Daily Archives: February 29, 2012

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The Cutting Room: You Won’t Find A Movie With Better Awesomely Bad Gun Fights

The Cutting Room will take a look at the strange, fantastic, and sometimes suck-filled moments that end up on screen (but may have been better served on the cutting room floor). Today: Christian Bale Defies Death in Equilibrium.

You know what happens on Sunday afternoons? Action movies. Yep, and if you’re lucky you may end up re-watching one that’s hugely entertaining that leads to a satisfying 90 minutes spent marveling at Steven Seagal’s shirts with inexplicable shoulder pads or listening reverently to Arnold’s thespian delivery of “Geh Doo-Dee Choppppahhh!” However, if not, you’ll end up watching 2002’s Equilibrium starring Christian Bale, Sean Bean (Ned Stark!), and Taye Diggs while laughing your face off at the wholly improbable, sensationally craptastic, overwhelmingly overwrought gunplay, swordplay, and every other play you could imagine. Continue reading

Wednesday Political Sausage

As many of you know, there is a Crasstalk Politics Team that regularly discusses the issues of the day. One of our favorite pastimes is passing around links from the various sites we read on a regular basis. To encourage participation, I’m starting a new series called “Political Sausage” (so named because it’s made up of links, and seeing politics get made isn’t pretty), in which I will gather what I feel are the most entertaining or thought provoking links from around the web and share them with all of you. I encourage discussion, and hope all of you will post your own links as well. Continue reading

Shaking Your Money Maker for a Degree

Oh, Doctor! It happens to all of us. Your doctor retires or moves to another state, or they’re no longer covered by your insurance, should you be so lucky to have health insurance.

Resigned to finding a new medical provider, you look through the directory of who is in your plan, and you make an appointment with a new doctor. To your delight and surprise, It’s Doctor McDreamy! Can you imagine?

Well, what if Doctor Hotpants told you how he paid off those crazy big student loans? What do you think he would say? Would you guess that he was making sexytimes for cash? Continue reading

Can Men Breastfeed?

Technically, the answer is “yes.” Men and women, after all, start off much the same in utero. That’s why men have nipples. Men do have milk ducts and some mammary tissue. Whether a man can produce enough milk to sustain an infant is unclear. Some male mammals do lactate. The Dayak fruit bat definitely lactates. Occasionally, male goats lactate (it is not clear on exactly what occasions. Perhaps holidays).
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