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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - Naked Pictures Of Famous People |
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By: Jon Stewart |
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Four black & white, passport-style photos of Jon's face, plus that fantastic title.
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Essays, short fiction and assorted humour pieces from Jon Stewart, actor, comedian, one-time Oscar host, co-author of the genuinely hilarious "America: The Book", and a... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - From Sun Tzu To Xbox |
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By: Ed Halter |
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A lazy Photoshop effort that blends a Japanese statue (perhaps of Sun Tzu) with a screenshot from some Xbox military sim (probably America's Army).
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Halter chronicles the history of war games, employed as simulation and entertainment and everything ... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - Catch-22 |
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By: Joseph Heller |
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A nice text effort skewing the title across the side of some metal-plated machine (presumably a bomber).
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WWII bomber pilots try not to get blown to pieces over Italy, then try to keep their sanity on the ground between missions . Madcap hijinx, largely... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - Non-Fiction |
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By: Chuck Palahniuk |
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A tasty, blotchy black & white thing with a figure of a dalmation-man holding a dog-eared (sorry) copy of Fight Club.
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Journalism, interviews, and personal pieces from Chuck.
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This is tops. I'd put it up beside his better novels. It's a lot... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - A Bit On The Side |
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By: Alan Coren |
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An excerpt (rather poorly chosen, actually) from a column, using the old 'ripped-from-the-paper' effect and including a small photo of the author.
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Columns from the ex-editor of Punch (long-lived, now defunct UK humour magazine, if you're unfamiliar... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - Mountain Man Dance Moves |
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By: The Editors of McSweeney |
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A totally sweet airbrushed picture of a sweet unicorn on a mountain with the moon in the background. There might be rainbows involved also.
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A series of lists. They range in length from a couple of pages to a handful of words. The topics are totally ran... |
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2009-09-03 |
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Got Any Quizzes? Laaaverly...2/9/9 |
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By: T-Viddy |
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G'day chaps!
How's it going? How was your weekend? More importantly, how WILL BE your weekend? Good I'm assuming. Just remember to eat the red pill...or was it the blue pill? I can't remember. To be honest neither option seems all that great, unless, like the left of... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - A Load Of Old Ball Crunchers |
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By: Jo Brand |
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A big zany photo of the author, as seemed mandatory on the humour shelf for quite some time.
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A series of mini-biographies concerning various prominent and/or stroppy female figures throughout history, from Madonna back to possibly fictional biblical fi... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - Nul Points |
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By: Tim Moore |
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A John-Allison-esque, deliberately amateurish cartoon of Jahn Teigen (subject number one within) doing his infamous air splits under some hand-drawn text. It's a little low on impact but the understated colours and type make a pleasant change from the rest of th... |
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2009-09-03 |
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BOOK REVIEW - Dave Barry |
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By: Dave Barry |
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You'll be amazed when I tell you it's another big, goofy picture of the author pulling a face. See? I told you.
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Since Dave stopped writing columns a few years back, he now has to come up with all new material for his books, and his usual approach i... |
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