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He's a mark for his family.

"Did you watch the tapes I sent you?"

You're a mark for even trying to figure this out.

Cripes! Does this mean everyone is going to learn about Cathy Berberian and Luciano Berio?

Dealing with MI6: I am wondering if anyone else on the forum has faced this troubling issue. Every time a "double 0" comes calling, my employer insists on inviting him to dinner. I am not in any position to offer advice to the contrary, but if I were I would undoubtedly remind him that each time this happens, plans are inevitably divulged, a shuttle pod from our in-house transport system is inevitably hijacked, and the whole of the estate ends up in rubble. It is a delicate subject as it involves both matters of ettiquette and ego. Might any of you, my colleagues, have discovered a way to avert such a problem?

Zanpakuto

Gabriel Igelsias as John Tenta Also I demand that Hallmark produce a competing version written by Bobby Heenan.

This is going to be the new best way to piss off wrestlers. "Where'd you get that, Brah???? That's not real!!!!"

Spin-Off? My Charlotte Rampling Army of the Born-Free is sitting right here, guys.

Over/Under on how long before you see some fucking smark in a WWE tv audience wearing a replica and say: "Fucking smarks and their stupid fucking Ribera jackets." and then the cock will crow a third time and you will repent having ever doubted Punk's foresight.

Finally saw this weeks ep. I'm okay with the mentor thing as a dramatic device and all. The only thing that annoys me is how rote it feels now. Dexter gave into that so fast and easy, it's like old habit because it is an old habit for this show, setting someone up for a kill or as a potential villain and then instead deciding to take them into his confidence. He's done this now with every conceivable familial relationship and this just finishes the predictable tableau:girlfriend: Lilahbrother: Rudybest friend: Miguel Pradowife: Hannahlittle sister: Lumenstep-father: Trinitymother: Vogelnow son: ZachIt would have been better to have him remember that kid from way back in season 1 that he was going to bond with and who instead killed himself in prison. That might have been a good trigger for him to approach this differently. But that would require anything that ever happened mattering to anything that's happening now. Way too much work to watch the previous seasons of the show you are writing. Instead they gave us almost the identical scene we've had with so many others as if it was something new.The Hannah thing is absurd. Craig's WWE comparison is apt. She was such a muppet of a character to begin with, the idea that we are all craving the resumption of her story is ridiculous. You could almost hear the announcers: "Is that...IS THAT???" "WE ALL KNOW THAT MUSIC..>THAT'S HANNUH!!!!!" I really really really really really wanted Charlotte Rampling to be a psychopaths-Magneto who wanted to finally fulfill Rudy's vision and build a stable of superior killers as the main story, but there's no way they have time for that now.I did actually kind of like the thing with the neighbor. I mean, it was a surprisingly realistic sort of failure for Dexter. Getting blown off after an awkward first date is what logically should happen to him. I mean once you get past the fact that he's a good looking dude, what's there but a weird awkward out-of-touch weirdo?I hate HATE that thing with Vince and his daughter. It's such standard fakey writing. The ONE THING you need to not say to a woman, and somehow you stumble into it, or she magnificently divines it and you just spill it all. A guy like Vince would know how to lie better than that. People think through things like that before doing them. They think about how to do it without giving away the thing they don't want the other person to know. That's why we have cars. To rehearse shit like that on the way to a party. It's so fucking easy: "Why are you giving me this money?" "Well, you just moved out here and you're on your own and do you even have a car? I don't even know...and what about school?" Boom...done...because it's a really easy thing to do to not accidentally tell someone you did a full background check on them. It takes an astounding effort to let that slip out. Manufactured drama.

It's going to be hilarious watching FOX hope and pray that Tiger gets his "mojo" back, and when he doesn't and just gets older and shittier and doesn't win any more majors poor Fox will be stuck trying to push Rory and co. as their ratings continue to fall. Wait. There are other Golf Players than Tiger? Dude, I watch ESPN a lot. I think I'd know if that was true.

Honestly? The "making of" the second one.

Do you people not follow history at all?

Not to mention his phone call with George Bush Sr. about going over to end the first Gulf War. Has to be in there.

That's Respected Message-Board (former...damn you Jae!) "Likes" Leader, son.

In Hulk's defense, nine-year-old Mark Callaway was sloppy as fuck. Shit. Why did I look that up. Now I have to deal with the fact that I'm only a few years younger than Undertaker.

It will be demure, reserved, precise, and orderly as always. And Goddamn you hippies for shattering Shelby Miller's elbow bone with your "groovy" voodoo.

I have a feeling it will be something where a man's smiling exterior covers up the quiet desperation he feels on the inside. Because at this point that's all I can see when I see his face.

My theory is crumbling.

Based on the pissy press junket interviews he did, he seems to hate these movies and thinks anyone who pays to see them is an idiot. Please tell me this means another Bruno reunion tour!?

You're a mod now. It's no time to go squeamish on Stop and Frisk. You're the machine now.

Good point. Some gain the power of Love...which sucks as a power donit?

This is a basic problem with wrestling heel/face logic. Every time someone turns face (apparently with the exception of Dolph Ziggler) they gain some superpowers or super-ability-to-kick-out. Especially the top babyfaces. They've been Supermen for a long time. You become a face, you get some kind fo Hulk-up powerup. Turning face is like taking a PED. Meanwhile the heels are fallible, and so have to work harder and be more cunning. But given this, wouldn't "turning face" be the ultimate heel move? You suddenly get this huge advantage you didn't have before (super-heart?). I think that's why a lot of smarks cheer heels. There's a way in which the Faces, if they are kayfabe-conscious, are pulling off a scam that makes them the ultimate heels...and a heel who doesn't exploit that becomes somehow enobled by not taking the easy way out. I know it's mixing kayfabe logic and non-kayfabe logic...but it's hard not to nowadays when guys like Cena and Punk want their character to be an extension of their backstage image.