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Vote Schmote – A Plea for Tolerance
October 15, 2008

This is by far my most reviled post.  And while I realize this is a sensitive subject, I feel I should leave the post up anyway so hopefully some people will at least understand my reasons for not voting (and I hope that […]

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The Special Charm of Black Metal
September 17, 2008

Here is part two of my "why do I listen to the awful music I listen to" series. Part ONE covered Death and Thrash Metal, this time I look at the final genre in my …

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Extreme Metal Radio Edits 1: Slayer – Bedfull of Kittens
September 16, 2008

As a brief interlude before the second part of my "why do I listen to the horrible sounding music that I listen to" post (and because the lyric I made up for the earlier post …

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The Special Charm of Thrash and Death Metal
September 16, 2008

Underground metal is right up there with hardcore gangsta rap and the works of Montgomery Gentry in terms of cringe-worthy offensiveness. Underground/exteme metal is a broad term, I'll specifically be looking at Thrash and Death …

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Snob Blog 2 – A Musical Interlude.
September 4, 2008

Once again, from the pages of Goth Blog comes the second part of everyone's favorite spinoff: SNOB Blog! Has that wacky high school english teacher who just wants the finer things in life…and for people to …

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Cryptography, not just a cool name
August 19, 2008

One of my favorite books as a kid was Alvin's Secret Code, a short mystery story I found in my grandma's bookcase. The story was cool, but even better it had an awesome appendix full …

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Bad Boys 2 – The Lost Scripts: Bergman, Rohmer and Herzog
August 9, 2008

The world film community was rocked this year when pieces of three alternate movie scripts for Bad Boys 2 surfaced. It seems the producers, in an attempt to cash in on the "indie movie" craze, …

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Disaster Movie – Guaranteed Box Office Afterbirth
August 6, 2008

I'm really not too snobby about my humor (comparatively speaking). Sure I think Woody Allen is great, but I love his earlier more broad comedies just as much as his later films full of razor …

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Shit just got real – The anatomy of a great fight scene.
July 9, 2008

A lot of the clips in this post are the climactic scenes of great movies. So, fyi, spoilers ahoy…go watch all these movies you haven't seen before you read this post!.... I was all set to …

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Jock Blog 2 – A Tale of Poo.
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From the pages of Goth Blog here is the second installment of the spinoff that everyone has been clamoring for: JOCK Blog, number 2! That's right, more wacky adventures from everyone's favorite jock older brother, …

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