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• If he was 20ft tall, why did he climb the tree? @clackamasfire Male that fell out of tree … Approx 20ft fall, he was picking cherries.-SM #
• Man Utd pre-season match vs. Philadelphia on ESPN2 in minutes. Looking for some Fabio/Obertan/Cleverley/Macheda/Welbeck magic today… #
• Movie starring @CrispinGlover and @tomgreenlive http://imdb.to/5pOei9 Would rather see feature-length "behind-the-scenes" than movie itself. #
• My current hometown Milwaukie, OR is home of the Bing Cherry. Suck it, Tigard! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukie,_Oregon #

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• Agh. Retweeted wrong tweet. hold on. #
• That's more like it. #
• @ManUnitedYouth Do you know what's going on with Davide Petrucci this season? Is he injured, or drifting between youth and reserve teams? in reply to ManUnitedYouth #
• First tweet from new #iPhone4. Twitter dragged on my old 2nd gen phone. This is zippy. #
• Fun fact: AT&T stores sold out of all #iPhone4 cases that aren't pink, purple or plaid. Using spare Marware case for 2g phone. Fits ok-ish. #
• Is it weird that I find the bar scene in #Gremlins far too silly, but don't feel that way about the entire rest of the movie? #
• Strange mental connection: watching #Gremlins trapped in burning movie house evoked brilliant finale of #inglouriousbasterds : unsettling #
• Contemplating editing #Gremlins for my kids. Just a few too-intense, gory scenes, but not sure if movie still worth watching without them. #
• OK, Gizmo speeding around in Barbie car also unecessarily ridiculous, but it may be more ridiculous to apply any such standard to #Gremlins #
• I'm sure it goes without saying for any guy from my generation: Phoebe Cates circa 1982-1984 is the perfect girl, even clothed in #Gremlins #
• World cup final highlights, re-enacted with Legos: http://gu.com/p/2tbgt/tw #
• @Natron7 Call me if you want some FaceTime. I have my phone in my pants. in reply to Natron7 #
• Just told my 6yo daughter that her beloved great-great-aunt Kackie passed away. It's her first really conscious encounter with death. Sad. #
• I didn't experience close-to-intermediate family member dying until I was in my 20s. This is 5th(?) to pass for daughter, 1st she knew well. #
• Trying to see if I can sync #googlecalendar, #iphone4 & #thunderbird calendar with admin control from all interfaces. About 2/3 there. #
• Daughter wearing my old college-era t-shirt as makeshift nightgown… http://tweetphoto.com/32917007 #
• New entry on my #dreamplaylistofexploitationballads : "Melissa" from 1983 slasher #SweetSixteen http://imdb.to/cFG9XI #
• Twitter doesn't archive far enough back, but you can find some #dreamplaylistofexploitationballads entries here: http://bit.ly/9772Ux #
• If I ever get around to finishing upgraded website I'll post video/audio of each song in #dreamplaylistofexploitationballads #
• 6yo daughter has "boyfriend" she met in preschool. He has 4yo sister. Report from playdate: my 4yo son just gave her flowers. #truelovewaits #
• @joshuatopolsky http://twitpic.com/25w18r – A little simplistic to assume crabs were being dumped. Possible a crab posted the sign, and that #
• Since I did twitcrit on other 3 #Stepfather flicks, only fair that I include dubious 1992 threequel http://imdb.to/bm2oQV #
• #Stepfather III begins w/ title character getting plastic surgery to look unlike series star Terry O'Quinn, who wanted nothing to do with it #
• Since it was O'Quinn alone who made 1st #Stepfather notable, but failed to redeem crappy Pt2, outlook for Locke-free Pt3 not good #
• Promising high quality lousiness, our psycho #Stepfather is (while dressed as rabbit!) focusing his rejuved mania on single mom w/ gimp son #
• Nice casting of #Stepfather III lead char stand-in who sounds remarkably like O'Quinn. His target played by #3scompany vet Priscilla Barnes #
• Interesting twist: as #Stepfather preys on single mom, he's stalked by her psycho-lite previous boyfriend… #
• As I type, single mon's ex-beau bludgeoned with garden tools. #Stepfather shows him not to do "psycho" half-assed. #
• #Stepfather thought gimpy stepson less likely to prove mortal foe, but gimpy stepson uses nascent Internet to sleuth suspicious stepdad! #
• #Stepfather employs revolutionary physical therapy on paraplegic stepson: berate him until spinal injury revealed as mere sloth! #
• Hey #Stepfather in Pt3, holding manic psycho outbursts in open backyard not as private as previous basement locations. You're slipping. #
• "Drew Carey Show"'s Christa Miller has early supporting role in #Stepfather III as considerably less psycho stepparent #
• I suspect getting caught by priest while courting replacement for disappointing new family may be where #Stepfather begins to unravel in Pt3 #
• Another notable #Stepfather III casting coup: "bra-less wonder" and Desperate Housewives dead narrator Brenda Strong as TV news reporter. #
• #Stepfather used to setup shadow families in distant cities. Double life in same small town may be more than a homicidal maniac can handle. #
• #Stepfather series does raise compelling ?: How shifty & psycho does a man have to act before single mom discounts him as potential husband? #
• Is there no point at which maternal instinct to protect children from maniacs outweighs desperate thirst for remarriage? #Stepfather #
• Potential for sublime horribleness aside #Stepfather III mostly ordinarily bad so far. Doesn't reach ludicrous depths of Pt2. #
• #Stepfather is slipping: Goes to great effort to reclaim evidence from scene only to lazily leave said bloody evidence in coat pocket: Doh! #
• #Stepfather III a testament to miraculous healing powers of mass murder. Crippled children just need better motivation. What spinal injury? #
• #Stepfather III closed door to sequel – unless you know a plastic surgeon who doesn't mind digging through a wood chipper for spare parts… #

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• Great movie title: "Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-In-Law" Looking forward to this Rudy Ray Moore obscurity: http://imdb.to/cuCZCJ #
• Had this movie on the shelves when I worked at Blockbuster in the 90s. Now watching it for first time: http://amzn.to/d3Pl6S #GatorBait #
• #GatorBait is pure #joebobbriggs half-nude bayou gals, atrocious Cajun accents, corrupt redneck lawmen, violent revenge + cute tiny kittens! #
• #GatorBait reveals the anthropological fact that all backwoods swamp girls are impossibly ripe nymphs with smudges of grime on their faces. #
• #GatorBait also reveals that best method of cleansing smudges from said ripe nymph faces is skinny dipping. This is science. #
• Sadly there's a very real chance that #GatorBait could very quickly slip from campy exploitation into something unwatchably cruel. #
• #GatorBait just took cruel turn with gusto, but was thankfully quick about it. Let's just say that impending bayou justice is well-earned. #
• FTR I suspect that any similarities between #GatorBait and Disneyland's Splash Mountain attraction are purely coincidental. #
• One does wonder, however, how many times Walter Hill watched #GatorBait prepping for Southern Comfort. As a how-not-to guide, with tits. #
• That's enough #GatorBait for tonight. Doubt that stopping with 30 mins to go will leave me sleeplessly craving resolution. #
• #NED will probably win, but I loathe Dirk Kuyt. Fingers crossed for #URU 3-1 victory. #worldcup #
• Shouldn't S. Africans resent #NED for starting that whole apartheid thing? How do you say "Stockholm Syndrome" in #vuvuzela ? #worldcup #
• There's a mispelling on Dirk's #NED shirt. That should be "unt" not "uyt" #worldcup #
• Which is greater? GVB's age or the number of yards on that rocket? #NED 1-0. #worldcup #
• #NED should really be able to run riot now. #URU will have to attack. We'll see if they go for it, or play safe like #worldcup so far. #
• Does that mean he'll call off his Youtube copyright cops? RT @engadgetalt: Prince says the internet is 'over' http://bit.ly/cYmzlo #
• My Diego! #URU 1-1 #NED #worldcup #
• Diego Forlan #URU & Sarah Jessica Parker #worldcup #lookalikes #
• That looked offside to me. #NED 2-1 harsh on #URU #worldcup #
• Well that should wrap it up. #URU stunned, #NED 3-1 #worldcup #
• Forlan subbed out for #URU pretty much a white flag. He has been brilliant. #worldcup #
• IMO #URU has been 2nd most enertaining squad at this #worldcup after the evil #deutschbags #
• #URU pull a late one back 2-3 #worldcup Too late, right? #
• #NED win 3-2 but wasn't that a 2nd yellow for Van Bommel in final seconds, with no red? #worldcup #
• Catching up on old #KarateKid http://amzn.to/c4qJzk Pt 1 holds up well, Pt2 weak but inoffensive. WTF Pt 3? Insanely shitty throughout. #
• #KarateKid III had ludicrous over-the-top villain, idiotic plot, astonishingly limp finale. Wanted Martin Kove fest, but Kove barely in it. #
• We need movie starring Martin Kove as Will Ferrell's dad. Teaches him karate to fight old bully @jeremypiven (hint hint, @ghostpanther) #
• I'm going to try and jinx #GER by predicting they will win today's #worldcup semi v. #ESP 4-3. Despite my hatred, #GER + Ozil deserve final. #
• Watching #worldcup as brief power outage blinks off lights … but not cable, tv or any of 3 computers in room #ilovemyupsbatteries #
• ESP 1-0 #GER We could well have a rare final without a previous #worldcup winner in it. #
• Thought #GER might nick early goal creating more open game, but #ESP scored 1st late & #GER have really struggled vs good defence #worldcup #
• #GER is hoping Gomez can dig them out? Sad day for #GER. #worldcup #
• I am LOVING Billy Crudup's great performance in #PrettyBird http://amzn.to/aUfOo5 as douchey salesman spearheading invention of a rocketbelt #
• #PrettyBird is sort of a love letter to annoying pushy schmoozing salesmen who nevertheless play vital role in production of new tech. #
• In #PrettyBird Paul Giamatti also great as gruff scientist on project. Writen & directed by actor Paul Schneider. #
• #PrettyBird released in 2008 & not well-liked on IMDb or Netflix, but I am utterly charmed by it. Does it go horribly wrong in last 30 mins? #
• #PrettyBird takes weird dark turn & ending is too open, but still has refreshing optimism about the possibilities of entreprenuerism. Nice. #
• #FF Just in case #NED win #worldcup on Sunday, you may want to follow @BobbiEden who has novel (and NSFW!) plan to celebrate (on you) … #
• Go #URU ! Want a Forlan hattrick, No Klose #GER ! Injury will blessedly prevent him from becoming all-time top #worldcup scorer today. #yay #
• Can actually enjoy this fun #Ger side as Klose is sidelined. I did cheer for #Ger last #worldcup 3rd pl match because #POR were assholes #
• Although I'd prefer #URU win, rather expect a #Ger romp #worldcup #
• And #Ger is off the mark: 1-0 #worldcup #
• #URU draw level 1-1 Let's keep this match lively! #worldcup #
• Lace up that golden boot! Forlan #URU 2-1 #Ger #worldcup #
• #URU goalie having bad day #Ger 2-2 #worldcup #
• Forlan needs another 1-2 goals. Fear he will get subbed out soon. Doesn't look like he can make through an overtime. #URU #worldcup #
• Drat. #Ger late header 3-2. but #URU love coming from behind… #worldcup #
• #URU with last second free kick to tie – hits the post! Game over #Ger 3-2 #worldcup Forlan will replay that kick over and over in his head #
• Indifferent to #ESP & #NED, but hate few NEDs (Kuyt, Robben, RVP) + remembered I have #ESP jersey around here somewhere. Go #ESP #worldcup #
• Alonso #ESP has douchey rep for getting players sent off, but that #NED foul deserved a red. #worldcup #
• I'm getting the sense that both #ESP and #NED would be embarassed if they scored. Is it out of fashion? Politically incorrect? #worldcup #
• This game needs Torres. #ESP #worldcup #
• This game needs Zidane to headbutt someone. #worldcup #
• Newbies to #worldcup should never watch 1st round of group stage and rarely the final. Those matches usually have life sucked out of them. #
• I am so glad ABC just aired skanky "Bachelor Pad" commercial as I watch #worldcup with 6yo daughter. #
• During this break, someone with #ESP needs to teach Iniesta to use his left foot. #worldcup #
• Jinxing it now, but if Robben #NED becomes a hero tonight it will nauseated me. Rather have Scouse girl Torres vindicated. #worldcup #
• Heitinga sent off for #NED and #ESP with free kick outside box. No goal. #worldcup #
• I hope every #NED fan who fantasizes that orange team still plays with attacking flair is watching this. This is not 1974-2006 #worldcup #
• But if Sneijder wins it, good for him. he is top class. #NED #worldcup #
• #ESP #worldcup 1-0 #
• Don't weep for joy yet #ESP Defend. #worldcup #
• Torres is such a girl's blouse #Esp #worldcup #
• Congrats #ESP for trying so hard to lose so many matches and failing. #worldcup #
• Hooray for Xavi, Iniesta, Ramos, Casillas, Fabregas #ESP who truly deserve honor. I will laugh at Robben #NED sad for Sneijder #worldcup #
• Also congrats to Pique and Puyol #ESP #worldcup #
• LOL at #NED manager derisively taking off runners-up medal immediately after getting it #worldcup #
• Daughter is pleased #ESP won. Villian in current bedtime story is from #NED #worldcup #
• Forlan lost tie-breaker for #worldcup Golden Boot (top scorer/assists) to #Ger Mueller, but won Golden Balls award for shiniest nads. #

