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"Can you fix my computer?" (Intentionally misunderstanding the whole concept of this thread) OT -- "I live in my mom's basement -- want to come over and play Xbox?"

I can hear it now -- "Oh Calamity!! We can't answer the phone right now -- leave a message and don't worry...because GORDON'S ALIVVVVVEEEEEEE!!!" Yep, that would be it...

What about Voldemort? Havelock?

I would destroy the world's economy (a damn good suggestion)! Bwahahahahaha! Damn, it looks like they're already beating me to it.... I would buy a Congress and train them to sit up, roll over and beg for treats! Bwahahahaha! Damn, it looks like they're already beating me to that too....

Guinness Jameson -- he'll thank you for it the first time he's in a pub. Cheezburger Yahtzee Marmalade -- but only if you live in Hollywood. iPad or iPhone -- you might get a free one for that...

I'd want to write a funny, light-hearted fantasy adventure that people don't compare to Terry Pratchett. Yeah, good luck there.

Roger Zelazny -- amazing writer, and even better storyteller (try reading the first couple of pages of Lord of Light or Creatures of Light and Darkness aloud). Christopher Moore -- he rivals Terry Pratchett for laugh-out-loud moments in Fool and Lamb.

Here's a similar link (I think this is a bit more complete): http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html

Racism has to be taught. I look at my 3 year-old daughter, and she plays equally well with kids of all races -- at her age, race doesn't even register as anything more that "my friend looks different than me." It's only as children grow up and are taught that you shouldn't associate with...

This might just be the result of an extremely unfortunate experience with Botox.....

You know you're getting old when the music you grew up listening to on the radio is now only heard on the "oldies" station.

He was caught removing the bars of the window on the bakery with a croissant wrench.... After a hot pursuit, he was captured hiding in the meat counter of a nearby deli. I guess things just went from bread to wurst...

I think WALL-E pretty much proves that robots can carry a story.

Illegitimi non carborundum or FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC

Gothol (Tangled) and Frollo (Hunchback) are the worst -- both are incredibly manipulative and psychologically abusive towards their "children." They see nothing wrong with their actions, and take great pains to justify themselves as looking out for the best interests of Rapunzel and the...