Screeching Halt

This is wrong on so many levels I can't even begin to count.  It's even worse casting than this...



... and I didn't think that was humanly possible.

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My friend with the farookin' fabulous heada hair gets freaked out by alligators and crocodiles. Me?

Authorities in a state in Brazil's northeast are scrambling to take the fright and the bite off the beach after piranhas sunk their teeth into about 100 beachgoers, UOL Noticias reported.

The problem -- rather fearsome given piranhas' horror-movie teeth and ability to sink them into human flesh -- has been the biggest at the main beach area in Piaui state; authorities said they need to act fast to reduce a piranha overpopulation situation.

Last weekend, at least 100 bathers were treated at the hospital in Jose de Freitas not far from Terezina, Piaui's capital, after being bitten on the heels or toes at the local beach.

Ay caramba!
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When I heard they'd signed Katherine Heigl to play Stephanie Plum, I knew One for the Money was going to be bad... but I had no idea it was going to be this bad:



Seriously, that's some of the worst casting since The Bridges of Madison County, which I also predicted would be awful, given the horrible miscasting of Eastwood and Streep.

Don't bother with the movie, but do get the book, which is hilarious.
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Get your hankies out for the winners of the American Humane Association's Hero Dog Awards.
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Looks like TOTUS has been dragged out of mothballs and plugged back in. Huzzah!

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I rarely buy books that aren't on Kindle, but I'm making an exception for one. According to George R.R. Martin:

I'm delighted to be able to announce the forthcoming publication of a new, deluxe, limited edition of A GAME OF THRONES, to be published by my friends at Subterranean Press, and illustrated by the massively talented TED NASMITH.

Ted is widely considered to be one of the "Big Three" of Tolkien illustrators; along with Alan Lee and John Howe, he has brought Middle Earth to life like no one else. And he he is no stranger to my own world, either. Ted painted the all of the wonderful landscapes for the gorgeous 2011 Ice & Fire calendar, with what I consider to be THE definitive depictions of thirteen of the great castles of Westeros.

Zing! Right to the top of my wish list with a bullet.
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Speaking of GRRM, cartoonist Bill Amend clearly thinks like me.
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Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! There's only one Baby and only one Johnny Castle.

Leave It. The Fuck. Alone.
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A new study finds that most people hit by cars in the city are in a crosswalk

Oh really? That's news to me...
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Gouda, Bacon and Pear with Balsamic Onions Sandwich. Ooooooo!