Flyover Country

As a followup to Rrriiiiidge Racer! from last week, I have a five minute video presenting the absolute low-lights of Sony’s E3 Press Conference. Is it somewhat unfair? Yes, certainly. Does it take advantage of all the dumb shit Kaz Hirai had to say at E3? Most definitely. Does Sony deserve this negative attention given [...]

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Dear 405,
Fuck you.
Love,
Aaron

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For all of you who missed Sony’s lame-ass E3 press conference last week, someone has compressed all of the salient points into a one minute clip on YouTube.
For those of you unwilling to invest that minute, here are the highlights:
- Riiiiiidge Racer!
- $599
- Riiiiiidge Racer!
- [...]

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And on a lighter note, how can you do anything but simply love a movie entitled Snakes on a Plane? I mean, really, it’s pure fucking genius. It hits theaters on August 18, 2006.

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You know your Presidency is screwed when Bill Clinton polls better on honesty than you. Yeah, I know that the actual results fall within the polls margin of error, but it’s a pretty bad sign that they’re ranked equally in this category. Everyone agrees that Bill Clinton lied…about getting blown by an intern. To the [...]

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As much of a hater as I was when I first saw it, I’ve subsequently been convinced that the Nintendo DS is hot shit. The only problem that I see with it is that it’s bulky and friggin’ ugly. Thus, Nintendo’s announcement of the imminent availability for the DS Lite here in the United States [...]

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How can you not love a scandal with this name? Porter Goss, the unqualified CIA director, resigned unexpectedly today in events that appear linked to the Duke Cunningham bribery and hooker scandal. Party of morals and family values indeed.

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How can you not love this? A group of disaffected, Internet-era youngsters have pooled together $4000 to rent a plane that will fly over the site of M:I-3’s Hollywood premiere. A banner reading “Hail Xenu LOL

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I saw Sigur Ros last night at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. The show was absolutely spectacular. Nothing more really needs to be said, honestly.
Set List:
intro
glossoli
ny batteri
saeglopur
njosnavelin
e-bow
gong
andvari
hoppipolla
med blodnasir
olsen olsen
vidrar vel [...]

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I was just chatting with Drunkenbatman on Messenger. What follows is a lightly edited copy of our conversation.
drunkenbatman says:
was dealing with some wedding stuff
aaron says:
huh?
aaron says:
who’s getting married?
drunkenbatman says:
cousin
aaron says:
ah ok
aaron says:
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