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Does anyone else make those little rubber band bracelets? My niece got the loom for Christmas, and last week I bought a bunch of baggies of little rubber bands. I've made almost a dozen bracelets and just finished one a few minutes ago.

Is anyone else making these, or knows anyone who makes these? I don't know how it happened, but I'm hooked.

 

You know I am so much purer than the vulgar weak licentious crowd...

I know you don't get the reference but I don't care.

 

Cracked.com brings us Jedi School! It's pretty funny. I liked the jokes about sexism in Star Wars and that fleeting reference to the EU. I'll have to keep an eye on this.

 

Anyone who doesn't get the reference should be locked up in a belltower to live out their days in solitude. For real.

 

My daughter. And those little ******* little rubber bands are all over my house.

 

I keep mine in a plastic dish. Prevents them from getting all over the place.

 

Sweet!

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25 covers with 25 characters being relased all day on the hour!

--Adm. Nick

 

Looks good so far, Days of Future Past is definitely my most anticipated superhero movie of 2014, and up there in general as well. Hope they have another trailer soon.

 

If I were locked up in a bell tower to live out my days in solitude with nothing but a complete collection of Disney films, I'd jump.

 

I count Hunchback as one of Disney's best films, not in Lion King/Aladdin/Beast/Frozen level but just a tier lower. It's definitely one with most adult material as Hellfire shows. The original novel is a lot darker but the film works exactly as it is, having the structure tied to general Disney storytelling keeps it from going too far.

 

You're allowed to hate Doctor Who unreasonably and unquestionably, Coop is allowed to hate Lord of the Rings unreasonably and unquestionably, Zeta is allowed to hate everything that came into existence after 2005 unreasonably and unquestionably, and I'm allowed to hate Disney unreasonably and unquestionably, dammit

 

I saw Hunchback once, when I was probably twelve or thirteen and half-asleep at a slumber party. I remember almost nothing of it except for the beginning. Besides, the Charles Laughton-led version from the 1930's will always be my favorite, songs or no songs.

 

I don't hate everything after 2005, but that's definitely where it took a turn for the worst for me.

 

Atlantis was a fun movie, even though Disney seemingly refuses to acknowledge its existence.

And I actually only watched Treasure Planet last spring.

 

Wait, what? When did this happen?

 

And that is just the cartoon movies

 

I don't hate LotR, I don't care about LotR. The movies were entertaining. Once.

I reserve "hate" for only the most egregious situations--like Big Bang Theory.

 

Regularly, and last I checked, you were barely even aware of its existence, so the status change was something of a surprise.

 

Fine, you're allowed to hate white human males.

I'm actually kind of amazed at how many of those movies I've seen. At least I watch the stuff I hate

Then again, hate is a rather strong word. Most of those movies are just really, really boring (though there are, of course, several decent ones in there). They're like junk food set to motion and unimaginative, creatively bankrupt music.

I will back up the hatred for Big Bang Theory, though. But I have to wonder, what happens if the literal worst thing ever hates another literal worst thing ever? Do they just implode to form the Westboro Baptist Church?

 

Well, golly.

Going back to our talk of LotR canon, I don't think there's anything in the universe that could mess it up quite as much as..... Well, see for yourself.