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No clue, and it's not for lack of searching on my part. The only Daria dvds available are the two feature-length movies they did. I wish they would release the entire series, cuz it's one of my all-time favorites.

Nope. And as to why the cameras sometimes provide a nice juicy close-up of a guy blading, it's not really the cameraman's fault. Blading may look obvious on a 30-inch TV, but it's almost impossible to spot on a tiny eyepiece monitor. It's really the fault of the guy on the switcher, who should've cut away sooner.

Anyone have the actual numbers? It'd be a cop-out if Joe was under contract for a major company who could force his opponents to wrestle him with the threat of losing their jobs or getting sued. But he works the indy circuit. If you get booked against Joe and you don't wanna wrestle him, you don't have to. Who cares if that one indy never returns your calls afterwards? There's a thousand more out there. His style is about 95% work. The Ole kicks rarely even make contact, the elbows aren't near as vicious as Misawa's or B-Boy's, chops don't do anything but sting your chest, and the suplexes are all the responsibility of the guy taking the bump. Believe me, I used to hate Joe. I saw his earlier matches from a few years ago, and dismissed him as a no-talent, no-charisma stiff fuck. But he's improved a helluva lot in the past year or so. That is definitely true. It takes no talent to just forearm, kick, and chop a guy as hard as you can. Believe me, I know: I've used all of the above in some of my matches, and I certainly have no wrestling talent. But they haven't been ending up with permanent injuries. Who has? The usual suspects: high-flyers who dive onto concrete and roid rage cases who juice their muscles beyond their body's abilities to hold together. Kobashi isn't crippled because of taking (mostly worked) head bumps, he's crippled because his knees snapped after one too many moonsaults.

That can take a little while. You've got two mods saying it's okay, you're clearly not breaking any rules, just go ahead and do it.

All of you pussies quit cockslapping each other before someone gets suspended or banned. Heysus Cheetos.

And the WWE's loss too. So far, all the wrestler issues have done well for Playboy. If this one bombs, it could kill the chances of them doing more in the future.

Why are all the action figures cheaper and shittier-looking now than they were 20 years ago?

Maybe it's not Current, but it's certainly an Event, and an interesting one that I'd never heard of before.

But I'd much rather see them in the buff than any of the recently-hired generic bimbos. Exactly. Christy's only been with the company for a few months. It'd be a different story if they at least got one of the long-term ladies like Stacy to do it.

Isn't that logic similar to "The first sign of guilt is denial!"? Mike, generally I agree with your foreign policy opinions more than I do with the others involved in the arguments here tonight, but you're not helping your case with all these snide little insults that do nothing to advance the debate. (Same to you, other guys. Quit fighting like a bunch of little bitches.)

Hmmm. Sable, Chyna, Torrie, and now Christy... ...why does the WWE absolutely refuse to have any of their actually talented female wrestlers pose for Playboy? And what the FUCK happened to those awesome rumors of a 12-girl "Women of WWE" spread from a couple months back?! Stephanie Mac in see-thru shirt >>>>> any random Divasearch bitch.

You damn lawbreaker, CronoT. Why dontcha download a Metallica song and GUARANTEE the FBI will be knocking your door down sometime soon.

And oh yeah, a general reminder for tipping any food service worker: try to do it with cash. In theory, all tips are subject to income tax. If you tip them with a check or credit card payment (like writing a payment over the amount for the food), that tip gets recorded by the company and reported to the government. They're supposed to do the same thing with cash, but since this is an industry where $2.13 an hour is considered a "fair wage", that rarely happens.

No real legal basis for this case. A few arguments could be made, but they'd all be a big stretch. Essentially, in private lawsuits the juries and judges of American courts can render any verdict they damn well please, which is why so many of these spectacularly wasteful suits get filed in the first place.

Damn, Mike, just post the link so everyone can shut up and get back to the usual "Bush rocks!/Bush sucks!" debating.

All Nazis, though? Yes, there were plenty of evil genocidal bastards in the Nazi party. But I'm pretty sure that it probably also contained at least a few more or less good people who joined up to advance their own agenda. The Allied intelligence agents turned plenty of them into spies during the war. Ditto communists. Ditto Muslims. You simply cannot make such sweeping murderous generalities on people because of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, political affiliations, or whatever. No, Mike, and this is one of the main points I disagree with you on. They're not monkeys. They don't live in trees in the jungle eating insects while hanging from their tails and screeching at one another. They are full-fledged official homo sapiens human people. Humans have been killing each other ever since the dawn of the species. The horrific acts that the terrorists commit are nothing new. Humans can be real bastards sometimes.