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• Those can be hard to find right now. I would try ANY STORE IN HOLLAND @snoopdogg "Need netherlands soccer jersey fo show 2night n Amsterdam" #
• My almost 4yo got an early birthday present tonight: his first issue of Playboy. http://tweetphoto.com/29743413 #
• No need predicting that #NED & #BRA would win today in #worldcup Tuesday's matches more interesting. I call: #JAP 2-1 #PAR & #POR 4-2 #ESP #
• @evilhag This might cure your current mummy obsession: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gisz022idSk in reply to evilhag #
• #worldcup QF winner predictions: #BRA #URU #ARG #ESP. #
• Sneijder aside, this is my least fave #NED team in 20 years. #worldcup #
• Awesome #BRA goal. WHAT A PASS! #worldcup #
• There goes the #NED plan of boring us to death. #worldcup #
• Drat #NED fluke 1-1 #worldcup #
• We are now a Robben dive away from another lousy result #NED #BRA #worldcup #
• Ok #BRA start digging. #worldcup #
• Hey #BRA, when I said "Start digging" I meant THE OTHER WAY. #worldcup #
• Robben #NED has found a sympathetic audience in this ref. He should see red if there's any #worldcup justice. #
• Still stunned by that #BRA result. Only themselves to blame. If we end up w/ unlikely #NED #PAR #worldcup final I may shoot myself. #
• I'm calling a #URU #ARG #worldcup final right now. So you can be sure it won't happen. #
• Want follow #worldcup via hot actress? @ElizabethBanks is your venue.#FF RT @ElizabethBanks: Oh dear, Brazil. Oh dear. #BRA #worldcup #
• #URU attacking & coming close few times. #GHA not really in this #worldcup QF right now. So they'll probably win by bad calls + fluke goals. #
• And #GHA should've scored right there. Twice. #worldcup #
• Ouch #URU player down after bad fall. Neck injury? #worldcup ? #
• #URU player comes back on minutes after going comatose. #worldcup #
• If Boateng #GHA had scored w/that bicycle kick, I would've heard #vuvuzelas from S. Af here in Oregon. And #gha score 1-0! #worldcup #
• Last kick of the half! #GHA 1-0 #URU. #URU not same since captain went off with knee injury. #worldcup #
• Forlan breaks the #URU funk 1-1. #worldcup great free kick #
• #URU ratcheting up the diving as they get back in this #worldcup QF #
• Are they ghana do it? #GHA gets last min penalty. #worldcup. #
• CHOKE! #GHA #worldcup #
• And with that missed penalty, #GHA now faces a high pressure penalty shoot-out. Psych! #worldcup. #
• Either #GHA or #URU can beat #NED in semi. That semi lineup is a bit underwhelming. One of #GHA #URU & #NED will be in #worldcup final. Gad. #
• Deja vu! Can Gyan score this time? #GHA #worldcup Yes. Too late, dude. #
• #GHA captain misses his pen. #worldcup Weak shot, dribbles toward keeper. #
• #URU kidding me? Skies it. Pens even. #worldcup #
• Not quite. #GHA fails again. #URU win it with next kick. #worldcup #
• And it's cheeky! #URU through, Africa out of its own #worldcup. #
• Thanks for the party, Africa. Now stick that #vuvuzela somewhere else for 4 years. #worldcup #
• Turns out that #URU handball on the line + red card + penalty in last second of extra time was a great idea! #worldcup #
• My kids love the Milwaukie First Friday treasure hunt. Too bad the treasure maps are always wrong and some destinations are closed. #fail #
• Thrilled my @comcast dvr recognizes #worldcup as a series. But does it really have to record repeats of matches on channels I don't get? #
• Soon we will have generation of senior citizens who listened to AC/DC. With that, the concept of respecting one's elders will be moot. No? #
• Does anyone else ever see the emoticon "<3" and instead of a sideways heart, first think someone's trying to flash virtual balls at you? #
• Lose #GER lose! Yes, I'm expecting disappointment. And there it is. #ger 1-0 #Arg inside 3 mins. Holy crap. #worldcup #
• Wake up #ARG don't you know that #Ger never sleeps? #worldcup #
• No comment. #worldcup #
• RT @dorrk: No comment. #worldcup #
• Messi, now is the time for that hattrick, you miserable impotent dwarf. #ger 3-0 #Arg #worldcup #
• It's going to take a freaking HUGE amount of coke for Maradona to deal with this #ARG performance. We're talking #Scarface huge. #worldcup #
• This #worldcup has taken the shortlist of the world's best players and kicked them all square in the vaginas. #
• Weird: whenever I watch #par play I become drowsy. #ESP have been a #worldcup bore, too. Conspiring to make me support #Ger in semis? Gasp! #
• Can only support #Ger if Klose is out. Last remnant of despised generation. If #par make it to #worldcup semi, however, it will be tempting. #
• Listen #ESP – the lesson here is "stop playing like douches." You've escaped a penalty, now try to win. The #worldcup is unforgiving. #
• Now #ESP get a penalty: 1-0 #worldcup #
• No! Penalty disallowed? #ESP retake & miss! 0-0 #worldcup #
• After that exciting strange 2 mins. With 3 penalties & 1 goal, the score is still 0-0 and back on "snooze." #ESP #par #worldcup #
• #ESP score after hitting post 50 times in 30 seconds. 1-0. Please save us from overtime with #par #worldcup #
• The coolest part about your kids' birthdays is probably the way they get all hyper and cry non-stop for the few days leading up to the party #
• #ESP tried really hard to lose that one but stubborn #par just wouldn't let them #worldcup #

