ESPN – Missouri Tigers vs. Northwestern Wildcats Preview, December 29 2008 – GO 'CATS!!!!!! Book Review: What If The Happening Was A Novel? (And Quite Good?) – I think I need to check this one out… especially since "The Happening" was such a huge disappointment for me. I wanted it to be good. I really [...]

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YouTube – Siphonophore – (a.k.a. The Deep-Sea Stuff of NIGHTMARES!) Fascinating, and the wikipedia article is definitely worth checking out. But seriously, this makes me even less inclined to enter the ocean… ever. The Daily Show’s Best Christmas Moments | Comedy Central Insider – delgrosso dot com » A Christmas card, Just For You! – [...]

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Jessica provided the narration for Newsweek’s recent “Global Elite” video feature — which I thought was pretty freakin’ cool. You can check out the video below: I always find it interesting to hear the difference between her normal voice and her “professional voice.” So, yeah… She’s kind of a big deal.

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Merry Christmas! Now go burn some stuff… From Wikipedia: The first mention of the Yule log in the British Isles is a written account by the clergyman Robert Herrick, from the 1620s or 1630s. Herrick called the tradition a “Christmas log” and said that it was brought into the farmhouse by a group of males, [...]

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From “The Gingerdead Man” to “Evil Dead” Christmas comics, it’s been far too easy to find five days of holiday weirdness. Now, for Day Six, I bring you the gift of song (or something resembling song): Twisted Sister: Oh Come All Ye Faithful But wait… there’s more!

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So… some of you might know that I get paid to write about comics and the comic book industry. Yes, some of you might be well aware of the fact that covering comics is actually my job. I know — it amazes me sometimes, too. What you might not know is that the holiday season [...]

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Brad Pitt is Lion-O! Vin Diesel is Panthro! Hugh Jackman is Tygra! Cheetara, Wilykit, Wilykat and… Snarf! Amazing, right? The trailer’s creator, digital moviemaker WormyT, makes me wish I had more time to spend with Photoshop and video-editing software. With enough practice, maybe I could finally see a live-action version of a “Rom, Spaceknight” movie. [...]

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