John McCain was my commencement speaker. He gave a fairly plain boilerplate speech about how we needed more bipartisanship and decorum in our politics.

since parodies are protected from any kind of copyright suit, I imagine Weird Al just goes ahead and writes whatever he wants knowing that he can distribute it (as he does here) without any real repercussions. I can understand if he tries to be a good sport and only goes to ask for approval if he wants to put it on an…

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she's right to protect her music from misappropriation
worked for Coolio, right?

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look the part, be the part motherfucker

here's Harper: http://www.fantasybaseballd…

bizarrely, baseball players have started wearing eyeblack like that too. I saw a picture of Bryce Harper with it that was just hideous

fans of the Clash have the only sex that matters

"I heartily endorse this event or product"

from now on, I will be using "fire doesn't have a rivalry with kindling"

oh hey, that was my 1000th comment. Hooray and bully!

Oh That Knife just made me do a spit take. well done.

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left out the part where Mantle got a hummer in the Yankee Stadium bullpen during a game

when I was a kid, for whatever reason Cause and Effect scared the crap out of me. Something about seeing the ship 'splode never sat right, even if I knew they were going to be alright in the end

I do feel bad for record/video store clerks who lose their jobs, because losing a job always sucks, and losing one that you enjoy really, really sucks. But on balance, there are always a lot more consumers (who are workers themselves, but in other fields) who stand to gain through lower costs. This is why I happen to…

@Arsenio: I can tell that you want to call me out for defending the free market (fair enough, I'm probably to the right on this issue than most people on these here boards), but that comparison is pretty baffling to me.

okay, here's my story: I grew up in a small college town, and there was one big video store (and a handful of small ones). It was great - it had all the first-run stuff, old stuff, foreign, obscure, whatever. And they had really helpful clerks who could suggest stuff. My friends and I loved it.

"Also, with a jobs/economic situation like we have now, I'd say that doing all your movie-watching through netflix is unpatriotic and economically destructive.

and here's the kicker: the cost of a Netflix subscription PER MONTH is about what it costs to see ONE MOVIE in NYC.