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1. Did you ever think that Jets coach Rex Ryan and his wife made a strange couple? You don't know the half of it.

2. A little too racy for me to post, but check out the winning entries in the most recent Sketchaholic contest Sexy Fairy Tale Character. Via.

3. Homemade plush Dr. Doom.

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1. Scott Beale, who just celebrated Laughing Squid's 15th anniversary, gives a long interview about blogging and his company in general.

2. Relatedly, Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew is currently inviting questions.

3. Wow, move over Brett Favre, Tony Parker is definitely the new story.

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1. Grant Morrison:

People don't want to pay money to watch some guy pretending to be someone else when they could be doing it themselves. In games, anyone can be a superhero or a soldier, and the gaming experience doesn't follow strict narrative rules. You can do things on your own, and move in directions you choose. So I wanted to follow that concept: We are now the heroes, and we can look through their eyes. . . Look at Facebook pages: Everyone is a hero or star in their own story, and the inevitable next step is to become superheroic.

Via.

2. Michael Arrington writes in detail of his disastrous relationship with Jason Calcanis. For example, "When Jason realized we were very serious about ending our relationship with him he began to spread rumors that I was abusing prescription medications."

3. Here's a claim that the size of Neanderthals' fingers indicate that they were promiscuous.

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1. A debt collector set up a fake courtroom in Pennsylvania to try to fool debtors.

2. Earlier this month, I mentioned how strange it was that Disney was promoting images of happy couple LeAnn Rimes and Eddy Cibrian. Well, Shape magazine put Rimes on the cover of the October issue, and received so many complaints that the editor had to apologize.

3. The Penny Arcade guys created a brilliant, hilarious special item for Bioware's Dragon Age.

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1. Beautiful photograph of a police helicopter at night. Via.

2. The LA Times:

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca directed detectives to launch a criminal investigation outside his agency's jurisdiction on behalf of a well-connected supporter who has given the sheriff political contributions and expensive gifts, a Times investigation has found.

The sheriff's investigation targeted a tenant who was embroiled in a rental dispute with Ezat Delijani, a longtime Baca political donor. The sheriff assigned his detectives to the case after Beverly Hills police had concluded that Delijani's allegations did not amount to a crime.

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1. Chupacabras are apparently just coyotes with mange.

2. Elie Mystal on the claim that Justice Clarence Thomas likes pornography and large breasts:

As we just mentioned in Fame Brief, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is fielding more allegations about his sexual preferences today, as former girlfriend Lillian McEwen made some “explosive” statements to the Washington Post about her time with the Supreme Court Justice.

I put “explosive” in scare quotes, because really all we’re learning from McEwen is that Justice Thomas likes (or liked, she dated him a long time ago) boobs and porn. Is that really such a big deal? Hey, quick question, would you rather be reading this article about Clarence Thomas and Lillian McEwen right now, or doing something that involved boobs and porn?

3. Five gigs of free storage in the cloud courtesy of Amazon beginning November 1. Via.

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1. Rad photograph of a jellyfish.

2. Magnificent photo of a massive number of devil rays. The artists' site is one incredible photo after another. For example, these oxen look like some kind of three-headed god. Via.

3. American Idol is too classy for today's audience. One of the singers on Simon Cowell's new talent show is a known prostitute.

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1. Map of nightclubs in Harlem in 1932. Via.

2. Art giveaway.

3. Gawker on the woman accusing Julian Assange of sex crimes.

4. Jezebel on photoshopped images of Jennifer Aniston.

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1. Extended trailer for season three of the Clone Wars (it starts with a mecha-squid submarine). And here's some news about the season.

2. Chris Sims describes the genius that is Gymkata. (I was young enough when I saw it that the story made perfect sense to me.)

3. "Top White House aides were shocked to learn in 1997 that Clinton was having sex with Lewinsky because she had been constantly flirting with George Stephanopoulos." You can read his description of her here.

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Medieval Warriors by Owen Gatley (link roundup)

"The Slaying of the Beast" and "A Thousand Bloody Corpses" by Owen Gatley currently for sale.

And a few more links:

1. Comment and win a copy of Stephenie Meyers' The Host.

2. Interesting to see a post by Wired at Gizmodo.

3. How to pack a backpack for camping. Via.

4. Deeply disturbing allegations of criminal sexual behavior by Team USA swim coaches. (Although, big newsflash. Guys who coach hot young female athletes are interested in having sex with them.)

*Previously: Swim fins with high heels.

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Ironic Spitzer/Paterson bumper sticker

Could this possibly be real? An Eliot Spitzer/David Paterson bumper sticker with the slogan, "Bring some passion back to Albany?" There was one on sale at eBay when I checked. Via.

*Previously: Palpatine-Cheney 2008 bumper stickers.

