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As an aside, has anyone checked out TYlor? 3rd best anime ever, with the best ending ever. It's pretty old-school. Yet it;s absolutely hilariours, good characters, and again, the best ending ever.

Just wanted to say: Yotsuba&! e.g. Yostubato is the fucking awesomest thing ever. It's done by the guy (Azuma something) who did the incredible Azumanga Daoih. I won't say it's better than the Azumanga anime, but it's definitely better than the Azumanga manga. Jumbo is the SHIT. It's absolutely hilarious. Combine Osaka and Tomo with Chiyo-Chan, and you have Yotsuba. She's just fucking an adorable spaz. Many funny secondary characters. I looked, the collections are pretty cheap, even cheaper used. I really want to read some Iron Wok Jan. About a demonicly good chef in the Iron Chef vein.

Pushing RVD, CMP and Monty Brown can only be good, though. Not a very good show, but at least it's a good direction. Montry Brown's just ok. But he does have some good charisma, and makes weak moves (aka THE POUNCE!) look actually good. He's new and unique. I'll take him gladly over Test or the erstwhile Big SHow. Test, I thought, was a good, if uncharasmatic big guy in the WWE. He had a couple really well-executed moves, Yakuza kick and Savage elbow being really well done. THe whole thing, is he was, for at least two years, WWE fans saw him, and saw him as a jobber. ECW needs new guys to set themselves apart. Punk, Brown are good examples. I also think RVD should be one of the final four for the Rumble.

For some reason I was really good at Double Dragon II. I could beat it every time. DOuble Dragon I had nasty-ass last level, tho. Really, more games should have had passwords back then.

Thank goodness! my son only listens to Abba, Judy Garland, and Bette Midler. Oh, and Gangsta Fag.

Is that Nightwing in the Red Robin costume ala Kingdom Come?

Ryan has been a dick, but only because he's going through that grad-to-adult transition. I hope he ends up a likable character, though. Overall I liked The Return. It was funny to see Michael out-awkwarded, becase Crrell's a good actor, and I like the the charcter's aren't one-not. And I loved Angela in this episode. She's really pretty when she smiles, and I like the development of her character. In general, I like all the minor characters. Meredith is very one-note, but it's not like she eats up screentime. Rainn Wilson was on a rerun episode of Conan tonight. Surprisingly not funny, he just seemed very nervous and off-tempo with Conan. Either way, he'll get better with public relations, as he's obviously just pants-pissing hilarious. From some of the outtakes, to making even 6' Under character funny. (The most depressing show ever.)

One last thing I re-read recently that I forgot to mention: Alan Moore's TOp 10. THe concept is basically the exact same as Powers (or vice-versa). A team of cops policing a city completely overrun by super-powered people. It allows for lots of weird and fun character design. From Kemlo Caesar, an intelligent doberman in an exoskeleton, to Smax, to synaesthesia, an officer who is, well synaesthetic. And physical character designs range from the completely badass looking Smax to the Gundam-looking Joe Pi. It has a good story, but what really shines through is Alan Moore's sense of humor, which seems to rarely be on display. It's very funny. Especially in the fantasy-themed 'Smax' mini-series. Also, after you're done reading, there's tons of little tiny background cameos, from elastic man to Totoro, which are fun to pick up on. And the art is absolutely fantastic (well, 'Smax' to a lesser extent, but that art really fits the fantasy theme) So far, I've read the 12 issues of top 10 in TPB form, and the 5 issues of Smax. There's also a graphic novel prequel called "Top 10, the 49ers" and I hear there's a direct sequel being put out, though not written by Moore.

Basically, the course of events: 1. Title thread the 'great black hype' 2. Piss and moan. 3. *Delight!* He's a Muslim. Hussein Osama LOL! 4. "I can't believe we're going to have a black Muslim and a jilted ex-first lady as the Democratic candidates!" 5. Uh-oh, he's not a Muslim. 6. Well, no one's going to vote for him and I didn't care in the first place because he's a liberal so no one cares. 7. It's obviously Hillary's fault. She's mean. OMG I can't wait for the Dem primary, it's going to be so nasty. They all hate each other. Democrats are mean, and Republicans are not.

This is getting sad. People care more about how much Pelosi blinks than what should really be a scandal. Over at the Pit, they blamed Hillary and quickly dismissed it.

^second that. I've never actually thrown a controller that I can remember. Y'all have some anger issues. I did come pretty damn close about a year and a half ago: God of War. Everyone bitches about the whirling blades, but I found that section pretty fun, if challenging. What absolutely drove me nuts was the little 'escort the crate!' mission. You have to slowly, slowly push a crate up a hill to various safe spots. It takes for fucking ever, and the controls were clunky. While this is happening, a literally endless stream of enemies runs at you, three at a time. if they hit you while you're pushing the crate, it slides all the way down the hill, unless you're lucky and it hits one of the tiny, flat 'safe' spots. It took me maybe a half hour, all of it insanely frustrating. THe crate puzzles in that game sucked big-time. Also, Ogre Battle. Really fun, very long game. There's a karma gauge or popularity gauge of some sort. It lowers randomly when you get items from towns. It lowers when you attack enemies. I don't know how anyone could beat that game with good karma, outside of memorizing which town had what cards. Lovely. So, after probably some 80 hours, I beat the game with low-ass karma. The ending? In general, back in the day I learned to always rent first. I swear, 75% of the NES games were designed to make children cry, even the good ones.

Dude, Conan the Destroyer!

