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Yeah, "Melissa" and "Don't Break the Oath" by Mercyful Fate is some evil shit. Don't listen to AoO, run out and get these because they're scary and the guitar kicks ass.

This movie looks like just another lame attempt to portray an "average" high school. More than likely there will be a sex scandal, a kid who does drugs, a kid who gets arrested, and a star player that gets hurt. Typical bullshit.

TTT, this thread always dies after I post in it Big rumored fights of the week: BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk at Rumble on the Rock. Royce Gracie vs. Akebono at New Year's Eve show.

Why don't you just open it? That's what I used to do with the Playboys at the bookstore and Media Play.

Isn't that what the thesmartmarks is all about? Being a shit reviewer and a wannabe comedian? (Not actually directed to anyone that actually posts articles on the main page.)

Just noticed that everybody posting in this thread (except Shoe's Head) has been around since Feb. of '02 (and probably sooner) so you probly already knew that. once again.

Sad to break it to yall but he's pretty much the reason this board exists.

What ever happend to the DVDR 500?

Pride 27 kind of sucked. That said, this card looks badass. Hendo is exactly the kind of fighter not to put up with Nakamura's bullshit. I expect Dan to pound the shit out of Hendo, similar to Shungo Oyama. I really don't see any reason why Cro Cop/Barnett should be any different than the Herring or Aleksander match. The best stand-up fighter Barnett fought was Rizzo, and he got KO'd but Cro Cop is way better in stand up than Pedro. Granted Barnett probably wouldn't fight Mirko the same way, but I still believe it would end in KO. As for Silva/Rampage, you just can't pick against Silva. Probably be Silva's biggest test since, hell, I don't know, Cro Cop. Match should be close, with Silva coming out on top.

Undertaker and Dusty Rhodes would be beyond horrible.

Irish and Italian.

Guns are cool.

"I Know You Wanna Hit That" is even worse. "Self Esteem" is probably their best song. I always liked "Come out and Play".

2 and ½ years and finally... 500 POSTS!!!

Pretty much anything by Pantera.

"Pretty Fly" is a shitty ass song.

Don't hate on Rodney because he gets more play than you.

Well, if he wants to fight Fujita every match, with the occasional Frye or Goodridge, let him go. Let the guys who want to fight top contenders fight in Pride. I like Nog and all, but, whatever.

The fliptop rules, highly recommended. How is the "shoot fighting" in this game?

Who the fuck are you?

Who gives a shit, it was only pot. It's not like it was heroin or anything. Culkin still rules.

Mark Holland 9/7/2004 Pierce, Civil War & Reconstruction Harper’s Weekly and the Buildup to War Harper’s Weekly was one of the most influential journals in 19th century America. Founded initially in 1850 by the four Harper brothers; James, John, Joseph, and Fletcher; the Harper’s Monthly at first focused only on publishing works by authors such as Dickens and Thackeray, until the great success of that venture prompted the brothers to release it weekly, thus the name Harper’s Weekly was adopted. In 1860, with circulation of the magazine reaching 200,000, author Thomas Nast was hired. Nast worked with the Weekly for twenty years, and in that time helped to develop political cartoons, Uncle Sam, and came up with the idea to use donkeys and elephants to represent the Democratic and Republican Party respectively. During the initial buildup to the Civil War, the journal portrayed a surprisingly reasonable stance on slavery and other issues pertaining to the South, surprising because the Weekly was published in New York of all places! The editor of the Weekly reasoned that this was because he did not want to lose the substantial amount of Southern readership that his paper possessed. It is also interesting to note that the Weekly supported Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat) in the 1860 election, and then supported to support Abraham Lincoln (Republican) during wartime. From the above, one could make the assumption that the paper was pro-union after the outbreak of the Civil War, a stance that it could now safely take since it’s Southern readers now belonged (in some eyes) to a separate nation. The Weekly in 1861 For a newspaper from the North, the Weekly gave considerable attention to Southern political leaders in the months leading up to the war. An example of this is in the January 5th, 1861 edition of the journal, which gave biographies of the major political figures in Georgia, the state next on the list of secession. This supports the paper’s somewhat neutral stance before the war, as the biographies were written impartially as opposed to other Northern papers of the time, which tended to portray Southern leaders in a somewhat lesser light. The rest of January focused on Major Robert Anderson and the transfer of the garrison of Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. The first issue in February focused on prominent Mississippi politicians, including Jefferson Davis. The paper made a fairly accurate statement, proclaiming that Davis would “occupy a high position, either in the Southern Confederacy or in the United States.” As noted before, the Weekly continued it’s moderate stance on secession and the sectional strife gripping the nation. In the events leading up to the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the paper still remained surprisingly in the middle. While most Northern papers were condemning the actions of the Southern forces surrounding the Union garrison at Sumter, the Weekly still refused to commit totally to the Northern side. Again, one would assume this would be to keep a hold on their readers in the South until the latest, after which they would publicly support the North, as was stated earlier. Even after the attack on Sumter, the Weekly treated the event as a critical turning point in American history. One has to respect the fact that the Weekly was in a neutral stance up until the actual start of hostilities, a fact that was lacking in the majority of newspapers and journals at this time. The Weekly continued to put out detailed reports of battles, campaigns, and political occurrences throughout the war, and continued to run strong for the rest of the century.

I'm having trouble with FTP. Everytime I try to copy files from a location to my computer the damn things freeze up. Is there a program or anything to make this agonizing process easier?

Amateur Muay Thai. No elbows. If both sides agree to it, shinpads don't have to be worn. Three 2-minute rounds. I was thinking about running out and throwing a flying knee at the beginning of the match, will that suffice? I do like the backfist, especially after a faked spin kick.

That sucks, man. I'm not really a fan of Mir's but he's a great fighter and that's horrible news. Here's to a quick recovery. BTW, I'll be fighting a Muay Thai fight next Saturday, so wish me luck! Well, if we can get the little problem of me fighting in a strip bar and being under 21 out of the way. Hopefully that will be worked and I can fight.