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Batman Lego Cubedude (link roundup)

Batman Lego Cubedude by crises_crs.

And a few more links:

1. Gigantic rusty cleaver.

2. J.H. Williams III posted a high-res image of the cover to Absolute Promethea 2.

3. John Harkes was kicked off the US team two months before the 1998 World Cup because he was having an affair with the wife of teammate Eric Wynalda.

*Previously: Daniel Plainview Lego CubeDude.

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Tron Dog (link roundup)

Tron Dog and Support our Koopa Troopas. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Some sentiments explaining why the Supreme Court's ruling overturning McCain-Feingold was a good thing. I actually voted for Obama in no small part because I didn't approve of the law and feared that McCain would manage to pass other laws limiting constitutional rights.

2. Creepy allegations about Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Via.

3. A reminder that NFL football is a team sport - - JaMarcus Russell's first year numbers compare favorably to Mark Sanchez's.

*Previously: Tron hoodies.

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Bad Dudes, the movie (link roundup)

Movie posters for Bad Dudes and Pro Wrestling - - both from this week's edition of Photoshop Phriday.

And a few more links:

1. The FTC's new rules on disclosures of conflicts of interest seem like nothing more than a weapon to go after people they don't like - - apparently they're not going to go after Gwyneth Paltrow because she's famous and thus assumed to be a shill. Via.

2. Meanwhile an expert who has repeatedly been quoted as supporting health care reform was paid $300,000 by the Obama administration. Neither he nor the White House saw a reason to mention the payment. More here, here, and here.

3. A history of Gilbert Arenas' cruel private jokes. In a bit of foreshadowing, when Javaris Crittenton was traded to the Wizards, he was asked about Arenas' history of practical jokes, and said, "I've heard about Gil, but I don't think he'll do that."

*Previously: Pro Wrestling tribute by Jim Rugg.

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Fark's rejected Christmas cards (link roundup)

From Fark's Rejected Christmas Cards theme.

And a few more links:

1. The WSJ says:

[Tiger] Woods cut an unusual deal with American Media Inc., the owner of both Men's Fitness magazine and the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper. Mr. Woods agreed to the cover shot and photo spread in Men's Fitness, whose circulation of about 700,000 per issue is less than half of Golf Digest's nearly 1.7 million, in return for the National Enquirer squelching a story and photographs purportedly showing Mr. Woods in a liaison with a woman who wasn't his wife.

2. Steps to take now to make it easier to reclaim your Google account if it ever gets hacked.

3. "The Roman Catholic Church and the police in Ireland systematically colluded in covering up decades of child sex abuse by priests in Dublin, according to a scathing report released Thursday." Via.

UPDATE: Sinhead O'Connor has strong words for the Pope. Via.

*Previously: Rejected Fallout perks.

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Tower in the fog (link roundup)

Scott Monument on a foggy day. See also: Moss-covered lion.

And a few more links:

1. The McCourt divorce is infinitely more interesting than watching the Dodgers play - - allegedly Jamie McCourt is dating her chauffeur and sent him to Taiwan to meet with a Taiwanese senator as a representative of the Dodgers. Via.

2. The various rifles used by Stormtroopers in A New Hope were modified real-world weapons.

3. Star Wars nativity scene.

*Previously: The Fog paper toy.

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Fark's Unneeded Movie Sequels

Ceiling Cat by Alfred Hitchcock, Tiger Woods stars in a remake, and Citizen Kane 2 - - a few of the entries in Fark's Unneeded Movie Sequels jam.

*Previously: Keyboard Cat/Splinter Cell mashup.

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Unintentionally funny Tiger Woods ads

Gilette Fusion. Via.



Accenture ad campaign based on Tiger Woods with the slogan "It's not a setback. It's a test." Via.



"Have you got the balls" Tiger Woods video game ad. Via.

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WTF Comcast (link roundup)

WTF Comcast - - a niche blog focusing on Comcast program summaries. Via.

And a few more links:

1. More on the Senator Max Baucas scandal, including that he gave his girlfriend a $14,000 raise. Via.

2. Bed looks like a (toothy) dinosaur's mouth. Via these sites.

3. Circa 1975, Roger Ebert's fascinating story about Chris Burden's performance art piece "Doomed." Via these sites.

*Previously: WTF Amazon.

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A protester asks an important question (link roundup)

What if Elektra killed the Hulk available as a t-shirt here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Montana Senator Max Baucus nominated his girlfriend (who he started seeing while still married) for U.S. Attorney. Via.

2. Reddit users used photoshop to clean up the last photo a user had of his mom.

3. Officers in Southern California took in a stray Shetland Pony and named him "Big Dog."

*Previously: Erik Laresen intended to out Elektra as a Skrull.

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