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Clearing up the shit out there about PCP. In my research for adding this link (yes, I do research) I found the slang terms for PCP, in case during your Labor Day weekend you need a pick me up...

Angel Dust
Amoeba
Amp
Belladonna
Animal Trank
Zoom
Peace Pills
Boat
Sherm Sticks
Super Grass
STP
Embalming fluid

I wonder if hijinks ensue in the funeral home when the mortician's assistant happens to be a street-wise teenager and is asked for more embalming fluid. My guess is yes.

I so want this to be a completely true story, with no sarcasm or trolling. I don't want to find out later that Mr. Sheen was on drugs, or that he was just fucking around with the media. I want him to be honest to goodness hunting for a half-man half otter creature in Alaska. Please.

Slow motion in a movie can really punctuate a moment. But I'm not sure these are the ten "Best" uses of it. Of course, our source here is Esquire, so...

Yesterday, I gave you a glimpse of the upcoming Oscar season. Today, I offer you a glimpse of the upcoming music releases for the Fall.

Speaking of yesterday, here's part two of the Action Park legend...


The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever - Part 2 of 2 by insane-amusement-park

Big news for Luther fans...apparently it's being turned into a movie. Although, apparently it's going to be a prequel which, well - I've never been a big prequel fan. A prequel feels as though they force things in to make things you've already seen make more sense, in places where it doesn't really matter. Anyway, if you have never even heard of Luther, it's a British (BBC) television series starring Idris Elba as a London detective. The first two seasons are streaming right now. You should watch it just to see Elba's natural British accent, which will only make you more amazed at his Wire performance.

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Sigh...I never got to Action Park as a child, and that makes me sad. It seems the perfect place to test the boundaries of childhood - just enough danger to get yourself in trouble, in a place your parents are willingly allowing you to go. Sadly it is no more and nothing will pop up in its place. I do know a kid who's mom made a name for herself suing Action Park on behalf of children being grievously injured there. She called it Traction Park.

I'm excited for the movie Gravity, the latest movie from Alfonso Cuaron. Though he isn't a household name (at least in normal households), he's the guy who made Children of Men, a criminally underrated movie everyone should watch. I know I've posted it before, but here's the trailer for Gravity. Reviews so far seem to be positive.



Maybe if we spent less time bickering about politics, and more time devising intricate pranks like this one out of Japan, we'd be better off. This ain't no Dick Clark Ed McMahon joint.



Summer's almost over, and you know what that means...we're entering Oscar season! Get ready for the prestigious, pretentious movie train to roll in!

This whole Batman/Superman movie/story/thing has been in the news lately because people are ENRAGED at the choices made so far about it. And honestly, I can't think of anything to get more ENRAGED about, so please continue Internet. To help fuel your fire, here's a look at a 2002 script for the movie. Now, I haven't read it, but that doesn't mean I'm not an expert on it. And so I can assure you, it's terrible. Enjoy the rage it will create in you.

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Normally I wouldn't post a trailer like Getaway because I don't want to be part of the marketing machine for such a generic, cliche-ridden film with actors looking to make a quick paycheck (I'm looking at you Ethan Hawke.

HOWEVER...

I have few rules in my life. But the ones I do have, I tend to take seriously. For example, one of my rules is "No movie with Michael Caine in it can be considered bad." It's just the way it is. And another one of my rules?

Any movie that directly or indirectly reminds me of the 1997 classic Anaconda is worth at least one viewing...



If we all agree to pretend that Jon Voight was not swallowed - and then spit back up - by an anaconda in the amazonian jungles, and that he survived and went on to build a crime syndicate in LA (or whatever city Getaway is staged in), changed his accent SLIGHTLY from Paraguayan? to Russian? in order to fuck around with Ethan Hawke, I think we can all say it will make Getaway that much better.

Also, including that trailer, gives me great reason to include this. You're welcome...



You'd think a story about a man mistakenly sleeping (not fucking you sickos) with a fox, thinking it was his girlfriend would be unbelievable. But I'm here to tell you why it is believable. Because I have a better fox story. A few years ago, late at night, a fox broke into my parents house (and by break in, i mean it smashed through a glass pane by the door; it did not use lock picks) and went and hid behind a chair. My mother, startled by the noise went to investigate. Thinking it was the neighbors dog (I have no idea) she simply pet it and went to bed.

Big mistake.

Waking up in the morning to the aroma of fox scat and a mangy fox, she did what any normal person would do. Told my brother and father there was a loose fox in the house and that she was going to play tennis.

The moral of this story? It takes more than a psychotic, mangy fox in the house to get a rise out of my mother.

2 minutes and 18 seconds of airplane porn. When you sit back and start to think about how a plane even works, it is rather crazy that we take it all for granted. It was just a little over 100 years ago since we discovered flight!



More video game minutiae...this time we're taking a look at video game urban legends.

The US Open (for tennis) is this week (and next). I'm not sure what your interest is for this, but Nadal's incredible shot below, might be the shot of the tournament, and it happened in the first round!



I'm not even sure how to include this link. There's a group of people on the internet that believe there is a Bigfoot inside Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a 2004 video game. But it's very hard to find, and the "evidence" of its existence mirrors the evidence of the existence of an actual Bigfoot in real life. I find myself thinking more and more of a snake eating itself as I read the article.

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There a number of authors out there whom people read simply to say they've read them, without necessarily understanding why. Thomas Pynchon is probably at the top of that list. Here's a scattered look at his relatively hermitic life.

You might want to check your attic (or your basement, I don't know where you store things) to see if you have any of these old video games. They could score you lots of money.

Not only do trains still exist, but there are some trips that are actually enjoyable.

I want to believe that the Arrested Development movie will be awesome. I want to believe it. But I'm no longer sure I can.

So you're surfing through your Instagram one night...one lonely, lonely night, and you're like, "hey, I wonder what crazy, innocent pictures #bigbootyhoe would bring up for me to look at and do nothing else." Well sir (or madam, I don't judge), you're fresh out of luck, because Instagram bans tags such as #bigbootyhoe. And I for one, am just a little disappointed. Want to know what else they ban? Take a look.

I do enjoy that the Economist, in this article about how to buy drugs online, does employe the line: "Getting a hold of drugs has never been all that easy."

Obviously, the Economist has never been to an ultimate game. Or a high school.

I'm not even sure how I stumbled across this, but if you're looking for a soundtrack for your day, you could do worse than this album of music made to sound like music from an unproduced Mexican Western.

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Let's start Monday off on a good note: Check out these crazy images of different places all over Earth - from space.

Special effects wizards choosing their favorite special effects from movies.

Hack your life! These helpful tips will make your life easier in certain situations. Finally! An easy way to get a single Tic Tac!

I love the Hammer. So this Bob Hammelin baseball card is awesome to me. But I can understand how some people might suggest it's the worst of all time. Not for nothing, this is my favorite baseball card of all time...

More treasure hunts! Some of these have been found. Some of them are likely hoaxes. And then there are some that still have never been found! So go get one of these and get crackin'!

Stories from SNL cast members about their auditions and how weird Lorne Michaels is during the whole scenario.

The VMAs were last night. Missed them like me? Here's a quick high/low guide to what happened. I didn't read it either.