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I hate stickers of Calvin peeing on things. Nothing screams “I’m trashy and tasteless” more than a sticker of a cartoon character urinating on something that you don’t like. In fact, any Calvin sticker is pretty lame, including the ones where he’s on his knees praying. To me, peeing on random things and praying are roughly in the same category of repulsiveness.

Until now. Ladies and gentlemen, I present:

The only funny Calvin peeing sticker that I have ever seen. [Via Cardhouse]

I decided not to write too much about poker here because I have received a lot of feedback about how nobody cares. But sometimes you have to share those bad beats, even though bad beats in particular are completely boring. But this one was interesting because of the suck, re-suck, re-re-suckiness. Click below for the whole post.

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NBC set to rise from the pit of critical and ratings despair on the back of its new sitcom “My Name is Earl.”

I have watched the pilot for this show and I think it has potential, but unless a lot has changed (I saw a very early cut) there may be some disappointed NBC Universal executives come mid-September.

The above Boston Globe article says that “Earl” has tested higher among focus groups than any NBC show in 15 years. Also, Kevin Reilley (president of entertainment, NBC) said, “Eighteen-year-old men are saying they love it. Thirty-five-year-old women are saying he’s adorable.”

Being asked to watch a show as part of a focus group is a far cry from being at home and choosing to watch a show. Will thirty-five-year-old women tune in every week for “adorable”?

“My Name is Earl” is the story of a down-and-out, low-rent criminal who wins the lottery and decides that he owes Karma a lifetime of debt with interest. He makes a list of all the bad things he’s done and goes about righting those wrongs. Hilarity ensues. Earl is played by the adorable Jason Lee, a great comedic actor who happens to be one of my favorites. Co-stars in the cut I saw were Ethan Suplee–another great actor–and Jaime Pressly, who nicely fills out the role of sleazy ex-wife.

Quirky, funny, endearing and unique are all good descriptors for this show. Universally appealing? I wouldn’t think it, but I hope so because it looks like a worthwhile endeavor and I’d hate to see it go south when it doesn’t stand up to focus-group inspired, pre-season hype.

And where is that 15-year bar set for NBC? Is it “Law & Order”? Reilley made a point to say it wasn’t “Friends.” Surely it wasn’t “Saved by the Bell”? Was it?

The 15-year time frame puts the comparison window roughly around when “Seinfeld” was being tested. Of course, legend has it “Seinfeld” tanked with focus groups, which explains its humble beginnings as a mid-season replacement, rather than a prime-time, bet-it-all anchor on the fall schedule. But look how that turned out. What the hell do focus groups know?

I’m sure I could do some research and figure it out, but this is mostly a half-assed effort.

Yahoo News: Depp’s ‘Chocolate Factory’ has tasty opening

It has to be on purpose, right?

[via Defamer]

One of the excrutiating things is that every ad has some variation of this sentence:

19 years of ability or related experience is required as is a background in skills and strong attention to detail.

And to think, I used to respect the classifieds. Who said perspective dictates perception? If no one, then me.