Priced at $9.99 this app may seem expensive but Football Manager Handheld 2010 is basically like having Championship Manager 2001/2002, 2004/2005, 2006-2007 (the dvd version!) with updated rosters, on your phone. What other app can give you the thrill of taking a team from the third division of a European backwater league to the...
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2 Sentence Review: Football Manager Handheld 2010
Cover v. Original: Morning Dew
The original: “Morning Dew” by Bonnie Dobson The contenders: The Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Lulu, Devo (video below), Einstürzende Neubauten, & Lee Hazlewood (link to mp3 below). I’m not sure whether it’s the oppressive heat, the path of destruction being left throughout east Asia by typhoon Marakot, or my recent viewing of the trailer...
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Toilet Paper Is Archaic & Disgusting
There you are, sitting on the couch, wrapped up comfortably in your snuggie, snacking on some delicious deviled ham thanks to your countertop magician when nature calls. So you hop on your rascal scooter and make your way to the bathroom. I guess that meal of diced, chopped, and minced nuts just went right...
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Bret Michaels Beheaded at the 2009 Tonys
Finally a reason to watch the Tony Awards. If you are wondering why Poison is playing at the Tonys, your guess is as good as mine.
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Cameron Frye's Childhood Home Is For Sale
That’s right, friends, you can now purchase Cameron Frye’s home for a mere $11,425 per month. This four bedroom, four bath house is “cantilevered over ravine” for all your Ferrari disposal needs. Designed by A. James Speyer and David Haid, this house is being sold as-is. If you are a little hesitant at...
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Where Is The Surly Teamster?
The Philadelphia MLS team finally has a name and a logo, which, as it turns out is actually pretty cool. If someone told me beforehand that the logo would incorporate an angry snake, I would probably have been pretty wary of how it would turn out. This angry snake, however, has thankfully been subtly...
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For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Things have been looking grim lately. The global economic meltdown. Swine flu outbreaks. Can things get any worse? Yes, yes they can. Much worse. I never thought it would come to this, but there’s no denying it. Our worst fears have been realized. Truly, we are damned. – read. like. support. – Funny Headline...
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Phil Spector Is Guilty
Sad but true. Living legend Phil Spector has been found guilty of the murder of some b-movie actress that no one cared about anyway. What kind of world do we live in where OJ, Jacko, and Robert f’ing Blake are big enough celebs to get away with murder/child molesting but a visionary like Phil...
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Play Ball!
Yes friends, our long national nightmare is finally over and baseball is officially back. Currently, your World (F’ing) Champion Phillies are opening the season against the Braves. Of course, no one really cares until the best team in the world opens their season against Baltimore at 4:05pm tomorrow, April 6th. In the meantime, be...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
French band Phoenix have a new album out on May 25th entitled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. After 2006′s amazing It’s Never Been Like That who wouldn’t be anticipating this? Some people were so excited about the album that it was leaked onto the internet early (shocking, I know). Unlike some artists, however, Phoenix actually had...
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