Simon Bar Sinister

obviously, you need to drink more.

it may help prevent sunburn: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20086913-10391704.html

midnight, August 1, 1981: MTV begins broadcasting with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJ9AnNz47Y&feature=related the first time I ever saw MTV was about a year later; I had gone to a local teen club one afternoon to give a friend a lift home after his crew had left the place without him. I walked in to look for him (the place was an arcade in the daytime) and saw this video on the big screens mounted on the walls: any MTV memories?

this should be Nyxxin's Halloween costume:

AT&T to slow down "data hogs": http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43949573/?Gt1=43001

parasites are scary, too!

one third of the world's population infected with some form of hepatitis: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43895748/ns/health-infectious_diseases/t/third-world-infected-hepatitis-who/ :(

just because of the glasses.

2 million subscribers leaving? http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/25/7160773-report-2-million-subscribers-will-cancel-netflix?gt1=43001

oops. http://io9.com/5824586/man-who-vowed-to-live-forever-died-over-the-weekend

and all other DGN Godflesh fans! http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=161041 you got 10 months' warning!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43866337?gt1=43001

Steven Spielberg showed up at San Diego Comic Con yesterday...to confirm that Jurassic Park 4 is coming. gonna take a while, though: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504943_162-20082166-10391715.html

I think they're gonna shock a lot of people this year.

Thomas Dolby, rippin' shit in Royal Oak a few years back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y0VzzcFWkM

don't even wanna know what's in the human jello shots!

season 2 trailer is out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L1Czx_YNkM&feature=player_embedded :peanutbutterjellytime:

the NFL owners have approved the new deal: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-team-owners-approve-new-cba?gt1=39002 ...and once the players ratify it (by all accounts, the players kicked the owners' asses in the negotiations), football season is back on!

fuck this shit. autumn and winter can't get here fast enough.

1,500-capacity McDonald's to open in London: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43828768/ns/business-consumer_news/t/now-super-sizing--seat-mcdonalds/?gt1=43001

turns out they didn't shut down all locations today. that process will begin with some stores on Friday. all assets are to liquidated by Sept. 30. If you or anyone you know has a Borders gift card, better spend what's on it as soon as possible.