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• Today's #worldcup review: #PAR easy over #SVK, #NZL holds impotent champs #ITA, and Kaka sent off as #BRA beats up #CIV. #
• Tomorrow's #worldcup: #POR 7-0 #PRK (less likely margin now, but Ronaldo will rise), #CHI 0-0 #SUI, #ESP 3-2 #HON #
• @Safeway Milwaukie Oregon King Road Safeway. Check bakery for fresh bread 4:15, 4:45 or 5:15pm – never warm. This Sunday AM: stale donuts! in reply to Safeway #
• My other #worldcup predictions may be shite, but I TOTALLY CALLED that 7-0 #POR win. #
• Last round of group stage #worldcup matches starts Tuesday. By end of week half of all teams will be going home. Shit just got real. #
• 1st up #worldcup Gr. A. #URU and #MEX need only lifeless draw to both reach knockout stage. #FRA needs win + fluke to stay alive. #RSA done. #
• My original #worldcup Gr. A final match predictions: #MEX 1-1 #URU (now 0-0) #FRA 2-0 #RSA, but #RSA may have more pride & #FRA in shambles. #
• Do not recommend anyone watch #worldcup #MEX v. #URU. Neither has incentive to win or lose, just play safe. Fluke win possible, unlikely. #
• Originally picked #worldcup Group A finish #FRA (1) #MEX (2) #URU (3) #RSA (4). now, most likely: #URU (1), #MEX (2), #FRA (3), #RSA (4) #
• #worldcup Gr. B final Tuesday: #ARG B-team should beat #GRE, 2nd place determined by #KOR vs. #NGA. #NGA win would have 3 teams tied for 2nd #
• If 3-way tie for 2nd in #worldcup Group B, #NGA most likely 2nd place, as both #KOR and #GRE would have lost, but if all end 1-0, tie it is. #
• Original predictions for #worldcup group B: #ARG 4-0 #GRE (maybe 2-0 #ARG don't need win) & #KOR 1-0 #NGA Finish: #ARG (1) #KOR (2). #
• Most tense match in Tuesday's #Worldcup should be #KOR vs. #NGA . #GRE still has hope but must attack #ARG, will open up defense for Kun! #
• Will watch #FRA v #RSA in #worldcup hoping #FRA players get in fights w/ teammates Perhaps Zidane will come down and headbutt Malouda. #
• #Fra #worldcup just gets better. #rsa leads 1-0 and now red card for Gourcuff. He Really is the next Zidane! Still hour to go! #
• #rsa 2 – 0 #Fra #worldcup #
• #rsa 2 – 0 #Fra #worldcup Can @Twitter handle it? #
• Wasn't it against #RSA 1st round of #worldcup 1998 that Zidane was red carded for stomping on player's chest? #Fra won that #worldcup, ha! #
• Ooh, #URU just took 1-0 #worldcup lead vs #MEX suddenly that match comes alive. #
• Ooh, #URU just took 1-0 #worldcup lead vs #MEX suddenly that match comes alive. And @Twitter takes a nap. #
• ESPN says if #URU 1-0 #MEX score holds, #RSA needs to beat #FRA 4-0 to take 2nd place in #worldcup group A. Half way there! #
• Just learned that if you give 1yo a chewy granola bar, it can be completely disassembled into individual grains in less than 3 minutes. #
• Torn now over which #worldcup match 2nd half to watch. #MEX will be feeling pressure to score, and the #vuvuzelas will be less oppressive. #
• Boo, #FRA score, suck the life out of #worldcup group A #
• Boo, #FRA score, sucking the life out of #worldcup group A. Surprises far less likely now. #
• #FRA scoring took the wind out of #RSA chances , but any day #FRA ends #worldcup losing, last place in group, deserves a hearty #vuvuzela #
• Big goal for #NGA in #worldcup Group B. Now both #KOR and #GRE need to attack! #
• #KOR tie it up 1-1, but will press for the win to clinch 2nd spot in #worldcup group B. #NGA physical dominance racking up yellow cards. #
• #KOR take 2-1 lead. African teams not only not rising to occasion of 1st #worldcup on continent, but worst showing in over 20 years? #
• Miss. Of. The. Year. #NGA Yakubu. Oh my goodness. #worldcup #
• #NGA Yakubu doesn't miss a penalty kick: 2-2 Group B 2nd place back up for grabs, #GRE #worldcup #
• Oh Shittu, that was almost a #NGA own-goal! #worldcup #
• #ARG 1-0 #GRE #worldcup #
• That #ARG lead makes things in #worldcup Group B much more comfortable for #KOR (as #NGA misses yet another point blank opportunity.) #
• Many casual #worldcup viewers tune in to dull 1st round of group games and write it off. This last stage is when the magic really starts. #
• Match stalls as one of #KOR players stricken with menstrual cramps. #worldcup #
• Today's #worldcup saw #URU win Group A; #MEX take 2nd pl. #RSA go, er, stay home; #FRA completely humiliated. #URU and #MEX make finals. #
• #worldcup Group B, #ARG win as expected & #KOR 2-2 #NGA draw enough to book #KOR 2nd spot in finals, making #NGA cry & meeting predictions #
• #worldcup Gr. C predictions: originally #ENG 1-1 #SLN & #USA 1-2 #ALG but fuck that. #ENG will scrape by 2-1 and #USA will top group(!) 3-1. #
• #worldcup Gr. D predictions: #GHA 2-3 #GER & #SRB 2-0 #AUS – Africa's best hope is #GHA but they miss 2 best players + #GER always survives. #
• "a moral disaster for French football" Ha ha ha! http://bit.ly/blOYhW #worldcup #FRA #
• #Eng playing well now, 1-0 up vs #SVN & controlling game. #worldcup #
• #USA had another wrongly disallowed goal in 1st half; need a win now to reach finals if #Eng win #worldcup #
• #USA #worldcup 1-0 #
• All #worldcup predictions aside, I will be stoked if #GHA can get a good result today and knock #GER out. #USA won group: #miracleshappen #
• @mrkorb That's my girl (although she usually says "Liverpoop.") in reply to mrkorb #
• Wow, #GER has had a multiculti explosion. Last #worldcup they had 1 African & a couple of Poles. This year they look like Rainbow Coalition. #
• I have long-standing aversion to #GER NT, but do occasionally like #GER players: Klinsmann, Schweinsteiger in 2002, this #worldcup : Oezil. #
• Gyan for #GHA really really really wants to score from 40 yds out in this #worldcup but maybe there are better options. #
• #GHA look like they can beat this #GER #worldcup team, but need discipline in making and taking chances. That is #GER trademark. #
• Oezil is elegant and creative for #GER but he isn't much of a finisher in this #worldcup #
• Likely: #GHA will play hearts out, dominate match, come close several times, but ultimately lose to efficient #GER counterattack #worldcup #
• #GER coach Jurgen Loew and Kyle Maclachlan #worldcup #lookalikes #
• Just forget what I said about Oezil's finishing for #GER #worldcup #
• #GHA Ayew Ghana score a goal? Apparently not. #worldcup #puns #
• #SRB need a coach who can teach them about the goal scoring side of soccer. #worldcup #
• Ugh, #SRB collapsing 0-2 vs #Aus #worldcup #Srb is such an inconsistent, goal-averse team. Done picking them as dark horses. #
• Thurs. #worldcup predictions: #SVK 0-0 #ITA, #PAR 4-0 #NZL, #DEN 2-1 #JAP, #CMR 2-3 #NED : #PAR & #ITA top grp F, #NED & #DEN take grp E #
• Burning questions for Thurs. #worldcup: Can #ITA score? Will someone finally cream #NZL? Will #NED put out more effort in meaningless match? #
• With #ITA strikers Rossi & Cassano left home, will we see Quagliarella given a chance to save the #worldcup champs from elimination? #
• #ITA certainly need Pirlo if he's remotely fit enough. The guys out there now are completely devoid of inspiration. #worldcup #
• Who are potential stars #ITA didn't bring to #worldcup? Rossi, Cassano? Giovinco? Who is future of #ITA football? Aquilani? Bleak isn't it? #
• Quagliarella is on for #ITA this is a literal long shot (YouTube for his highlights – 10 or so amazing long range goals) #worldcup #
• Here comes Pirlo for #ITA He peaked as MVP candidate in 2006 #worldcup victory. In old injury afford age can he still conjure some magic? #
• Here comes Pirlo for #ITA He peaked as MVP candidate in 2006 #worldcup victory. In old injury addled age can he still conjure some magic? #
• #ITA coach Lippi was hero after 2006 #worldcup . He should have retired then. #
• Quagliarella the only positive attacker for #ITA right now. #worldcup #
• #ITA now losing 0-2 vs #SVK #worldcup champs going home today? #
• #ITA 1-2 now w 2nd goal ruled offside. Quagliarella has created more chances in few minutes than rest of team in 2.5 #worldcup matches. #
• Really desparate good stuff from #ITA in dying #worldcup minutes but #SVK score: 3-1! All over now for sure. #
• Wow who thought we'd see 4 goals in any of these #worldcup group f matches? #
• Brilliant Quagliarella goal #ITA 2-3 with 2 mins left #worldcup #
• #ITA out. 2-3 final. #worldcup #
• Amazing. #NZL tipped by many incl. me to be one of worst #worldcup teams ever goes home undefeated in 3 matches. Wonderful organization. #
• Goalzilla attacks! #jap 1-0 on brilliant long range rocket free kick #worldcup #
• Japaneasy. 2-0. #JAP score 1st two goals from free kicks this #worldcup Looking bleak for #DEN #
• #DEN are sucking but #JAP look fantastic right now #worldcup #
• #DEN just fielded a player born in the 1990s #worldcup #feelingold #
• Fri's #worldcup results as foretold a week ago: #POR 2-2 #BRA / #PRK 1-2 #CIV / #CHI 1-2 #ESP / #SUI 1-2 #HON (One revision: #SUI 2-0 #HON) #
• What do tomorrow's #worldcup games mean? #BRA and #POR 1&2 from Grp. G. I can't be arsed to figure out Grp. H if 3 teams end up on 6 points. #
• Apparently if #SUI win by 2 goals they qualify. #SUI and #CHI through to finals based on my #worldcup predictions? Or #SUI & #ESP? #
• See here for what happens in #worldcup Group H: http://bit.ly/btkmLh My predictions' result: #ESP 1st & #SUI 2nd. Rather see #CHI than #SUI. #
• #CHI get a red card as they go down 2-0. #ESP Torres with silly dive that fools ref #worldcup #
• Can't feel too sympathetic for #CHI on dubious red. Despite talent they often prefer to foul & cheat, and this is karma #worldcup #
• One my fave moments of #CHI #worldcup cheating: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/roberto-rojas/1989-world-cup-qualifying-incident.html #
• I recall reading about S. Amer. #worldcup team using fake blood to augment diving in 1970s but can't find anything on it. #
• #CHI strike back 1-2. Three great goals in this #worldcup match. #
• More #CHI #worldcup fun: "most stupid appalling disgusting disgraceful
  exhibition in the history of the game" http://bit.ly/b4F6Jl #
• Watching #Avatar for 1st time. If I understand this correctly, I think I just watched a giant smurf rape a dragon. #
• And the dragon appears to have liked it. #Avatar what a noble race, the Navi'i. #
• The way the Navi'i in #Avatar treat animals is totally regressive and demeaning. A lot like the way James Cameron treats his characters. #
• #worldcup 1st round wrapup: thanks to #BRA & #POR for using meaningless match to display vigorous end-to-end attacking advert for football! #
• My 1st round #worldcup predictions correctly picked 3 2nd rd matchups:#ENG v #GER (reversed grp pos), #ARG v #MEX, and #NED v #SVK. #
• My best #worldcup guesses were #ITA out in 1st rd, w #PAR 1st and #SVK 2nd and the score of #POR 7-0 #PRK #
• For #worldcup knockout rnd most of my pre-tourney predictions out the window, but I'll stick with the 3 valid 1s out of loyalty to ignorance #
• Saturday's #worldcup: #URU 3-2 #KOR This one may be high-scoring, with #URU deadly strikers counterattacking fast #KOR team. #
• Saturday's #worldcup: #USA 2-2 #GHA, #USA close to revenge for 2006 injustice, but #GHA ties it late & wins on pens. Hope I'm wrong. #
• Hey, @culturepulp @FatboyRoberts @CortWebber What happened to your podcast feed? I might be too lazy to manually download your Friday shows. #
• Great start to #URU vs #KOR two teams who like to attack quickly. 1-0 #URU in 9 mins #worldcup #
• @FatboyRoberts yeah, my malfunction + couldn't find link on your site. Delete tweet 2 mins after posting & everyone still sees it. Awesome. in reply to FatboyRoberts #
• #URU up 2-1 now, 10 mins to go. Is the rain responsible for all those empty seats? Never seen that at a #worldcup before. #
• Are the #USA ever Ghana score first? Not today. #GHA 1-0. #worldcup #
• Pen for #USA 1-1. #worldcup #
• Woohoo our 1st overtime of 2010 #worldcup #USA 1-1 #GHA Turn the anti-soccer moaning up to 11. (My wife will gladly lead the way.) #
• Why does Opera Mini for iPhone give me "remember passwords?" option and yet always make me login to every website for which I have password? #
• #USA better try to win #worldcup match in the next 30 mins because I have feeling they will totally crumble in penalty shootout. #
• Well. #GHA 2-1 #USA. (I did predict a 2-2 draw before penalties.) #worldcup #
• My wife to #GHA : "How come you couldn't do that 5 minutes earlier, you jackasses?" #worldcup #waitingforgametoend #
• Donovan looks tired. Usually 15 mins after game ends he's exfoliated and moved on to a deep tissue massage & tanning session #USA #worldcup #
• ESPN made interesting choice airing this entire final 15 mins in slow motion. #worldcup #
• New #worldcup rule proposal: any player hurt so bad they have to leave the field must remain off for 10 mins. #
• #Avatar overuses the mournful ululation-laden score to the point of parody, and no director should feel comfortable using it in future. #
• Na'vi ideal of harmony w/nature = mind-raping animals until they become handpuppets, devoid of their own free will? Barbarians. #Avatar #
• Feeling pretty good about today's #worldcup predictions, #URU beat #KOR and #USA sadly did not, as expected, overcome #GHA in close matches #
• Sunday's #worldcup features rare 2nd rd matchups I predicted before tourney started: #ENG vs #GER and #ARG vs #MEX. #ENG wins 3-2, #ARG 3-1. #
• Getting bit annoyed w/self for continuing to predict #worldcup. What fun would #worldcup be if you could predict it? #
• Then again, if I didn't try to predict #worldcup results (and fail at it), how would I know how really, pleasantly unpredictable it is? #
• Ugh #Eng fall to pieces. Down 2-0 to #Ger #worldcup #
• #Eng pull one back. Has #Ger ever thrown away 2 goal lead in #worldcup ? #
• What? Lampard scored a 2nd but disallowed! #Eng #Ger #worldcup #
• Lampard hits bar again for #Eng Never stop the dreaming! #worldcup #
• Memo to all 2010 #worldcup players: Stop shooting from 40 yards. There are almost always better options. You're not even close. #
• Rooney coming to life a little for #Eng More like it. #worldcup #
• It's a kRoute. #Ger 3-1 #Eng #worldcup #
• I hate #Ger FFS Heskey supposed to turn this around for #Eng ? Who'd expect Capello to oversee worst #Eng #worldcup defeat in decades? #
• This abject #Eng display makes me wish Rooney would stomp on someone, just for a sign that anyone out there cares. #worldcup over for #Eng #
• Refereeing mistakes again #ARG 1-0 #MEX #worldcup #
• #MEX need to be careful. They don't tend to handle disappointment very gracefully. They can come back without lashing out. #worldcup #
• #MEX frustrated, aggreived and down 2-0 now. Watch them start committing lots of nasty off-the-ball fouls. #worldcup #
• Other gaffes notwithstanding we shouldn't be surprised when #ARG team involving Maradona scores goal with assist from a blind ref #worldcup #
• Tevez 3-0, not bad for a Man Shitty player #ARG #worldcup #
• BTW wouldn't get carried away about #Ger #worldcup win today. #eng never showed up. Real team should take #Ger apart just as easily. #
• CHICARITO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #mex #WORLDCUP #

