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	<description>Mark A. Rayner’s irregular and explosive weblog, a daily sputtering of satire, humor, comedy, and odd, odd fiction. . .</description>
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		<title>Breaking News: Some Bullshit Is Happening Somewhere</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3146</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark A. Rayner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parody & Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24-hour channel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television news]]></category>

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Alltop loves being on TV too.  Also available at The Onion &#8212; Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere.
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<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>loves being on TV too.  Also available at The Onion &#8212; <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/videobreaking_news_some_bullshit?utm_source=videoembed">Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere</a>.</h6>
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		<title>Anxious Queue</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3143</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drtundra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parody & Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toulouse Le Grandfig]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[



At the Skywalker Ranch, there was always a long lineup for the Princess Leia Ride, even when Stacy and her &#8220;Umbrella of Truth&#8221; was working it.
Alltop would never tell a lie. Cloud City Garrison &#8211; The Portrait Sessions, originally uploaded by LukeOlsen.
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At the Skywalker Ranch, there was always a long lineup for the Princess Leia Ride, even when Stacy and her &#8220;Umbrella of Truth&#8221; was working it.</p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop</a> would never tell a lie. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoinference/3064690047/">Cloud City Garrison &#8211; The Portrait Sessions</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/photoinference/">LukeOlsen</a>.</h6></p>
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		<title>Evolution at work</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3130</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drtundra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monkeys!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toulouse Le Grandfig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centaurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narnia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-educated deliquents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stab]]></category>

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The non-educated delinquents (NEDs) of Narnia started acting like asses long before their transformation began.
Upside: this was actually an improvement and made them attractive to some women.  
Downside: no place to hide a chib.

Alltop will slash ye&#8217;.  schemie-centaurs, originally uploaded by kirsty.whiten.
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<p>
The non-educated delinquents (NEDs) of Narnia started acting like asses long before their transformation began.</p>
<p>Upside: this was actually an improvement and made them attractive to some women.  </p>
<p>Downside: no place to hide a chib.
</p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>will slash ye&#8217;.  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirstywhiten/2047590248/">schemie-centaurs</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kirstywhiten/">kirsty.whiten</a>.</p>
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		<title>Darth Vader at the Death Star Canteen</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3138</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark A. Rayner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monkeys!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parody & Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canteen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[darth vader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eddie izzard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeff vader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penne a la arabiata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[star wars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of video game bosses, I love this bit by Eddie Izzard:
Click here if the embedded video doesn&#8217;t work.
For those of you who don&#8217;t know much about Izzard, check out Kevin Pollack&#8217;s chat show interview with him (warning: it&#8217;s two-and-a-half hours long).  The man is actually quite amazing.  A maniac, but amazing.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of video game bosses, I love this bit by Eddie Izzard:</p>
<a href="http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3138"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp69rg6Hdlo">Click here if the embedded video doesn&#8217;t work.</a></p>
<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t know much about Izzard, check out <a href="http://www.kevinpollakschatshow.com/archive/?cat=34">Kevin Pollack&#8217;s chat show interview with him </a>(warning: it&#8217;s two-and-a-half hours long).  The man is actually quite amazing.  A maniac, but amazing.  </p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>can kill catering with a thought.</h6>
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		<title>Video game bosses try to rally their troops</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3136</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark A. Rayner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[But is it art?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parody & Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one guy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, the video&#8217;s only available at College Humor.  Nazis.
Alltop wishes it could breath fire.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, the video&#8217;s only available at <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1930110">College Humor</a>.  Nazis.</p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>wishes it could breath fire.</h6>
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		<title>Bubble Mode</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3127</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark A. Rayner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toulouse Le Grandfig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soap bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whimsical characters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

