Archive for December 6, 2006

More Billshit

At this point, there’s really only one reason to tune in to Shill O’Reilly. It’s the same reason you don’t keep walking when two jerks are fighting outside a bar. The impulse to keep watching is the impulse of a true rubbernecker.
I’ll say this, though: he really is a top-drawer entertainer. You really believe that [...]

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Saving Mel Gibson

For two reasons, Mad Mel’s favourite movie this year will undoubtedly be Rocky Balboa.

Why? First, because the critical feeding frenzy that Stallone’s flick is already generating will make Apocalypto’s tepid reviews seem triumphant by comparison. Second, because it’s bound to feature extreme slo-mo scenes featuring appalling agony and spurting blood-geysers. And Mel loves that kind [...]

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Info Geeks Rejoice!

I’m really digging the potential for Swivel, yet another web 2.0 site which practices what I’ve elsewhere called “Open Source Freakonomics”.
The site basically allows any shmoe to upload and share disparate data sets that correlate things like — to use just one example — how violent crime has gone down as wine consumption has [...]

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