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.

The Emu Peck of the Week is a new weekly feature on TMR that will point you to something on “teh intrawebs” that especially stands out, and/or pleases the Giant Flying Beaver That Rules the Universe.

In the first ever installment of the Emu POTW, I’d like to bring your attention to an amazing little website called FUH2.

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It’s really amazing that a Comedy Central spoof news show has amassed so much clout that they can now openly mock New York Times executives in the New York Times’ own house.

Last night, Jimmy Fallon and his Brat Pack tried out a prototype version of Project Natal, Xbox 360s answer to Wii controllers…

Brit news source TechCrunch is reporting that Trent Reznor is completely fed-up with his fanboy community on Twitter.

In his own words:

I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it’s now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule.”

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So, it’s that time of year…time to watch some people do some Shakespeare in some Park.

That’s right…today marks the first day of The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night.  They are ALL about bringing that famous bard to the people…for FREE!!!  Golly Gee, how nice of them!

I’m SO super excited, this being my favorite play and…OH MY GOD…Anne Hathaway!!!  Alright, get out your paper and pen: here are the two simple options for getting free tickets.

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To the chagrin of progressives everywhere, the Obama budget was released last month without any alteration to the 20-year old ban on funding needle-exchange programs.

According to White House Spin Meister Ben LaBolt:

“We have not removed the ban in our budget proposal because we want to work with Congress and the American public to build support for this change.”

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