I noticed a point made on the first page which bears repeating: the National Security Agency is the largest intelligence agency in the entire world. It has a budget and a staff that completely dward the CIA's. Yet... it seems like all we ever hear about is the CIA when it comes to foreign intelligence matters. Makes me wonder if there's a bit of intentional misdirection going on.

Welcome to TNA, brutha. "Blowoff match, what's that?"

Nevermind, I take it back, cuz I just watched Kenta Kobashi chop Jun Akiyuma 73 times in a row. Yes, 73, and in the span of less than a minute.

Then go to WDI, and get a haircut hippy.

Well, finally finished watching the tape. -I wish I could speak Japanese, just to know what the hell Rusher Kimura is saying in all his post-match promos that's so damn funny. -I don't get the love for Takayama. He's just big, bland, and boring to me. And yes, I've seen his matches against Misawa, and I still wasn't impressed. Maybe Chono pulled some miracles out of him, but I doubt it. He's better than former tag partner Omori, but that's kinda like Gedo being better than Jado. He can take a helluva beating and dish one out too, but so can Pogo the Clown, and I don't see fanboys claiming he's putting on MOTYCs. -Misawa/Ogawa vs. Mutoh/Kea was just weird. They'd do one spot that's great and innovative and made you crave more, and then follow it up by botching or no-selling something else. And if you can't look at the people in the match and tell me who pins who with what, then you sure as hell haven't watched any NOAH before. At least Mutoh was trying (his moonsault is still a thing of beauty), even if Misawa seems to get more and more Flairish with every passing year by his reliance on his ever-dwindling bag of old tricks. (Replace chop/low blow/figure-4/Flair flop with elbow/tiger driver/emerald fusion/head drop). -And here's one part of the match that deserves its own section: Former GHC "Heavyweight" Champion Yoshinari Ogawa. He still sucks. His offense is still nothing but moves that The Rock has employed at some point or another. He damn near kills Tea with a fucked-up double team at one point. Ogawa wrestling inside the ring while Taka Michinoku waves a flag outside it must be in violation of some religious commandment somewhere. Ogawa could be wrestling himself in an empty ring and still not be the best wrestler present. -Kobashi vs. Akiyuma was really fun, much more so than the overrated 3-03 Kobashi-Misawa bout. For once, here's a match where (gasp!) the wrestlers actually build up the impact of their offense throughout the match, so they're using the most dangerous spots and the biggest finishers at the END instead of some arbitrary time beforehand. Simple logic, but for some reason it escapes a lotta workers. The much-talked-about suplexes to the floor were neat and wince-y, but I was more entertained by the ridiculous spot where Kobashi drags Akiyuma to the corner and proceeds to chop him 73 times in a row (yes I counted). All in all, an above-average show, definitely worth picking up sometime.

Weird thing: "Game Over" is the most overused entrance music on the indy circuit. I can literally think of at least eight different workers who've used it, just in my area alone.

Sideburnious's link crashed my computer. I officially saw the world's record for Most Chops During A Wrestling Match get broken last night, with Vordell Walker vs. Dagon Briggs. These guys just beat the shit out of each other's chests and backs for twenty minutes straight. More/harder chops than in a Flair vs. Pillman match. I mean, I've been chopped by Kid Kash a coupla times, but... ow, that shit had to sting, yo. I apparently have the ability to imbibe an entire bottle of wine without actually getting drunk... either that or watching Passion of the Christ is a real buzzkill. That's all I got.

He gonna do a legends match teaming up with Curt Hennig against Bruiser Brody and Jumbo Tsuruta? Or did they really mean his son, El Hijo del Santo?

I'll put it this way: in her own self-titled show, Aeon Flux dies. A lot. With no explanation, rhyme or reason. She just gets brutally killed in about half the episodes. And her evil arch-nemesis is also her boyfriend. I've been trying to think of some older shows too, and like you said, all those cartoons from my youth all run together. I only really remember the ones I hated. Hey, wait... did Eerie Indiana run for more than one seaskn?