This piece started as a snippet from some footage that Storey and I shot of ourselves while playing FIFA. I have no idea why this is what it is now. Sometimes, the editing tools decide for you…

This mashup via “directorial collective,” Crush, is comprised of over 400 intertwined video pieces. The result is a little overwhelming — it’s hard to know where to focus your attention. I found myself drawn to the giant wormhole into nothing on the third tier — and then found a line of treadmill runners to the left. Overall, it’s a strangely addictive mishmash.

Finally willing to be intellectually honest about its product, Pizza Hut is changing its name to “The Hut.”

While the company claims that this is a branding move to keep in touch with the “texting” (read as “illiterate”) generation, it does afford several advantages to the franchise:

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Ever wanted to be depressed by Youtube in five minutes or less? Check out this interview series from the Resident (known in our world as the owner of a highly popular non-Mep Kurt Vonnegut video.)

Of course, none of the attendees can actually verbalize what’s good or useful about Twitter, they just enjoy being around like-minded Twits.

I want you Meppers to know that this video was incredibly difficult to find. HBO has been on a censorship rampage in trying to shield Buck from the humiliation of having his first talk show railroaded by the longtime Howard Stern co-host.

This was amazing to see live. You could tell that Lange was at least half in the bag, and that Buck had neither the charm, nor skill to stop him. To be fair, Buck was a particularly useless talk show host. He isn’t witty, engaging, or even particularly interesting. He has a job because he inherited his father’s pipes. That’s about it. I don’t think we’ll be seeing him in Bob Costas’ seat again.

Specifically, promotion of Greg’s new novel, just released by Five Star Press.  The Third Sign, a work of epic fantasy called “a very satisfying tale from an intriguing new voice” by Bram Stoker award winning author David Niall Wilson and “memorable…gripping…if this book is any indication, the author is in for a long and successful career” by reviewers from The Beezer Review to SFFWorld to Library Journal, has gotten positive pre-publication attention, and if you have any interest in fantasy (or in supporting a Mep Reporter 😉 ), please stop by Greg’s personal webpage for information on how to order the book.  And thanks in advance for putting up with a bit of self-promotion!

Terrific idea from Dan Meth to compile many of the most popular forward-looking movies and see what year they portray.

I think we should turn this map into a celebration schedule a la the Chinese Zodiac. According to which, this year would be the year of Freejack. Emilio Estevez would finally have his time to shine. And, as an added bonus, we could kick off another Rolling Stones worldwide tour to pay homage to Mick Jagger’s character.

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Do you have any Styrofoam peanuts?

For those of us caught up in the day to day world of drug politics, it can be easy to forget just how new the concept of ‘illegal drugs’ really is. Pharmacy blog, Pill Talk, provided a big dose of historical perspective this week in releasing a collection of old posters and billboards hocking all manner of substances that no upstanding company would affiliate itself with in today’s whitewashed corporate culture.

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I challenge you to prove that this wouldn’t be one of the best-selling video games of all time.