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WASHINGTON - A Vietnam veteran who claims Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) lied about being under fire during a Mekong Delta engagement that won Kerry a Bronze Star was under constant fire himself during the same skirmish, according to the man's own medal citation, a newspaper reported. My favorite line is this one -- Thurlow's records, obtained by the Post under the Freedom of Information Act, include references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at all five boats in the flotilla that day. *snerk* "Note to self: Get bogus story straight before going to the papers, so as not to look like a dork."

Also, Garden State is finally coming to the Hoffman this weekend. Took 'em long enough. *grumbles, buys tickets*

Oh, and look:

Order # 453273
freeiPods.com
8/9/2004 7:57:00 PM
Sent to Vendor, Waiting on Product

Damn it, send me my iPod! *gets impatient, kicks freeipods.com*

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So, yeah. The whole thebookyoucrew kerfluffle. I find ratings communities amusing anyway, because it's not exactly like it's the opinions of real experts when you do get rated. It's kind of like auditioning for "American Idol" if they took Randy, Simon, and Paula and replaced them with William Hung, the national hog calling champion, and me.

And what makes me find it even more amusing is that I love and adore books and I can guarantee they would shoot me down. Why? Because my top three books are The Stand, The Jungle, and The Gashleycrumb Tinies. Somehow with my list, the prestige is lost. But hey, the gruesome fun and mindless despair remains.

There's also theflickyoucrew, which is there if you want people to tell you that your taste in movies blows elephant chunks. I definitely couldn't post a list there, because while their derision of my taste in books would make me laugh (in a country where people don't read as much as they used to, the fact that anyone reads is an accomplishment these days), if they picked on my taste in movies, I would have to defend my honor by going to their houses and either confiscating their DVD collections or absconding with their pets, just 'cause.

So I post them here, because you're a captive audience. :)

( If I could only have twenty movies for the rest of my life, this would be my list. )

As for fuckyoucrew, which rates your taste in music, I have none. The end.

GIP!

Because what else was I supposed to think when I watched the Alfie trailer and saw Jude Law holding that pool cue like that?

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You know, I spent six hours of my shift slacking off because I didn't have any work to do and the last two hours trying frantically to finish four hours worth of work handed to me at the last minute as fast as humanly possible. Die, drivers, die.

And you know, I say that like it was totally the fault of the drivers who bring us their data entry. But it's not. Some dumbass company decided to send over a hundred letters out tonight, which wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't all been going to one of two different companies in Toronto. So basically, rather than spending almost twenty-five bucks an envelope to ship 'em and wasting our time and their money, they could have gotten two boxes, put all of their documents in 'em, and shipped them out that way. But alas, no.

And then I came home and this review of a possible Jurassic Park 4 script broke my brain. Someone out there being paid by a studio to write scripts is on fucking crack, people. The really, really good crack. And they're not sharing with you. Just keep that in mind the next time you go to the theater.

EDIT: That Russian gymnast? Needs a sandwich. Or two sandwiches. Or a Subway franchise.