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Boo. Maia deserves a better opponent.

C.B.'s name is Clarence. Oh man.

This is pretty correct. I've seen Snoop twice and have been happy both times. I had the honor of seeing Death Cab on the same bill as Franz Ferdinand. They somehow decided to have Death Cab close after Franz Ferdinand absolutely killed it for 60 amazing minutes... needless to say I walked out of the concert about 10 minutes after Death Cab started. This also doubled the horror because I got to see a bunch of dorky hard looking frat guys swaying to this gay chick rock with their girlfriends. I wanted to die.

Could be a tricky situation... he might get a slightly largish contract but unlike Brock... he definitely needs to be babied a little bit.

IIRC, he's somewhere deep within the heart of China and might not read that for awhile. But I concur, happy b-day.

What would make you "sold"? He's undefeated, shows something new each time out and is seemingly better by leaps and bounds after every camp. Plus, he showed up to the building in a pimp fucking suit. That's how a champ should carry themself.

I always thought Mir was a cool guy, myself. But then TUF 8 happened and now I think he's a dick. I still don't hate him or anything, but he's definitely on the cocky prick side. Gotta be Rashad/Rampage next, right? Something to make me like Kongo a little better:

Rashad is for real, man. I remember before he KO'd Salmon everyone here was talking about how boring and awful he was... even after. Another brutally awesome and sick performance.

Turk via UD C.B. via UD Been back and forth but I'm going with Rampage via TKO. Two things - if Wand comes out throwing leg kicks or if it looks apparent early that Rampage still can't handle the clinch then I will expect Wandi to knock him the fuck out. I'm basing my pick off Wand being too aggressive/proud to go for leg kicks and someone at the Wolfslair actually working on the clinch with 'Page before the fight. Nog via TKO... not submitting Mir, most likely. I can see him surprising him standing. Rashad via KO... fuck Forrest.

Did you read the book? It's a sad read... not sure if I'm up for the movie.

Sunday morning job for me on this card. Girlfriend's b-day is Saturday and I couldn't get out of festivities so I'll be picking up the torrent early Sunday. That's ok - easy to stay away from news/info overnight when I won't even be on the internet anyway.

The fact that you have to be the most retarded fucker alive to even think about doing something like that. That's what I didn't get.

I enjoyed it. Didn't love the ending but the rest of the movie more then made up for it.

Drew Carey? It's official. I don't know what to think... I don't think I like it.

I think there will still be a ton of island narrative. I'm also more interested in what the fuck happened to Locke on the island and how he reaches out to everyone as Bentham. Obviously the Bentham stuff is off island but we have to figure out how Locke fucks everything up first and that should take up a fairly sizeable part of the season. I'd say it's going to be pretty close to 50/50 myself.

After the New Year we'll finalize the contest, for those still interested. I admit - I started it waaaayyyy too early.

In regards to Marley and Me... the dog dies in just about every book like that. I read a lot of dogs books and the dog dies in just about every fucking one. It's always slightly depressing but when I'm at the book store and I can't find anything I grab a dog book... that makes me the sucker, I think.

Started today. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feat...-tracks-of-2008? As usual for this list: I've only heard 6 out of the 50 listed so far. Got some catching up to do.

UNC looks unstoppable. Undefeated season is still within the realm of possibility.

If Rosholt can't beat Sakara then he loses his blue chip prospect card. Immediately. With that said... Sakara isn't exactly the best opponent for a "zombie-fu" walk straight ahead without covering up fighter so Rosholt better have putten that Osterneck gameplan far behind him.

Or even that Murray got to be rich and famous for a little longer. "It's just a polish cover song, guys. But it came out 13 years earlier... is that bad?"

So the winner of Barnett/Yvel is fighting the winner of Arlovski/Fedor. Imagine Yvel upsets Barnett and then does something hilariously awful in his fight with Fedor like punch him in the nuts 7 consecutive times and then attack the ref. This might not be the smartest decision they've ever made.

Missing from the list: The Stand Ins by Okkervill River. It's nearly as good as The Stage Names and "Lost Coastlines", "Blue Tulip", "Singer Songwriter", and "Calling and Not Calling My Ex" are standout tracks that I will definitely still be listening to in 5 years+. Not sure about the complete snub.