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by | August 4, 2010 · 7:59 pm

Basil Becomes a Brand!

I need to have this T-shirt. NEED.

Well if you didn’t see this coming, you’re an idiot.

The essence of the American Dream – where a person can do anything he/she wants, even beyond their ability and intellect – is Basil Marceaux, and in his quest to become the next governor of Tennessee (which is so close I can taste it!) he has officially become a YouTube phenomenon and a Carroll Family dinner-table classic conversation.

Of course, people out there want to make money off of this meteoric rise to notoriety, and not to be outdone, Zazzle.com has begun selling I’m Basil Marceaux Dot Com T-shirts. First person to buy me one gets my undying love and devotion (or a hug, depending on my mood).

For a mere $31.45 (random) you too can tell America that we need to “stop slavery at traffic stops” and that a real flag has “three stripes.” Do. It. Up. Go Basil, Go Basil, Go-Go-Go Basil!

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by | August 4, 2010 · 1:10 pm

Finally!! A-Rod Hits 600th HR

Photo courtesy of the NY Daily News.

You know, I really didn’t think this day would come, because I’m pretty sure that Alex Rodriguez is the biggest headcase to ever play a sport (scratch that, Ryan Sidney definitely takes that honor). But defying my expectations, A-Rod finally hit his 600th career home run (which actually was a two-run homer) at Yankee Stadium this afternoon. The Yanks are playing the Blue Jays, and the homer came off of pitcher Shaun Marcum in the first inning. Derek Jeter was on base.

Yay! for NY baseball! Go Yanks!

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by | August 4, 2010 · 8:15 am

If Inception Doesn’t Win the Oscar, I Don’t Know What Will

Photo courtesy of cinssu.ca

I haven’t seen a movie like this in a long time. Mostly because there was a stretch of time I would only see chick flicks and comedies (Date Night, Get Him to the Greek) so I didn’t have to think too hard. But also because I’ve been disillusioned by Hollywood lately, and its inability to make a movie that doesn’t completely suck. But we’ve been on an up-trend recently at the theaters (Salt, The Kids Are Alright) and Inception is, without a doubt, the front-runner.

The film begins ominously, with Leonardo DiCaprio’s body washed ashore on some beach, most likely in Asia. He’s brought to see a very old man (hopefully they’re not in Japan, otherwise he would be missing), and the old man asks if Leo, all sunburnt and bleary-eyed, is there to kill him.

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