Overlord Schmoverlord
The pressing question on my mind:

I wish I had a baseball bat the size of Rhode Island so I could beat the shit out of this whole stupidass planet.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a fan of the ZMF shtick, much as I enjoy all of AVC's denizens—it's a sunless world of opinionated geeks, nerds, and wannabes just like me. ZMF is merely one of the most colorful of it's inhabitants, like a breaching humpback whale.

I'm with you, Scott—it's simply not a good use of one's time to make this big fuss about stuff which most people, really, think is not OK. It's complicatd arguable things that well, need to be chewed and digested.

You're missing an 'h' there, buddy.

News was an accepted loser not just because it gave an air of class to the network. according to my understanding, the airwaves are public property, on loan to the networks. News was their public service. Years of gross neglect by public officials have allowed the networks to behave as if they in fact own them—you…

Fictional universes no one else likes, apparently
1) Nemesis the Warlock
2) Not one person wants to live in either Marvel or DC's universe? What kiond of nerds are you?

hee hee.

Whoever said that I was an idiot to respond to TAD was totally, totally right.

I thought LL played the octopus.

"Of course, self presentation depends upon a suspicion that one's own success is not entirely deserved, an overconfident feeling of self superiority will inevitably flourish."

Shrek the book rocks. The ogre hates everyone and ends up with a hideous princess who he is happy with, but he doesnt turn out to be a nice guy and neither is she. They fucked it up by making him have a nice, soft inner core. IN the book, the best scene involves Shrek dreaming that he is in a field playing with…

It may be that the period is relevant—Agincourt is 1415—later suits of plate armor were more cereme=onial and less cumbersome.

I liked your essay, Boojum, and was not aware of the role of the samurai as it evolved.

If you go for that sort of thing, she's in atruly terrible movie called ( I think) Butterfly, from the erly 1980's co-starring Stacy Keach (back when he was in full cocaine fueled flower), which involved incest.

I really, really worry about you guys.

I think you mean Douglas Sirk, which is a misspelling on the other side of the keyboard for you, so trying to cover yourself with the 'it's a typo' claim won't wash.

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Hangover II: This time, it's pancreatitis.

If you want to have the same sensation as seeing this movie, give $12.00 to your niece and tell her to hide it someplace in your house, then spend two hours looking for it.