As a form of travel, giant soap bubble is suited to Buddhist monks, toddlers, and whimsical characters from children&#8217;s stories.
It is not recommended for 60-year-old podiatrists with catastrophic waxy ear buildup and the inability to stand on a skein of soap and magic. 
You certainly can&#8217;t hope to use a lawn chair.  And if [...]]]></description>
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As a form of travel, giant soap bubble is suited to Buddhist monks, toddlers, and whimsical characters from children&#8217;s stories.</p>
<p>It is not recommended for 60-year-old podiatrists with catastrophic waxy ear buildup and the inability to stand on a skein of soap and magic. </p>
<p>You certainly can&#8217;t hope to use a lawn chair.  And if you wear socks with sandals you probably deserve to fall to your death anyway.</p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>prefers glass elevators.  Photo by<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/"> h. kopdelaney</a>.</h6>
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		<title>Cogito ergo gourd</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3134</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark A. Rayner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toulouse Le Grandfig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belgian postcards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[claude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gourd]]></category>

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Even when he was presented with evidence in the form of a somewhat amusing Belgian postcard, Claude refused to understand why no one took him seriously. 
Alltop likes gourd.
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Even when he was presented with evidence in the form of a somewhat amusing Belgian postcard, Claude refused to understand why no one took him seriously. </p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>likes gourd.</h6>
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		<title>The Styrophone</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3124</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drtundra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[But is it art?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monkeys!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crappy reception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marvel copyright violations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phonerage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[styrophone]]></category>

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The Styrophone, originally uploaded by lunchbreath.


Another genius idea from Lunchbreath Industries!
Alltop has a phone-smashing budget.
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<span style="font-size: 0.7em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunchbreath/4421366039/">The Styrophone</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lunchbreath/">lunchbreath</a>.</span>
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<p>
Another genius idea from Lunchbreath Industries!</p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop</a> has a phone-smashing budget.</h6></p>
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		<title>Remember the B-52s?</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3115</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark A. Rayner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[But is it art?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hinky History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Then you&#8217;re old.
However, if you&#8217;re part of the demographic, then at least it will confirm that we knew how to be weird, years before the Internet.  Of course, we had the Bomb to help us.
Rock Lobster on YouTube.
Alltop finds fallout quite exciting.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Then you&#8217;re old.</p>
<p>However, if you&#8217;re part of the demographic, then at least it will confirm that we knew how to be weird, <em>years</em> before the Internet.  Of course, we had the Bomb to help us.</p>
<p><a href="http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3115"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZy6-fMCw4">Rock Lobster on YouTube.</a></p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>finds fallout quite exciting.</h6>
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		<title>Sex with Sue</title>
		<link>http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/3117</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drtundra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toulouse Le Grandfig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeremy cthulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nameless dread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex with sue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sit on your face and tell me that you love me]]></category>

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&#8220;Hi there Jeremy, you&#8217;re on the air.&#8221;
&#8220;Hi Sue.  Long-time listener, first-time caller.  I&#8217;m a big fan.&#8221;
&#8220;Thanks Jeremy, what did you want to talk about?&#8221;
&#8220;What if she&#8217;s not into your face?&#8221;
&#8220;In what way?  Kissing?&#8221;
&#8220;No, like sitting on it in a way that she delivers up her everlasting soul to the Old One.&#8221;
&#8220;Jeremy, you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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&#8220;Hi there Jeremy, you&#8217;re on the air.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Hi Sue.  Long-time listener, first-time caller.  I&#8217;m a big fan.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Thanks Jeremy, what did you want to talk about?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What if she&#8217;s not into your face?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;In what way?  Kissing?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No, like sitting on it in a way that she delivers up her everlasting soul to the Old One.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Jeremy, you&#8217;re making me hot just talking about it, so I suggest that you do the same with your girlfriend.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I will, Sue.  Wait for my visit.&#8221;</p>
<p>[sound of static, embedded within it: the wail of a nameless dread]
</p>
<h6><a href="http://humor.alltop.com">Alltop </a>finds nameless dread relaxing.  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dracorubio/4312452870/">022 Cthulu</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dracorubio/">dracorubio</a>.</h6>
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