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• Which do I prefer: constant weekend-long throttling of pressure washer motor in neighbor's backyard, or #worldcup #vuvuzelas? Vuvuzelas. #
• Which do I prefer: non-stop yelling + whining + chatter of three hyper children from 7am-8pm, or #worldcup #vuvuzelas? Vuvuzelas. #
• Which do I prefer: Paul Simon's #Graceland, or #worldcup #vuvuzelas? Vuvuzelas. #
• Fozzie Bear is African? @gpollowitz RT @lihle_z Anyone thinking of banning the #vuvuzela … Wakawaka, this is Africa, we will fight! #
• @gpollowitz Too late, the soccer board I frequent has a year-old thread about just that. Reg. req'd: http://bit.ly/axhWIS in reply to gpollowitz #
• @gpollowitz Too late, the soccer board I frequent has a 51-page year-old thread about just that. Reg. req'd: http://bit.ly/axhWIS #
• After Sunday's #worldcup prediction blow-out (1 for 3), my useless picks for Monday: #NED 1 – 1 #DEN || #JAP 0 – 2 #CMR || #ITA 0 – 0 #PAR #
• I also predict that, of my #worldcup predictions for Monday, I will be wrong on at least two of them. #
• @LendogPDX Apparently you don't recall when #ITA met #PAR in 1998 #worldcup ? 120 mins of the worst goalless draw you can imagine. I dread. in reply to LendogPDX #
• Hey, #USA, everyone on #ITA sings their national anthem b4 #worldcup match. @bocanegracarlos @OguchiOnyewu5 @JozyAltidore17 @Landon_Donovan #
• Who is this team in blue? Why are they attacking the goal? What happened to #ITA? Is this a science fiction movie or the #worldcup ? #
• Out of character, #ITA playing fast attacking football, setting great example as #worldcup champs. Hope it works & inspires others. #
• Of course it would help if #ITA had a world class goal scorer on the field. Hope Rossi gets a chance this #worldcup #
• Brief signal blackout reinforces my dread about depending on @comcast dvr as primary #worldcup source this year. #
• Prefer @comcast box as backup for homebrew htpc w/ @SageTV , but #comcrap blocks pc tuners from picking up most digital channels. Lame. #
• Bad day for #ITA @worldcup? Attacking style backfires, losing to #par , gk Buffon out at HT injured (?), no one to score goals… #
• Ack! Giuseppe Rossi didn't make final #ITA #worldcup squad? Is that how they plan to defend: No goals? You should've played for #USA Joe! #
• TBF #ITA won 2006 #worldcup without goals from forwards but defenders. Squad this year really weak in comparison. MF DeRossi just tied it. #
• Look out #ITA – one of most disappointing overhyped talents of last decade coming on for #PAR but he's better than your #worldcup strikers #
• Gilardino coming off for #ITA … Who could tell he was out there for 72 min? I miss #ITA #worldcup stars like Baggio & Vieri. #
• Pepe from #ITA looks like bald Eric Bana. #worldcup #
• #ITA v #PAR look like two teams without forwards trying new ways not to score on each other. #worldcup classic. #
• #worldcup predictions awry! Called #ITA – #PAR draw (wrong score), but #JAP over #CMR surprise, & #HOL tried to tie #DEN but #DEN owngoaled. #
• Tomorrow's #worldcup predictions: #SLO 3 – 0 #NZE, #IVO 1 – 3 #POR (assuming Drogba doesn't play & #POR doesn't implode), #BRA 6 – 1 #NKO #
• Tomorrow in #worldcup #PRK and #NZE begin competition for worst team ever to make the finals. WTF is the hash tag for New Zealand? #
• I should say that #PRK is nowhere near as bad as #NZL, but may get hammered worse because of the teams in their #worldcup group. #
• On today's #worldcup evidence, #ITA and #PAR may both struggle to penetrate expectedly viscous #NZL defense, while #PKR faces #POR and #BRA. #
• Amazing! How did they get the shark to cooperate? @reckless I have … picture of a shark eating the new Xbox. http://twitpic.com/1wvcv2 #
• Back from my own soccer game with 5th goal in 5 games, a 5-0 record, huge turf burn on my shin and sprained finger. #worldcup #shmorldshmup #
• Casual #worldcup viewers may want to tune in to #POR v #CIV there could be a fight any moment. Both dirty whiny divers galore. #
• The #worldcup ref for #POR v #CIV is lousy so far, creating good atmosphere for mischief. You think Ronaldo is a douche? Wait for Drogba. #
• In 2006 #worldcup #POR involved in dirtiest match in decades vs. #NED. It was a disgrace on both sides, but oh so fun to watch. #
• Well, after a punchy start all the energy got strangely sucked out of #POR v #CIV #worldcup #
• Well, after a punchy start all the energy got strangely sucked out of #POR v #CIV #worldcup it appears to have put Twitter to sleep. #
• Credit to #NZL for surviving vs #SVK #NZL may lack talent but they were better organized and cohesive. #SVK played with no unity or purpose #
• #BRA #POR #CIV considered "group of death" but #ITA #PAR #NZL #SVK is the #worldcup group most likely to induce coma. "Group of the undead?" #
• I think they may be related to Wenlock and Mandeville http://bit.ly/9T7HCt @culturepulp http://bit.ly/a6eoXH (via @Gawker ) #
• #BRA turning on style early vs #PRK in #worldcup Should work better for them than it did for #ITA yesterday. Robinho in good mood = fun. #
• #PRK has some precocious players. #BRA should well stomp them, but I still fancy the Koreans to nick a goal. #worldcup #
• #BRA doing fine now but like #ITA playing without a deadly striker at focus of #worldcup attack. Fabiano barely noticeable unlike midfield. #
• Norks score! #BRA 2 – 1 #PRK #worldcup And a beauty! #
• After last 2 days, do my #worldcup predictions really matter? No wins for #POR & #SVK, #BRA scrapes by. Why bother with tomorrow's? #
• Tomorrow is another #worldcup day! I brazenly call for high-scoring draw #HON 3 – 3 #CHI followed by #ESP 2 – 0 #SUI, and #RSA 1 – 1 #URU. #
• 1st round of #worldcup matches & my predictive powers limp. No draw for #CHI – #HON and #SUI upsets #ESP, who choked earlier than expected. #
• Today's #worldcup 1st big shocker, choketastic faves #ESP lose 0 – 1 vs #SUI and hosts #RSA deservedly went down to good #URU side 0-2. #
• My first day 0 for 3 in #worldcup predictions. New prediction: Tomorrow can't go any worse! #FRA 2-2 #MEX, #GRE 1-1 #NGA, #ARG 2-0 #KOR #
• Note on #worldcup predictions: I made all the day before the tournament. I would revise some, but funnier to be chronically out of touch. #
• For example I now expect #MEX to lose and #NGA to win tomorrow, but I believe in the purity of wrongness, my #worldcup of shame. #
• Today's #worldcup – predictions irrelevant. Well played by #ARG, #GRE and #MEX. Feel bad for Evra. #FRA worse than my predictions so far. #
• 2nd round of #worldcup group stage games always better than 1st round. But 3rd round #MEX vs. #URU now likely most boring match yet. #
• Tomorrow's unlikely #worldcup predictions: #GER 1-1 #SRB, #SLV 1-2 #USA, #ENG 3-0 #ALG. Actually, will stand by last 2. #GER likely win. #
• Did Charles M. Schultz design the #SLV #worldcup shirts? #
• No sympathy for #Ger they got lucky red card vs #aus Ref vs. #Srb may have saved us from douche Klose becoming alltime #worldcup lead scorer #
• Isn't #SLV where they have that hostel that lets rich Euros torture & kill US students? Get revenge #USA via #worldcup! (Or was that #SVK ?) #
• Ack. Keep using #SLV for Slovenia. Correct #worldcup hash is #SVN Apologies for my xenophobic hashing – they all look alike to me. #
• Wife thinks that my getting up early to watch #worldcup means I also take care of/feed kids while she sleeps in #womendontunderstandsports #
• Bad call on #USA "handball" but Findley deserves yellow for not shooting w multiple chances. #SVN shoots, therefore they score. #worldcup #
• Shades of #USA implosion vs #gha in 2006 #worldcup Bad ref + plus careless mistakes = early exit. #USA can beat #SVN but need to shoot more. #
• #USA ! #worldcup #
• Goal #USA a tie could be enough #worldcup #
• #USA is chronic #worldcup heartbreaker, so optimism is guarded. #
• #USA will never get a break from #worldcup refs, ever. #
• #Eng bravely facing fear of #worldcup failure by letting fear of failure cripple them, resulting in failure which can then be faced head-on. #
• #Eng do poor job getting Rooney involved, but when has had chances today, he's been horrible, dejected, no effort. Not rising to #worldcup #
• #Eng last sub Crouch. Seems a player like Joe Cole more likely to introduce something new to #worldcup chances. #
• WTF Rooney pulling out of challenges for #Eng ? He's afraid of injury or cards. His typical determination absolutely missing from #worldcup #
• Rooney not running w ball either. Conservatively dishing off instead. Pathetic #Eng #worldcup #
• Benadryl is my master. Forgive me if I type like thflkagfffnldvbbmn #
• Better not talk about how today's #worldcup predictions went. IRL #GER fell, #USA was held to a draw by #REF, and #ENG forgot to play #ALG #
• Here's the bizarro skinny for Saturday's #worldcup: #GHA 2-2 #AUS (more like 4-0), #NED 3-1 #JAP (1-1 prolly), #CAM 2-1 #DEN (more like 0-0) #
• RT @TelegraphNews Wayne Rooney's unreliable England team-mates bring out the worst in striker http://bit.ly/azbPNs #
• RT "England team visited orphanage in Cape Town today. 'It's heartbreaking to see their sad little faces with no hope' said Jamal aged 6." #
• Anelka kicked out of #FRA #worldcup squad for insulting moronic coach http://bit.ly/b2t7ZE #
• Unpredictable #worldcup not so off today: Called #AUS – #GHA draw, not score; #NED win (but no style); but #CAM – #DEN reversed. Heating up! #
• Tomorrow's #worldcup results, as foretold by a fool: #SVK 0-0 #PAR, #ITA 1-0 #NZL, #BRA 2-0 #CIV. Assumes Italy can score. No wagers. #
• This sounds like a healthy #FRA #worldcup team dynamic: "Evra: We must find traitor!" http://bit.ly/97RXwH via @addthis #
• Why so long for the RSS feed to update? Still no new file posted… @engadget Engadget Podcast, live at 5:45PM! 2:55 PM Jun 17th #
• Oh, #ITA #
• #ITA trying very hard to make #Fra #eng #ESP look like #worldcup success stories #
• I loathe former #ITA players Del Piero, Totti, Inzaghi but could #ITA use them now. Where is creativity in #worldcup squad? Who is star? #
• #ITA should be careful trying to get #NZL player sent off. It will be more embarassing for champs to lose #worldcup match vs 10-man #NZL #
• #ITA shouldn't look to proud of drawing level with #NZL in #worldcup Save the celebrations, paisani. #
• Fun to mock #ITA #ENG #ESP #FRA etc. But less favored teams at #worldcup have been almost perfectly organized & disciplined. No margins. #
• I almost scored a goal like that #BRA #worldcup Fabiano's in my game last Monday – flipped it over 3 defenders – but keeper saved the shot. #
• Looks like ref suspected handball on that #BRA #worldcup goal, but gave it anyway? And then joked about it with scorer? Not good. #
• I delight any time #CIV Drogba loses. Go #BRA ! #
• Boo, Drogba, but too late for #CIV #worldcup ? #
• Coincidence that #CIV is involved in two chippiest matches of this #worldcup ? With captain like diving dirty whining Drogba? Nah. #

