucking name.  seriously.  it's a pun, for christ's sake.  i mean, think about that: the beatles are widely considered to be the greatest band ever and they have a name that is a pun, widely considered to be the lowest form of humor.  now don't get me wrong, i love puns (and ( Read more... )

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well, it's spring break time.  aww yeah.  so i'm off to barcelona and rome.  wish me luck, y'all ( Read more... )

ahh, it's moments like this, when the vending machine drops two mars bars instead of one, that make me almost believe in god.

almost.  then i watch some richard dawkins lectures and think better of it.

have fun with daylight savings time, suckers!

ok, time for an actual scotland entry.  t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition, blast off.

so, i'm in scotland!  how bout that.  i'm actually a little prematurely depressed about how little i'm going to write here, so be warned.  first of all, st andrews is a really small town.  smaller than walla walla, that's for sure.  so believe me when i say there's ( Read more... )

holy haggis, batman!  guess how in scotland i am right now.  answer: extremely.

scotland's cool, but highly confusing.  and so far i've yet to meet anybody who wasn't on the bus from edinburgh.  but then, i've only been here one day.  so i'll report back when there's stuff to report.  cheers.

man, fuck you, youtube.  every time i'm bored at home and think to myself "i'd like to search for some ridiculous videos to soothe my soul", what do i see?  scheduled downtime.  bitches ( Read more... )

dudes, check out this super awesome puzzle that m&m's put up to celebrate their dark chocolate m&m's:

movies are cool

here's the deal: there are 50 clues in the picture in the link, and each represents a different "dark" movie (like horror and dark drama and stuff like that), so you click on each clue and type in the name of the movie.  now, this is ( Read more... )

so far i'm very pleased with my decision to put the rolling stone 500 greatest songs of all time playlist into party shuffle.

here are some things i'd recommend:
1) pay attention to how much money is in your checking account.  overdraft charges lick taint.
2) see the 1981 film arthur, starring dudley moore in all his hilarious, boozed-up glory.  i ( Read more... )