One game that gets entirely too much credit is Earthbound. I mean it's sort of cute and silly, but it's not really funny, IMO. OMG you're fighting a smelly hippy! ROFLMFAO! FFVII suffered from a really, really poor translation. Also, since it was so successful, a lot of games mimicked parts of its plot, and hence they became cliches, when the story was really quite original for its time.

I've been to a lot of places, eatten many foods. I can safeley say that Ezell's fried chicken in the best in the world. I don't even particularly love fried chicken, I'm more a taquiria/sushi/good BBQ man. But this is the ultimate. In Seattle. The best fried chicken in the fucking world. You can smell it from 5 blocks away, and you're famished. I used learned to swim at meadowbrook pool, and all I could think of was that smell, and peopple lined up out the door. No matter what. Oprah used to have this ckicken air-l ifted to her house. That's how good it is. And I'm not being cute or rascist. She had chicken air-ifted to her house when she was in the area. It's fucking bliss, and I don't even really like fried chicken. If I'ma go out, it's sushi. This shit is sublime, though, yuou can look it up. Stake your claim for best food of their type ever. I know there's someone out there that thinns their place has thje best BBQ.

Bret/Owen WMX Second Razor/HBK ladder match Mankind/HBK Mindgames That's about it. since I think they're tops od the matches I've seen. Taker/Hbk HiaC. and Bret/Austin would be the next tier, but I think these are just about the best.

324: The Hunter S. Thompson interview: On Johnny Depp living with him: Yeah... yeah, We kept that bastard in the basement in a cell. Conan, in dibelief: in a cell? HST:Yeah, *mumble* it was a guest room. There were no windows or anything, so it was a dark, dark place . There were books... Once he woke up and discovered his head next to a keg of dynamite. I'm sorry, gunpowder. Conan: Why would you have a barrel of dynamite? HST: For making bombs. Conan: For making bombs? HST: Making bombs? why are you talking to me about that? Why are you making bombs?

UWFi had some good worked shoots back in the day. But having both on the card is just weird. Reminds me of Russo-era WCW when Goldberg 'wouldn't follow the script'.

Man, those old Lucas Arts adventure games had almost universally funny writing and good stories. Sam & Max, first 3 Monkey Islands, Full THrottle, Grim Fandango. All terrific. Even Loom, though not funny, really had a great fantastic aura to it, much better than the shitty King's Quest games (OK, VI was pretty good.) I should try to track down a copy of The Dig. Wasn't it written by an old sci-fi writer... I want to say Alan Dean Foster? Longest Journey had a good story and sharp writing as well. And Hideo Kojima has turned out an equal number of gems and turds. (MGS and Snatcher are GREAT. ZOE:2 was good, I hated the story of MGS2, though it was probably just too ambitious.)

*gulk gulk gulk* O hey, what's up! if the Colts actually come up first, the whiplash effect to Peyton will be devestating. Aw fuck, Brady's dick came out of my nose. A REALL DRAG GET IT I hate Fox

Well I would. I just check in on commercial breaks. I don't have a TV right next to my monitor. In that Stupid Toyota commercial, is that the guy who wanted some sassperilla in Lebowski?

Man, I am rooting for the Saints n'all, but the sex cannon is horrible.

Am I the only one who finds those Mac commercials fucking insufferable.

Man, I really want the NFC to win the SB this year.

Paul London v Samoa Joe. Joe does the pull the tights into the turnbuckle bit. *long, two second pause* London throws himself on the turnbuckle and smaks the ropes for the sound. With Joe literally standing behind him. Oh you mean good spots? The finish to the blanchard / Magnum I quit match is entrenched in my mind. I saw it in the mid-90's, and it still blew my mind. Great finish, and great acting. The build-up is great, with Tully screaming SAY IT! SAY IT! And then Magnum just goes nuts. Loses his cool, and it looks like he will honestly blind Tully. And even after winning the match, he looks like he's just going to kill Blanchard. The finish to Owen/Bret wrestlemania X is another good one. A great angle, and it's worked through the match. I've already commented on it but her goes again: Bret's the older brother, and is going to win the match contested on even terms. However, Owen's nearly as good, and has that streak of viciousness. By the time Bret gets serious, he's already lost. He's both tried to not be tough with his brother, and then, in the last minutes, he condescends him. Owen rolls up Bret for a true shocker and the win. Onita Funk: Exploding Cage match. I dunno the hell when. Again, this is one of the matches I've posted about a lot. The match is pretty crappy, but pretty good for a couple of insanely tough old guys. It's all about the finish: Onita has Funk laid out in the center of the ring as time is going off. He is pacing, visibly distressed. As it gets very close, Onita sprints to the ring to cover/protect Funk, with split second timing. Ring asplode. Complete hushed silence. You can see nothing. A gooddamn mournful guitar solo plays over the PA. After the match: both bloodied and beaten, backstage. Funk: I appreciate what you've done for me. But you never beat me. You'll never beat me. *walks off* Onita:*one, sad tear.* Like the Indian who had his land polluted.

Who is Phoenix Wright? In the 'innocent adventurer goes adventurin'" Chrono and Lunar 2 definitely rule. The one thing CT lacked was a good villain. Great story, really incredible game mechanics... and then you fight a scuba-diving bulldog? WTF? THe music's good though. Also the time-shifting backgrounds. Man, was Square ever good at giving atmosphere to last boss fights. Even FFVIII, which I hate had maybe the best death sequence to the last boss ever. As to FFX: I liked the game, and I think they did the intimate story much better than all the Deus Ex Machina with FFVIII, but man, I just couldn't get over those character designs. The hero looked like Meg Ryan as a toddler.