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• Just taught my daughter to play chess. Turns out a 6yo first-timer is just about the perfect opponent for me. I am the winner! #isuckatchess #
• Following up chess lesson with bedtime story from this book. http://tweetphoto.com/26020758 #
• Prediction time! Always pick Argentina to win it, always wrong. Why deviate? Maybe this year: Argies 2 – 1 Portugal in the final. #WorldCup #
• Tomorrow's scores: S. Africa 1 – 2 Mexico || Uruguay 1 – 1 France || Argentina 4 – 0 Nigeria #WorldCup #
• My #WorldCup prediction shortcomings: not enough 0-0 scores, always expect underdogs to fail before semis, too sentimental about England #
• My #WorldCup surprises: Paraguay and Serbia in the QFs. WTF Paraguay? They have an easy-ish path & Italy chokes on goal diff in Group 5. #
• More #WorldCup funtasy: Hosts S.Africa won't win a game, lucky for a point! New Zealand will do better than N.Korea only because of group! #
• Another #WorldCup blind spot in my predictions: Totally discounting Africa Effect. Expect all African teams to choke. Too many key injuries. #
• Making revision to #WorldCup predictions! Scratch Paraguay from QFs. Give Cameroon benefit of doubt as only African team to survive groups. #
• My new #WorldCup prediction is that Cameroon will beat not tie Denmark in Group for 2nd spot and then beat Paraguay in 2nd round to make QFs #
• It's possible Nigeria could make 2nd stage over S. Korea, but am still expecting major African disappointment, Cameroon excepted. #WorldCup #
• Surprise teams to reach #WorldCup 2nd stage: Slovakia (Italy don't make it), Honduras over Chile, U.S. will lose to Algeria but squeak in. #
• The Rapes of Wrath #missingletterfilms #
• Little Bi Man #missingletterfilms #
• Valley of He Dolls #missingletterfilms #
• The Day Reagan Was Hot #missingletterfilms #
• Shaun of the D.E.A. #missingletterfilms #
• I messed up posting #WorldCup predictions 2 days ago. For today: S.Korea 1 – 0 Greece | Argies 4 – 0 Nigeria | England 1 – 1 U.S.A. #
• Yesterday's #WorldCup, got France v Uruguay result right – a draw – but score wrong. Thought Mexico would nick SAfrica by a goal, but tied. #
• So far today, got #WorldCup results right but scores wrong. Greece worse than expected, Argies played for draw despite winning. #
• Nigeria was awful today #WorldCup, how Arg didn't score more is baffling. They have the talent but look like they expect to coast through. #
• For today's big #WorldCup match I have divided loyalties. My favorite players are English, but I want U.S. to win. Expect however 1-1 draw. #
• Rationalize today's #WorldCup this way: England can lose and still do well later. USA has limited opps for glory. Win today would be cool. #
• This #WorldCup I am trying to avoid any ESPN/ABC pregame, half-time, postgame worthless crapola. Much better analysis on web, #fbtz #
• #WorldCup teams like Arg playing safe to protect slim leads may get shock when groups decided by goal difference. #
• If a #WorldCup team like Nigeria today invites massacre you should take them up on it and run up the score. You may need extra goals later. #
• Before I forget, my #WorldCup predicts for tomorrow: #ALG 0 -1 #SLO || #GER 0 – 1 #AUS (Upset!) || #SRB 2 – 0 #GHA (Ghana miss Essien) #
• Half of the #USA team before their #WorldCup match didn't even try to sing the anthem. Protest? Nerves? Or just bad singers? #
• I'd love to see Rooney top scorer of this #worldcup but #Eng midfield does not know how to link up with him. He's practically shut out. #
• #ENG should make #Rooney the focal point of their #worldcup attack. He didn't touch the ball for 1st 17 minutes in today's game. #
• #USA got a gift today, but they played well. you have to appreciate how much they have improved technically since 1994-1998. #Worldcup #
• @RichLowry Compared to last summer's Confed Cup, ESPNABC has done great job equalizing down the #worldcup #vuvuzelas to a mere annoyance in reply to RichLowry #
• #USA should beat both #SLV & #ALG in next games (though I expect they blow it vs. #ALG). Today's result should get them to 2nd rd #worldcup #
• Eh today's #worldcup predictions not going well. Got the #SLE 1-0 right, but #Srb threw theirs away & #aus don't look like upsetting anyone #
• #Ger always start strong (#deutschbags) & Oezil gives them something extra even if he's fluffing his shots. Wish he played for Turkey. #
• I hate Klose #ger. Hope he doesn't break #worldcup scoring record. Owes it to pathetic 2002 Saudi team who he scored 5 against. #
• #aus should've played this #worldcup defensively from start. Unless #Ger gets cocky they should massacre #aus on counter attack 2nd half. #
• #aus do play nicely & Cahill is great goal scorer, but didn't expect them to be so disorganized defensively #worldcup not how to match #Ger #
• Ugh Cahill #aus gets straight red! He's out of cup. #aus is doomed doomed doomed. #
• Oddly #aus look more like scoring now w/best player sent off, but also look letting in more #ger goals as they push forward #worldcup #
• Still think this crazy #worldcup group where anything can happen, but #srb need dramatic improvement & #gha implosion to make 2nd round. #
• Watched #inglouriousbasterds the other night. Could do with similar revisionist destruction of #ger football team about now #worldcup #
• Would it be too tasteless to refer to this #Ger #worldcup massacre as a holoc#aus ? #
• Dislike multiethnic #ger team. Easier to hate robotically efficient master race. Immigrant flair makes #ger sadly attractive. #worldcup #
• Saving grace of this big #Ger win is now #deutschbags will be hailed as faves making their eventual early #worldcup exit all the more sweet. #

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• Few months ago I twee-viewed 2009 movie #Ninja http://amzn.to/b1VdwB. Tonight: 2009 genre doppleganger #NinjaAssassin http://amzn.to/cyErO9 #
• Suspect from DVD menu #NinjaAssassin won't have same fun campy retro vibe but rather try to sate hardcore ninja who lack sense of irony. #
• OK #NinjaAssassin opens with guy born w heart in wrong side of chest. Maybe this will be fun after all. #
• CGI gore no replacement for the real fake thing. Ninja in #NinjaAssassin too efficient, like Robocop or Death in #FinalDestination series. #
• Note to self: strike "School for Ninjas" off list of potential charter schools for my kids. #NinjaAssassin #
• Wow, 2 consecutive robo-replies. Feeling isolated on Twitter? Post a few notes-to-self about Robocop and you'll feel like nerd prom king. #
• Hm, on 2nd thought maybe I won't publish that long blog post exposing the ancient global ninja conspiracy… #NinjaAssassin #
• CGI makes gore not only too fake but also too easy. Old-school sfx makeup gore had a hands-on craft to it that made it fun #NinjaAssassin #
• In #NinjaAssassin the gore is too abundant, too fake and boring. Otherwise, ninja conspiracy plot takes self too seriously but OK so far. #
• I'm one of those old geezers who prefers my ninjas organic free-range Sho Kosugi style, not hyperkinetic blurry shadows in #NinjaAssassin #
• Bad ninjas in #NinjaAssassin move and whisper like smoke monster in lost, but die too easily like heavy sacks of overripe tomatoes. #
• Really dislike how throwing stars in #NinjaAssassin seem to be propelled in volume with machine gun-like force and velocity. #
• Pretty sure I just saw hero in #NinjaAssassin get sliced in half at waist, keep fighting, and now getting away w/o sense of imminent death. #
• Hey bad ninjas in #NinjaAssassin: whispering creepy things as you encroach on target MAKES YOU SHITTY NINJAS! #
• Did ninja boss who tortured little kid for making floor creak really teach rest of #NinjaAssassin class to whisper for effect before attack? #
• So Europol guy can shoot ninja sword in mid-swing but can't hit ninja running away in straight line? C'mon, #NinjaAssassin . #
• None of weapons in #NinjaAssassin look like cool toys you could play with as kid. This movie kind of makes ninjas suck. Plot is anti-ninja. #
• Soulless action nerds may prefer #NinjaAssassin but for purposes of juvenile 80s ninja movie nostalgia goofy #Ninja hit the right notes. #
• For christ's sake, teleportation b.s. in #NinjaAssassin is worst new ninja tech since one of "American Ninja" movies added lasers to mix. #
• Confused: was secret ninja school in #NinjaAssassin actually nestled in Alps? Lesson: ninjas don't need to be supernatural to be supercool. #
• Yes I realize that Sho Kosugi was in #NinjaAssassin but #Ninja more accurately captured the spirit of what made Kosugi cool in the 1980s. #
• This is why I love the IMDb message boards: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186367/board/thread/153503906 #NinjaAssassin #
• A fan! RT @Keith5Morris: @dorrk, Your a dumb ass, ninja assassin was an incredible action movie. You sound like a huge fag criticizing it. #
• Watching #Peacock http://amzn.to/cV6fPr which stars the always creepy Cillian Murphy in 1950s-ish housewife drag. #
• #Peacock has great cast for movie I've never heard of: Ellen Page, Susan Sarandon, Keith Carradine, Bill Pullman. #
• Maybe why #Peacock is obscure: has one of worst most confusing low budget SFX seqs ever. Was that supposed to be a train derailing? #
• Atrocious staging. Setting up pretty intriguing plot however as train wreck in #Peacock brings unwanted attention to small town weirdo. #
• #Peacock should have played in theaters with @CrispinGlover short "The Orkly Kid" as intro http://imdb.to/9UCPPL #
• Bad effect shot aside #Peacock is otherwise fascinating so far, but if townspeople don't start catching on soon it will strain credulity. #
• #Peacock just got a helluva lot weirder. Not so hard to imagine why it didn't get wide release. #
• Been bugging me all through #Peacock but finally realized: Cillian Murphy in drag looks like Emily Blunt: http://imdb.to/bw89s0 #
• Liked #Peacock If you accept Shakespearean conceit that no one sees through disguise, it's a compelling weird drama/thriller w/great acting. #
• #Peacock marketing is little misleading. This is not horror or intense thriller. Pretty low key with quiet ending that doesn't try too hard. #
• The Milwaukie @Safeway bakery never has hot french bread at the same time two days in a row. Why does Safeway hate its customers? #
• Have @redbox coupon but got stuck behind old man. It's like being locked out of Blockbuster while codger slowly checks every title in store. #
• Watching #YesMenFixtheWorld http://amzn.to/c1CPKh The Yes Men are not my political ilk, but they are brilliant & hilarious prankster. #
• I saw a diff Yes Men doc a few years ago. Fittingly for anticapitalists the DVD is $4 at amazon http://amzn.to/bfWeIn #YesMenFixtheWorld #
• The Yes Men caused Dow Chemical stock to lose $2 billion in 23 minutes after BBC TV prank. Amazingly skilled imposters #YesMenFixtheWorld #
• Someone call Will Graham: the Tooth Fairy is on it's way to our house tonight! #manhunter http://tweetphoto.com/25467626 #
• Watching #PreciousBotNPbS http://amzn.to/btmPZi They didn't give a crap about continuity errors? Did Precious eat the script supervisor? #
• She's only been onscreen a few minutes so far but I want to kick Mariah Carey in the face #PreciousBotNPbS #
• This is a moving story but the direction is irritating. Every time it deviates from objective POV it derails into crap. #PreciousBotNPbS #
• #PreciousBotNPbS lost me pushing big emotional scene way too hard. Now I'm numb to all of it. This isn't even "afterschool special" quality. #
• God I hate director Lee Daniels. Ruins every good scene. Hope his next movie is the bomb he deserves. http://imdb.to/9JifCR #PreciousBotNPbS #
• Daniels doesn't trust his story or his actors. 60% great, but 40% was Daniels ruining his – and his actors' – good work. #PreciousBotNPbS #
• 5 days until World Cup starts. Not sure how to indulge Twitter & avoid spoilers nearly every day for 5 weeks. Can't watch all games live. #

