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A couple odds and ends from around the Intarwebz for you.

Deadspin is having their second annual Deadspin Hall of Fame nominations. They’re announcing candidates every day, but my must-win candidate is up for a spot. Who is this guy? A’mod Ned of Florida International University. You can just call him Ned, though. But why is Ned hall of fame worthy? Because during the brawl between Miami and Florida International last year dude came out on crutches. That is what you call “having your teammates’ back.” He’s actually become quite a folk hero, spawning numerous (semi-poor) photoshops and fierce campaigning replete with a video. Click and vote or Ned is going to crutch all the way up from Miami and beat you with his crutches.

Stumbled across a new site called FilmDrunk.com (through WithLeather.com). Pretty cool movie site. Saw some new trailers (Jack Black and Mos Def in a Michel Gondry movie… I’ll fox with it.) It’s kind of like MoviePoopShoot.com. Not really, I guess. Who am I kidding, I just wanted to type MoviePoopShoot.com. It’s definitely worth checking out for movie updates (as well as nude Jessica Biel in movie updates, infinitely more important).

He also mentions that Grindhouse is going to be split into two dvd’s with, get this NO FUCKING TRAILERS!!!!!!! Are you kidding me? No Machete? No Thanksgiving? Eat a dick, Weinsteins. Fuck you in the asshole til it’s purple donkey asshole. Needless to say, if you didn’t get to see this in the theaters you will not get the full awesome experience and you will be extra bummed. There may be a “deluxe set” released later on. Maybe if we bitch loud enough they’ll do it from the get go. Gets to bitchin! I can’t tell you how mad this made me.

Speaking of movies Superbad was Super Fucking Awesome. I’ve already said too much. Go see it. It’s truly a vagtastic voyage. I’m probably going to watch it again this weekend.

There’s a second installment of Cautionary Tales of Swords, and it’s funnier than the first. In case you didn’t know, swords will cut your fucking throat wide open. That’s the truth.

Thanks to Andy, for allowing me to regress into Nerdery (the state, not the place of employment. They’ve closed down.)I just got to thinking about this and wanted to post it. Unless you’re Gip, I don’t know for sure if you’ve seen the Aqua Teen movie, but here’s the best part. And it’s completely not related to the plot. You’re welcome. Have you seen the DVD for this thing? Two disc, deluxe 80 minute deleted movie on disc 2. I guess I have to buy it. Read along while they sing, and crank it up!

The quality kind of sucks, so you may just want to wait for the DVD after all. But I may have just saved you some money.

That’s about all from me. Just getting ready for football, the wedding, the honeymoon, and, most importantly, the bachelor party. If any of you knows where we can rent a donkey for the evening, holla at your boy.

Oh, you can now contact the site at josh-at-schitthaus-dot-com. Feel free to e-mail for cheers, jeers, advice, or lusty gruntings. Your correspondence may be included for a new feature. I know, awfully enticing…

Maybe I’m the thirtieth person to tell you this, or maybe I’m the first, but listen to one of us and watch Planet Earth on the Discovery Channel. It’s the first thing I’ve seen on tv that made me think “shit, I wish I had HDTV.”

For those of you that don’t know, Planet Earth is the mother of all nature shows. I’ve always been a fan of nature shows, but this one take it to the nth level. The folks at Discovery Channel, in conjunction with the BBC, spent over five years filming various habitats and the ill shit that goes down in them. I’m a little late to the party, as I just saw it for the first time last night, but it’s an 11 part series and new ones come on every Sunday at 8 and 9.

I recorded the Ice Worlds one, and I have to say there’s really something for everyone. The ladies and the kiddies get to see a mini March of the Penguins, the sick fuckers like me get to see a starving polar bear go toe to lard ass flipper with a herd of walruses. You may be surprised to see who wins.

What separates this from other nature shows is the production quality. There’s always been some nice filmography, but this takes the cake. Witness exhibit A. Turn the volume up for this one and hold on to your ass:

Is that not fucking bad ass or what? As you can see, there are times when you may need to have the kids put on eyemuffs, but you’ll be glad that you did. It’s nice to have a legitimate medium for hot animal on animal action.

So DVR this shit, or buy me the DVD for an early birthday present, and we can watch it together on your high-def tv. Oh, you don’t have one? Get me one of those, too, then.

On a completely unrelated tv note, Rome has finished its run on HBO, perhaps for good? That would suck, because that show was pretty great. It had gratuitous nudity and violence, all in a semi-historical context, so you didn’t feel like a total cretin watching it. Check it out on DVD if you never had the chance. I feel kind of gypped that we didn’t get a sweet montage at the end like Six Feet Under, but what can you do?

Wilco will be touring around the states in the next couple of months, naturally not anywhere close to here. The closest venues are Red Bank, NJ and good ol’ Manhattan. The NJ show is on a Friday, and the Friday before my birthday no less. Anyone up for a road trip? Could be a nice segue to a weekend at the lake house, Kali…

That’s all for now, but I’ve got a lot on my mind about this crop of fairly cruddy new albums by good bands. I’ll be back to discuss that at some point, with a little input from you, I’m sure.

Speaking of which, have any of you fooled with the iMix yet? Just wondering.

Oh, and just because I feel like it. BEAST MAN AIDS!: