100 movies every man should see. A handy list to have around when he wants to watch the same old thing again.
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The Weird, Wacky World of the Platypus. The venomous mammals who lay eggs and have ten sex chromosomes are often cited as evidence of God’s sense of humor.
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A short story featuring dinosaurs with guns riding motocross. What else could you ask for? Oh yeah, that’s there, too, but I’m not giving away the ending. (via Metafilter)
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The House of Representatives has released the proposed America’s Affordable Health Choices Act. All 1,018 pages are available online, or you can read the sections you’re interested in.
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The 101 Muppets of Sesame Street, in celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary. None of them look a day over eight years old.
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It there weren’t occasional slow news days, we wouldn’t have the delight of seeing a report on a squirrel stuck in a yogurt cup.
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The world’s crappiest toys. And we mean that in a very literal way.
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The “100 Manly Movies” list lost some credibility by including “Gangs of New York” – seriously, how do you put anything with Leo Di Caprio on a “manly” list?
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 7-15-2009 at 1:40 pm
Not enough comedies on the 100 movies list either. You include “Groundhog Day” but exclude “Caddyshack”. Sans comedies, the list is pretty solid.
posted by SteveO on 7-15-2009 at 2:15 pm
I have to say I was intrigued by dinosaurs/guns/motocross. I got sucked in by the story. Then I got sucked in by the guy’s website (Leonard Richardson, it turns out.) THEN, I found a page on his site that’s worth sharing on Mental Floss. Dude went through postcards his father collected from the 1980s, scans one a day with comments. Very cool!
http://www.crummy.com/writing/postcards/
posted by Shasta on 7-15-2009 at 4:44 pm
You put him on the list because in addition to ‘Gangs of New York’, ‘the Departed’ and ‘Blood Diamond’ are really kick-a** movies, and ‘Catch Me if You Can’ and ‘The Aviator’ are also quite good.
posted by andrew on 7-15-2009 at 4:58 pm