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• Breaking rock&roll news: my 6yo daughter's rock band has changed name from "Johnny Girl & the Firebombs" to "WolfStar." Summer tour TBA. #
• @mattklewis After the Lady Gaga and Ke$ha live performances this season why bother with the family-friendly pretense on #IDOL? in reply to mattklewis #
• #SATC2 "If this is what modern womanhood means, then just fucking veil me and sew up all my holes." http://strn.gr/4132715 RT @culturepulp #
• Dismayed @ifcdotcom stretching movies out of original aspect ratio on IFC HD. Also seen AMC HD distort same. Why? What purpose? It sucks. #
• @ifcdotcom was a pioneer in showing movies in OAR on standard def cable, but not in HD? Doesn't it cost more to distort than to show as is? #
• Did Pat Nixon just call Black Dynamite a "moon cricket?" Yep. #BlackDynamite is good stuff w/surprisingly witty script http://amzn.to/arg8Bl #

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• #24 has sucked so hard this season I've barely paid attention the last few weeks, but Bauer in "Heat"-like assault gear was pretty awesome. #
• Did #24 really just have Bauer massacre hotel room full of Russian heavies AND NOT SHOW IT? Or is this just misdirection? Either way, lame. #
• Watching #WheretheWildThingsAre http://amzn.to/9TXKE7 Better title: Where the Bipolar Things Mope Around. #
• #wherethewildthingsare is like a very special episode of Barney directed by John Cassavettes. #

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• @bloggingheads FYI the mp3 of the new TWIB doesn't work, either via podcast or direct download. Sabotaged by absent, covetous @mattklewis ? #
• Looking for a good place in Milwaukie/SE PDX to work by WiFi for a few hours. Good lunch + coffee preferred, but not essential. #
• Working from MoBetta Deli this afternoon while roofers wreak tile above home office. 2pm and very peaceful, just me, phone & laptop. #
• Because the Mo Betta makes it Mo Betta http://bit.ly/cWXdra #
• WTF with Lady Gaga on #americanidol last week? Isn't that supposed to be a family-friendly show? Her costume made Cher look like a prude. #
• DVD: #Tenure http://amzn.to/bec1wk low-key, amiable, wry, unambitious, just like star Luke Wilson. If you like Wilson, not a bad 90 mins. #
• Also: 1975 French race drama Dupont Lajoie http://amzn.to/ddbn6E w/young Isabelle Huppert & anti-Arab violence. Decent look at Euro racism. #
• Prepare for NBC to resemble shuttered, depressed ghost towns in 1980s Springsteen songs RT @ brianstelter "Law & Order" has been canceled. #
• Speaking of #lawandorder, "Dick Wolf" is a great insult. I often mumble name derisively at end of bad "L&O: CI" eps as pejorative. #
• Why does RC Cola exist? It's so flaccid, it's the only beverage known to suffer from erectile dysfunction syndrome. #
• I love my iphone but $35 for a pair of replacement ear buds is fricking $%##%&*%#$@@#^$%*&&$!@$%@ recockulous. Seriously, Apple, fuck you. #
• Wow, ABC News insider cat fight! Read the nasty comments, brutal: RT @marcambinder Catharthis on a comment thread. http://bit.ly/aTvRAw #

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• @daveweigel Pelosi has a spotty record regarding claims of what she was & wasn't briefed on. If anything, this likely means she knew all. in reply to daveweigel #
• 1st rec soccer game 2night. Hail is pelting. If I don't tweet again I died. #imtoooldforthisshit #
• It's like the perfect parody of the now cliched teen-star-gets-sexy video RT @gpollowitz Miley Cyrus all growed up. http://bit.ly/cwimvH #
• DeNiro's accent moves 2000 miles in 3 mins! Rodriguez is a hack hiding behind irony. RT @andylevy 'Machete' trailer http://bit.ly/avZGKI #
• I didn't die during Monday night's rec league soccer season opener. But now I'm so sore my entire upper torso aches when I blow my nose. #
• Last night watched #MenWhoStareAtGoats' http://amzn.to/a283B0 Not as bad as I feared. Amusing, sort of engaging, just a dud ending. #
• @culturepulp Maggie said this is the greatest picture she's ever seen http://twitpic.com/1lk09m/full but she also voiced concern for fatboy in reply to culturepulp #
• @culturepulp Nope, not for Cort. I think she was fascinated by Fatboy's self-effacing nickname, which she thus proceeded to chant. in reply to culturepulp #
• Watching #TheRundown http://amzn.to/aWiCcR action flick w/The Rock for 1st time. Hip tastemakers have hailed it as overlooked genre classic? #
• Action in #TheRundown is fun, but banter so far is anemic & not even close to good in a campy or ironic way. Is its revival a meta-prank? #
• #TheRundown also has so far 2 too many scenes where characters easily survive certain death just by pure luck and/or running & yelling. #
• #TheRundown Will someone please shoot the Scottish guy before he speaks again? #
• OK Ok Chris Walken is pretty great in #TheRundown but aside from a couple of fight scenes, why all the love? The "Go away monkey" scene? #
• I didn't get #TheRundown. It's no Roadhouse. Feeling certain it's recent buzz amongst geek tastemakers is elaborate hoax. #
• Watching #TheLovelyBones http://amzn.to/drCeVs which takes subject of child murder & beats you over head with it repeatedly & overbearingly. #
• What's wrong w/Stanley Tucci's voice in #TheLovelyBones? Wouldn't be creepy w/normal voice? Did he use @redlettermedia as character study? #
• Seriously the ghost stuff in #TheLovelyBones is like someone slipped Terry Gilliam rufees and forced him to direct a Hannah Montana video. #
• No that is unfair to Terry Gilliam. #TheLovelyBones tries for neutered Gilliamesque surreality but fails fails fails fails and doesn't quit. #
• Oh good, this movie about a murdered girl really needed a wacky comic montage w/Susan Sarandon as brassy grandma right now #TheLovelyBones #
• #TheLovelyBones reminds me of anti-drinking movie about a dead surfer they showed us in 6th grade. I think it was called "The Day I Died." #
• Forgot #TheLovelyBones was directed by Peter Jackson! Afterlife stuff does evoke "Heavenly Creatures." Subtlety not his strong suit. #
• Bombast is fine in movie about giant monkey or dwarfs vs. glowing evil eye but maybe #TheLovelyBones called for more delicate touch. #
• OMG the scene where Mark Wahlberg gets beaten in cornfield may have ruined cool Roxy Music song "Baby's on Fire" for me #TheLovelyBones #
• FWIW #TheLovelyBones could have made a great movie, some very powerful material, but Jackson is serially abusing it with his unique style. #
• Leave it to Peter Jackson to create a fantasy dreamscape full of smiling murdered little girls. Style over ick? #TheLovelyBones #
• Christ, couldn't he have back his car up closer to the sink hole and spared us from this ridiculous 10-minute sequence? #TheLovelyBones #
• Ah, what a sweet moral: if life give you lemons (aka murders you) make lemonade! #TheLovelyBones is "It's a Wonderful Life" ass-backward. #
• Ooh! A comical just desserts for our mannered serial child killer! What a delight in a sea of delights… And blood… #TheLovelyBones #

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• Best Hitler tantrum video yet? Hitler reacts to the Hitler parodies being removed from YouTube http://youtu.be/kBO5dh9qrIQ #
• Guess who showed up in tonight's #24? Michael Madsen, a.k.a "The thinking man's Tom Sizemore." #
• I think it may have damaged my psyche. RT @joshuatopolsky If you haven’t seen this amazing MGMT video… uh, do. http://tumblr.com/xfh95spgt #
• Watched #BigFan http://amzn.to/9nhNQC w/ Patton Oswalt. Another good gritty comedy abt mental illness, like #observeandreport but less funny #
• Oswalt is GREAT in #BigFan as NFL obsessive at personal odds with fave player. Lame DVD packaging misreps rough-edged dry indie dramedy. #
• #BigFan has awesome music cue for Helen Reddy's "Delta Dawn." I like trend in dark comedies, but they sometimes seem afraid to be funny. #
• #observeandreport was agressive both in serious dysfunction and laughs; #BigFan relies more on tone, less ambitious, but still compelling. #
• BTW #BigFan was written & directed by Robert Seigel, former Onion editor + screenwriter of The Wrestler http://bit.ly/c0IKIz #
• Wed. night is ribs night at IKEA! Disappointed they don't have Swedish code name like "RIBBA." http://twitpic.com/1j8bt8 #
• Do I detect a hint of lingonberry in the BBQ sauce? #
• Looks like RIBBA is already taken. How about MESSA? http://twitpic.com/1j8k1l #
• Who needs a cart? #IKEA http://twitpic.com/1j8wlm #
• At #IKEA during dinner, 6yo daughter was pitching concept for IKEA "Rib Night" commercial starring Tom Waits. #
• I was seduced by the smell of bacon, but by the time I reached the kitchen THEY HAD EATEN IT ALL! http://youtu.be/2YYhpdtEBJA #BASTARD! #
• Beer+DVD time. #ParanormalActivity http://amzn.to/95CwYe Not expecting much. Hype in commercials felt fake & pseudo doc gimmick is tired. #
• Before #ParanormalActivity gets inevitably stupid, I'll be nice & say so far its "documentary" acting is 50 times better than Blair Witch's #
• Don't like how chars in movies like this antagonize each other for no reason. #ParanormalActivity is not as bad as Blair Witch, but still. #
• "Cinema Verite" != unmotivated conflict but is too often how fake doc makers interpret it. Micah in #ParanormalActivity too glib & obtuse. #
• 1st part of scene in #ParanormalActivity where she gets up at night alone was pretty good. This is well made but suspect it won't stand out #
• Don't like rumbling sfx that accompanies events in #ParanormalActivity as if demon is slave to popculture cliches. Would be creepier w/o sfx #
• #ParanormalActivity Micah is too cavalier with his highstrung gf. Any guy in that situation outside a trailer park understands consequences. #
• BTW, the name Micah (MEE-kah) for a guy is just unfortunate and off-putting. #ParanormalActivity #
• I don't like bickering in movies; it's artificial diet conflict and doesn't help dramatically. #ParanormalActivity would be better w/o it. #
• #ParanormalActivity is OK though. 3am here & just heard noise in my house and it put me on edge. Just not comparable to genre classics. #
• Maybe unfair to compare #ParanormalActivity to Poltergeist, The Entity, The Exorcist – they distinguished selves throughout and in detail. #
• But too many scenes in #ParanormalActivity echo those better movies… Eh. Movie should've ended about 20 seconds earlier. Lame final bit. #
• #ParanormalActivity better than expected, but suffered typical problems hoping "shock" ending would distinguish it. Ending tried too hard. #

