Buck Russell: [Staring at it] I’m Buck Melanoma. Moley Russell’s wart. Not her wart. Not her wart! I’m… I’m the wart. She’s my tumor. My… my growth. My… uh, my pimple. I’m Uncle Wart. Just old Buck "Wart" Russell. That’s what they call me, or Melanoma Head. They’ll call me that. "Melanoma Head’s coming." I’m s… uncle! Maisy Russell’s uncle!

Uncle Buck is one of those movies that whenever it’s on TV, you sit down and watch it. For years it’s been that way. One day, I managed to catch it on HBO instead of TNT. Suddenly I realized how much I’d been missing from the original, because of all the edits. Edits for time, and more importantly, edits for content. A well placed “shit” in a movie can really be a nice comedic hook. It’s the way people talk.

So I added it to our recent Netflix queue, and just got it a few days ago. Laughed my ass off the entire time. There’s a scene early on with  Macaulay Culkin in which he discuss dog balls with his uncle. I’d forgotten that scene actually existed.

Did John Hughes just retire to spend all his money, or did he fall in a ditch and die somewhere?

Review: Still 4 stars after all these years.

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I need to use such discipline in my personal life, though I really think I can’t be limited to just 5 times a day.

As my friends will attest, there’s a running poll on whether or not my children’s first words are going to be "fuck". See, when I say it, it’s not like I even *know* that I’m doing it.. it’s just part of my vernacular.

Yoinked from Monkey Filter:

Fuck you, Sir! Pupils are being allowed to swear at one Northamptonshire secondary school – as long as they limit their use of bad language to five times a lesson.

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If my school library had something like this when I was in school, life would have been a better place.

As gamers we were forced into the leftover classrooms that no one wanted, with the drame coach or english teacher to watch over us. And that was in the later years. The "stank" of being someone who played D&D meant that you were probably better off playing at your house than trying to play in/near the school.

I miss my days of playing D&D, the original.

Yoinked from Boing Boing:

HOWTO host a library after-school D&D game Peter sez, "Wizards of the Coast has developed a program to help public libraries host afterschool D&D games." The Afternoon Adventure with DUNGEONS & DRAGONS program will include everything librarians need to start regular gaming programs in their library with the original pen-and-paper roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D for short). Players assume the persona of fantasy characters and pursue magical adventures, confronting and solving problems using strategic thinking and teamwork. For three decades, D&D has appealed to an ever-increasing population of fans for its use of imagination and storytelling over competition. This free program will include a Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game (a $24.99 value), instructions for starting a D&D group in the library, a guide to using D&D as an introduction to library use, recommended reading lists, and other practical resources.

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I wonder if I can get a zombie mob to overrun my office so I can take the day off and go home and go to sleep.
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Hundreds of "zombies" mob posh Vancouver mall Mister Wind-Up Zombie sez, "This past weekend a zombie quasi-flashmob two or three *hundred* strong materialized in the center of Vancouver and staggered through an upscale mall, onto the skytrain and down Main Street before joining their resting brethren at a local cemetry. –snip–

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One of my upcoming plugins for this blog is going to be a Simpsons quote generator. In the meantime (read: forever), you have to learn about every cool Simpsons reference that I can find.

Monkey sightings on the Simpsons via memepool

Need I say more.

P.S. I might need a tag for Simpsons… hrmmm

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I’d just like to remind everyone that Mountain Dew’s Xbox 360 giveaway has officially begun. 360’s will be given away every 10 minutes from now until launch. Considering how many 360’s are being given out, everyone has a good chance of winning. You can sign up for the contest here.

When the XboX came out, I ate at Taco Bell everyday to sign up for their contest.. and I drank ALOT of Mountain Dew during that time. you know what? I won a free Xbox from a random drawing. Now you’re telling me I get a chance to win one by drinking Mountain Dew? **boggle** I’m all over that… blood pressure be damned.

By the way, the MD site is a bit of a rush.. maybe you shouldn’t read while whicle actually drinking Mountain Dew.

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Well I spent the weekend in 10 minute chunks trying to work on updating this blog. As of now, it’s mostly done with all the CSS styles. I still have some badges to add, but the coloring and images should all be done.

I’m also slowly starting to add in and debug some additional plugins. The first of which is supposed to allow me to cross-post an entry to my LiveJournal account. This will be a good thing, as alot of my friends participate in the LJ community. This way at least, they can see that I’ve made an update to my page and come visit it here.

The other plugins I’ve still got to complete are the "This day in", which is the little BBC/Wikipedia link you see on the post info. I want to get an icon up next to it, so it’s more obvious that it’s a link you can follow for this day.

I’ve got ‘Fancy Tooltips" running, which creates a nice tooltip when you hover over a link. unfortunately, its not working on all links, just some. Maybe it’s the structure of the links or the way the plugin is configured.. I’ll spend more time with that later.

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Sometimes it’s just easier to quote someone else rather than think about the process myself. I’m sure there are other entries elsewhere, but this is a good reminder.. plus it gives you an MP3!

Talk Like a Pirate Day, Sept 19 The holiest of Pastafarian holidays is surely "Talk Like a Pirate Day," coming on Sept 19, which looms ahead like the scurvy wreckage of a fat clipper, yar, so it does. Avast. Rawk! Link (Thanks, TxGeek!) Update: What better way to prepare for Talk Like a Pirate Day than with this MP3 of the legendary BBC Million Pound Radio Show comedy sketch, Pirate Training Day? (Thanks, Steve!)

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