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• My 6yo daughter is singing this song: http://youtu.be/WNkrpkk5Gwg Am I a bad parent for finding it hilarious when she says "I am in Todd!"? #
• Health and Human Services Dept. report: Health Care Act will raise projected spending, not cut it. http://nyti.ms/9zUyL9 #
• 6yo daughter: "Dad, I want a rock 'n' roll thermometer that will tell me at the beginning of a song how much it is going to rock." #
• Watching #Moon http://amzn.to/bJj0pJ intriguing scifi w/ Sam Rockwell. Odd to see him in this soon after quite different #GentlemenBroncos #
• #Moon & #GentlemenBroncos takes vastly different approaches to sci-fi. GB trailer: http://bit.ly/dgXzMj #
• #Moon just went from interesting to mildly awesome. Best Rockwell performance since excellent #SnowAngels http://amzn.to/cD0EeS #
• #SnowAngels struck me how similar Sam Rockwell sounds to brilliant Bob Odenkirk. If they never play feuding douchebags brothers it's a loss. #

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• See p.156, line 4: http://bit.ly/3RdVa7 RT @jimgeraghty Congress may have eliminated its own health insurance. http://tinyurl.com/y58585f #
• @LendogPDX Radio Shack is less useful than they used to be for this kind of thing. You might try searching NWCA.com; they're out on hwy 212. in reply to LendogPDX #
• Clackamas Promenade DMV is cleanest, most efficient I've ever been to. Lic. renewed in under 10 mins. No lines,quiet, even smelled pleasant! #
• Watching #GentlemenBroncos http://amzn.to/ae46qb by Nap. Dynamite's Jared Hess. About young sci-fi writer at teen writer's conference. #
• #GentlemenBroncos is so far erratic & a little too broad but amusing; Jemaine Clement's supporting role as pompous guru is scene-stealing. #
• Mockery of bad genre writing and writers may be a wide target but #GentlemenBroncos is hitting it in abundance, with affection & good humor. #
• #GentlemenBroncos some characters (hint: Lonnie) are so out-there they overload quirk with wackiness & not sure this can sustain 90 mins. #
• #GentlemenBroncos Mike White in Doug Henning wig is so extreme appears to be satirizing non-existent target, but funny enough to forgive. #
• #GentlemenBroncos has weird anachronistic feel. Looks very 70s/80s but chars talk about Euros and e-mail; filmmaker char shoots on VHS. #
• I love that movies like #GentlemenBroncos sincerely use great cheesy 80s songs like The Scorps' "Winds of Change." #
• Glad my wife left #GentlemenBroncos before the graphic puking & puke-soaked kissing scene. She don't cotton to contemp movie vomit trends. #
• Now #GentlemenBroncos soundtrack is rocking the Cher. And it works. Good times. #
• #GentlemenBroncos just went from amiably, if awkwardly, quirky to batshit crazy, for a brief moment. #
• #GentlemenBroncos is definitely not a crowdpleaser, but full of small moments that hit the right spot. Better than Napoleon Dynamite, IMO. #
• Plot of #GentlemenBroncos is pretty uninspired, but its style, texture and sensibility are unique, w/ performances that balance the shtick. #
• Be warned: #GentlemenBroncos dir. Jared Hess makes "vibe" movies: if you can't get into his whitetrash-camp vibe, movie may be excruciating. #
• If you do watch #GentlemenBroncos stay until after end credits for a sweet WTF moment involving Sam Rockwell + bald girl + honey. Oh yeeaah! #
• Oh and if puke-kiss content does not warn you off #GentlemenBroncos those with snake-diarrhea phobias may also want to proceed with caution. #
• My daughter made this picture during art class at school. It's a tribute to Dr. Seuss. (Watercolor pencils.) http://twitpic.com/1gmcu2 #

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• @mrkorb It must be personal. Try the webmail. in reply to mrkorb #
• #TheInformant! http://bit.ly/b2LB95 Surpringly funny Soderberg character study: part corp. whistleblower, part delusional conman. Fun music. #
• Finally making time to watch disaster epic #2012 http://bit.ly/9Ck0Al. Can I get past implausibility of neutrinos causing physical reaction? #
• #2012 If Danny Glover were really president, physical reaction of neutrinos would be the least of our problems. In fact, bring it on! #
• #2012 I'm pretty sure Woody Harrelson is playing himself in this movie, only with clothes on. #
• When I use iPhone IMDb app & click on "Go To IMDb" button, I always get ad for iPhone IMDb app, which I am using. Poorly targeted marketing. #
• I know #2012, like other Roland Emmerich movies, is ridiculous, but that scene of Los Angeles crumbling was fucking awesome. Disasterpiece! #
• The stretches of non-disaster "plot" in #2012 are, to put it mildly, numbingly insufferable. With another hour+ to go, need more apocalypse! #
• Just when #2012 was starting to suck hard: St. Peter's Dome wipes out Vatican Sq. & tidal waves swallow Danny Glover. Redemption in tragedy. #
• Feeling a little pissed off that #2012 just manipulated my emotions with John Cusack family scene. Need carnage now to cleanse my palate. #
• Fuck you, Roland Emmerich; you and your #2012. #
• @culturepulp Have you seen the book of Kurosawa's painted storyboards for RAN? http://bit.ly/dnkPUf I have it if you want to borrow. in reply to culturepulp #
• That epic battle scene in RAN, the best part is how it unfolds and builds with no sound fx. Virtuoso stuff. @culturepulp #
• @culturepulp RAN was Kurosawa's last great film. He teeters at times into the lame didacticism of his later movies, but he always saves it. #
• @culturepulp You may refer to this definitive review of RAN if you have any questions: http://www.dvdjournal.com/reviews/r/ran_cc.shtml #
• Watching #TheTimeTravelersWife http://bit.ly/d1Ltnd Must warn daughters that naked man claiming to be husband from future is stranger danger #
• Apparently timetravel gives one license to break into cars & steal at will w/o losing romantic appeal #TheTimeTravelersWife #
• So his timetravel power doesn't allow him to change past. That makes him Ashton Kutcher's bitch, doesn't it, ladies? #TheTimeTravelersWife #
• With #TheTimeTravelersWife courtship starting at age 6 & Twilight's unsettling werewolf+baby soulmate angle, is CREEPY the new romantic? #
• Girl plans from age 6 to marry involuntary time traveler. Once married, complains about his time travel. Caveat emptor #TheTimeTravelersWife #
• Maybe #TheTimeTravelersWife is providing great service for girls with message: "Soulmates are overrated & potentially huge disappointments." #
• Age-old fairytale of marrying timehopping kleptomaniac streaker doesn't always turn out the way you hoped, girls. #TheTimeTravelersWife #
• What happened to the 3 timeshifting fetuses that miscarried. Did they just plop down in bloody clumps somewhen else? #TheTimeTravelersWife #
• When his young daughter time travels does she wind up naked and stealing clothes in strange places, too? Ew. #TheTimeTravelersWife #
• Watching #Stepfather2 http://bit.ly/cO1HJa 1st impression is that star Terry O'Quinn is going to have a far tougher time elevating this one. #
• I really think escaped psycho Jerry in #Stepfather2 is ready to stop killing broken families and become the great stepdad he aspires to be. #
• Did I mention that the full title of #Stepfather2 is "Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy?" Pretty scary, huh? No? You're right. Not scary. #
• Familiar Matty from #Stepfather2 is Caroline Williams: Stretch from the great horror sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 http://bit.ly/9492Tw #
• #Stepfather2 lame sub-title not mitigated by Terry O'Quinn's constant crazy shouting "Make room for daddy!" during acts of rage. #
• How many times does a psycho need to be stabbed in the chest before they stop making sequels? Find out in #Stepfather3 ! #

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• When I was kid in 70s/80s I didn't care for Close Encounters of the Third Kind http://bit.ly/aSy4C4 Now as adult I find it quite brilliant. #
• @culturepulp Well, they abandon him first, but he doesn't really seem attached to them, does he? Maybe symbolic of Spielberg/Irving romance? in reply to culturepulp #
• I always mistake opening riff of Bowie's Modern Love for intro of Footloose. #
• @culturepulp How did you miss that at age 10-11? Bears no relation to actual myths, but fun stuff. Kids love the Medusa stuff. Nightmares! in reply to culturepulp #
• Christ, "2012" is 157 mins long? It better be as good/bad as The Postman for me to endure that. May take 2-3 sittings to get thru it all. #
• Watching #Ponyo http://bit.ly/d5Fm5Y w the kids. So this enviro-fanatic living underwater? Is this what Al Gore will be doing in 10 years? #
• In #Ponyo is it artifact of cutural self-loathing that characters have Japanese names but look western? Or just more universal marketing? #
• #Ponyo Just like Underwater Guy's self-loathing of fellow humans? #
• #Ponyo Fun Facts: "water can't make fish wet." Also, creepy fish with faces like to eat human blood. Also: destroy humans w black souls! #
• #Ponyo Really isn't hard to imagine Al Gore moving to bottom of sea & feverishly keeping nature in balance while plotting doom of mankind #
• Sort of refreshing: enviro message in #Ponyo doesn't endorse wholesale Human genocide + heroine is sellout fish who'd rather be filthy human #
• @culturepulp The Archie spin-off my kids love: Groovie Goolies http://youtu.be/1iDixTDogug in reply to culturepulp #
• Inspired by recent remake, & Terry O'Quinn's great performance in Lost, tonight's movie is 1987 slasher #TheStepfather http://bit.ly/cGWmlv #
• #TheStepfather generated rare Oscar chatter despite genre, but took O'Quinn almost 20 years to find another standout role on Lost. #
• #TheStepfather Cheesy cheapo 80s synth score does not hold up well, very typical of contemporary horror music. #
• #TheStepfather Suprising full frontal O'Quinn cock shot in opening minutes. Didn't see that very often before Apatow's recent juggernaut. #
• #TheStepfather also has one of my big movie cheat petpeeves: character walking in street for better shot framing instead of nearby sidewalk. #
• #TheStepfather Oscar speculation was ONLY for O'Quinn, rest of movie pretty typical psycho slasher stuff, but he is unusually compelling #
• #TheStepfather stars O'Quinn as nutbag marrying into – and killing – families. Doesn't pace psychosis very carefully, just jumps right in. #
• Wow, #TheStepfather has some Lifetime Movie calibre writing and acting. Remake's acting overall better + plus lots of half-naked Amber Heard #
• But original #TheStepfather does the story a little better despite cheesy flaws. O'Quinn really elevates it more than it deserves. #
• Should note that the picture quality on this DVD of #TheStepfather ranges from mediocre to piss-poor. Shame. #
• They should show #TheStepfather as a "How-not-to" training vid for aspiring realtors. (Buyers with bashed skulls less likely to close.) #
• WTF is Shelley Hack wearing in #TheStepfather thanksgiving scene? She looks like a pioneer-era 80-yr-old school marm. #
• Only thing worse than Shelley Hack's Thanksgiving garb in #TheStepfather is Shelley Hack's acting. Charlie's Angels didn't cast for talent. #
• O'Quinn goes from normal-to-psycho-and-back-again so swiftly & effortlessly, you almost want cheer on his murderous spree in #TheStepfather. #
• Ok, so O'Quinn's line "You're a very bad girl!" isn't exactly the high point of his otherwise excellent performance in #TheStepfather. #
• Naked Jill Schoelen near end of #TheStepfather ably cancels out naked Terry O'Quinn from beginning of movie. Well played. #
• Must find! IMDb: Jill Schoelen started in Fame-influenced TV pilot called Best of Times (1981) starring Nicolas Cage and Crispin Glover. #
• 1987 #TheStepfather above average for genre; be interesting to see how they rationalize sequel given lack of typical hint at end of pt 1. #

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• Watching 1984 French flick One Deadly Summer (L'ete Meurtrier) http://bit.ly/aIZHZW Must-see for fans of "crazy bitch" genre #LeteMeurtrier #
• #LeteMeurtrier Isabelle Adjani is naked, f-ed up and out for revenge. Started like quirky euro romance, but more like Fatal Attraction now #
• #LeteMeurtrier Not really like Fatal Attraction plot-wise, just for "iconic crazy bitchness." Although both movies do feature dead rabbits. #
• #LeteMeurtrier may be something Chan Wook Park watched to gin up for his vengeance trilogy. Quirkiness aside, it has very dark raw edge. #
• Watching #Zombieland http://bit.ly/aLJytl if so few people left, why aren't there swarms of zombies everywhere? Even L.A. is deserted. #
• Do all movies on BluRay start with commercial about how much cooler normal DVDs are? If I were a DVD I'd resent BluRay's incessant preening. #
• Watching #TheHangover I'm usually wary of and disappointed by most popular comedies, but I've already laughed 5-6 times in 1st 15 mins #
• #TheHangover is funny and everything bit right now I'm just mostly feeling sorry for the baby. Am I no longer a man? #
• This one's for @culturepulp: http://youtu.be/Hg8keQh6Ajo Enjoy! #
• Watching first part of #breakingbad season premiere just reminding me how annoying I found season two finale. #
• Watching some @okkervilriver clips on Youtube. Noticing Will Sheff looks conspicuously like main guy in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. #

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• Over Oveur. Peter Graves now Watching gladiator movies in heaven. RT @KFINEWS LA Times reports actor Peter Graves dead #
• Good theory. But he died because he ate the fish. @jimgeraghty re: Peter Graves… cause of death: first Mission: Impossible movie. #
• Capitalism: A Love Story http://bit.ly/dm6rNU Opening montage of bank robberies. MM's POV so extreme it's actually backwards #CapitalismLove #
• #CapitalismLove Something tells me there's going to be lot of sad, extreme stories w/ as little context provided as possible. Typical Moore. #
• #CapitalismLove First expert interviewed? Wallace Shawn. Seriously. Moore & Shawn's "expertise" inconceivable in less free economic system. #
• #CapitalismLove Moore is very good at propaganda & usually quite funny. Hilarious cut from ERA march to film clip of Reagan slapping woman. #
• #CapitalismLove Common thread in failing industries spotlighted so far is unusual level of gov't regulation. Waiting for his alt. proposal. #
• #CapitalismLove Moore saying 1 problem w/capitalism is how underpaid/overworked pilots are? How does ditching capitalism = higher pay? #
• #CapitalismLove Arguments scattered. Problems: low pay & high pay; law breakers & law enforcers; inept unions & union busting; everything. #
• #CapitalismLove Moore confuses morality of voluntary Christian charity for gov't-compelled $ redistribution. Morality is in the choosing. #
• #CapitalismLove Now he's using cases of free market ingenuity and individualism (co-op businesses) to bash system that enables them. #
• #CapitalismLove Moore making good case that top students from top unversities can be collectively full of shit. Anti-elitism isso rightwing! #
• #CapitalismLove Exposing cases of elite & gov't collusion/corruption hardly argues in favor of econ. system planned by gov't of same elites. #
• #CapitalismLove After yrs of blasting GM for opposite, Now Moore is attacking company bringing jobs to Flint, MI. Everything fits his thesis #
• #CapitalismLove Capitalism calls. Had to put this one on pause & catch up on some work. Too late now; will watch the rest during the week. #
• #CapitalismLove Nice to see Moore single out Chris Dodd's mortgage fraud. Moore's brief isn't w/Capitalism it's w/Corporatism & he conflates #
• #CapitalismLove Corporatism happens when gov't becomes too entwined w/business, not when leaves free market alone. Result of overregulation #
• #CapitalismLove Moore likes to decry fear-mongering right before launching into his own dark warnings about sinister corporate conspiracies. #
• #CapitalismLove you have to wonder if the mobs of protesters against foreclosures and layoffs have any idea where homes and jobs come from. #
• The New Transparency: Obama admin denied FOIA requests 466,872 times during the 2009, up from 312,683 under Bush http://bit.ly/dqskCc #
• Ted Kennedy tries to roll over in grave: Mass. Treasurer: MassCare on Nat'l Scale will "Wipe Out the American Economy" http://bit.ly/9hoD96 #
• Finally finishing #CapitalismLove which has become completely aimless with an absurd & meaningless laid-off workers protest. Muddled mess. #
• Always surprises me when activists decry corrupt collusion of gov't + business & proposed solution is even more collusion #CapitalismLove #
• #CapitalismLove Non-sequiter w/hurricane Katrina thrown in at the end. This is Moore's most incoherent work, disappointing as entertainment. #
• #CapitalismLove WTF does it even mean to replace capitalism with democracy? Not an economic system & since when has Moore praised democracy? #
• Watching #Ninja http://bit.ly/b1VdwB Comfort Food if you grew up on Sho Kosugi's ninja b-movies in the 80s. So far, cliched campy fun. #
• Too many #ninja movies star non-Asian as good ninja. My favorite was 1983 Revenge of the Ninja http://bit.ly/c2YSzQ w/Kosugi as good guy. #
• #ninja star Scott Adkins looks like Ben Stiller playing Ben Affleck playing a bad actor in a bad ninja b-movie. Good times. #
• Lots of innocent bystanders getting wasted in #ninja always a sign of high quality shlock genre moviemaking. But can it keep up momentum? #
• Note to self: if you hire bad #ninja to do dirty work, do not later piss off or welch on deal with bad ninja. #
• Cute Asian chick in constant peril in #ninja always has such tense look on face, I expect her to start moving furniture w/ her mind any sec. #
• What kind of pussy #ninja wears night vision goggles? Real ninjas have actual night vision. It's a biological fact. #
• Bad #ninja dressed like he's auditioning to fight vampires with Blade. WTF, bad ninja flew away wearing a Batman cape! Holy throwing stars! #
• No surprise everyone at satanic cult-like corporate meeting in #ninja is armed. Note to self: cult-like corp. meetings likely to end badly. #
• Not to stereotype, but no way ancient #ninja outfit designed for Asian is going to fit big muscled White dude out-of-the-box w/o tailoring. #
• #ninja borrows heavily from 1981 genre pioneer Enter the Ninja. Lots of deviation but several key plot points align and there's no credit? #
• Would never recommend #ninja as high qual action, but decently hits right notes as genre pic. Can't believe no death for corp cult leader. #
• Revanche http://bit.ly/xiv48 Austrian drama takes typical crime thriller plot points & strips the Hollywood BS (fun). Good Haneke-ish style. #
• Not only is "long wait" backlog in my #Netflix queue 40+, but some new titles not available at all for 1 mo. after DVD released at Amazon. #
• 1 mo. delay for #Netflix availability makes sense as studios tap sales market before rentals, but it exasperates already ridiculous wait. #
• While dissing #Netflix, the recommendation system sucks. 0 recs for me til I "rate more movies." I've rated 2,644! WTF do they want from me? #
• Hm. Wonder if #Netfflix read that. Bitched on Twitter about long wait queue and suddenly Zombieland goes from "Very Long Wait" to shipping. #
• Months ago I called #Netflix and complained that Gran Torino had been on top of queue at Very Long Wait for months. It shipped out next day. #
• Watching We Live In Public http://bit.ly/9es0Pw. Doc abt Internet pioneer Josh Harris & experiments in exhibitionism + tech #weliveinpublic #
• #weliveinpublic Knew about weliveinpublic.com 10 yrs ago, but not other crazy tech obsessions. Embodies near every freak aspect of net age. #
• #weliveinpublic Bizarre 'Quiet' cult-like big brotherish co-op hotel is about to go terribly terribly wrong, as well it should. #
• #weliveinpublic As crazed as Josh Harris seems at times, he also seems to have very solid grasp on what he was doing and what it meant. #
• #weliveinpublic Like he was acutely aware of his obsessions and consciously pushed through them head-first to survive them and move on. #
• #weliveinpublic Also amazing dotcom story. Worth $80mil, wiped out in 2001, simply too far ahead of his time, and lost in era he predicted #
• #weliveinpublic Director Ondi Timoner also made BRILLIANT music doc DiG! http://bit.ly/9qvrHm about divergent paths of two bands. Amazing. #

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• Al Gore, naked. The Standard has a pretty thorough recap of all the recent climate change controversies & retractions http://shar.es/mHVL3 #
• In the scene on the boat tonight, Richard looked — and acted — just like Anthony Perkins in Psycho #LOST #
• Go to the store for 20 mins. Come back and my block is cordoned off by the bomb squad. They let me through. Guess I don't look combustible. #
• Speaking of bombs, Netflix sent me Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" today. I have a movie backlog, but this might jump over a few. #
• Also from Netflix today: "The Stoning of Soraya M." and "Ninja." I think those two often played as double feature in theaters. #
• These are the people in my neighborhood RT @pdxalerts BREAKING: Explosives have been found at Milwaukie home; neighbors being evacuated. #
• Explosives around corner from us, abt 10 houses away. We've heard of delinquent with penchant for illegal fireworks down there. @pdxalerts #
• Weird. News helicopters are circling overhead. The cop blocking our end of the street didn't seem to think we were in danger up the hill. #
• Fox12 reports "Milwaukie police said they have not confirmed the materials found are explosive." http://bit.ly/cak0at Bummer. #
• Nothing's blown up. Police are no longer barricading us. Investigation into the "suspicious items" is on-going. http://bit.ly/cak0at #
• Read "Charlie & Choc Factory" to kids for 2nd time. W.Wonka is a prick & OompaLoompas are douchebags. Book is OK; sequel is worst book ever. #
• Watching remake of The Stepfather http://bit.ly/dmOMGn Brilliant only for exploitation of slutty Amber Heard, always in bikini/underwear. #
• Amber Heard fun fact: not only is she impossibly hot and keen on flaunting it, she's also an acolyte of Ayn Rand! http://bit.ly/atlVFU #
• Nearly every shot of Amber Heard in Stepfather remake is gratuitous ass/bare-midriff shot. Smart save for lack of brilliant Terry O'Quinn. #
• Also re: Stepfather remake, Sela Ward appears to have stopped aging 20 yrs ago. Ex-husband char. accused her of letting self go. Absurd. #

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