The 2008 Veepstakes
Michael Frissore
07/02/2008
Opinion
"Both candidates are energizing, but also quite controversial. Votes for either men run the possible risk of us losing a president while in office — McCain to death from old age; Obama to a bullet fired by a crazy, racist assassin. Therefore, selecting the right vice-presidential candidate is oh-so-important for these two competitors."
Press Play: Track Three 
Flak Staff 06/30/2008 Music Introducing Flak's summer mixtape. Each Monday, until we pack up our jellies — or reach the end of side two — we're dubbing another song. This week, J. Daniel Janzen gets our party back on course. |
Flak Radio: Eric Nigg
Flak Staff 06/27/2008 Radio In Episode Eighty-One, Jim, Eric and Adam kick it in the guest room, do some Niggtistics, round up some random news and decompress from the live show. |
The Curse of Len and Reggie is Broken
Michael Frissore 06/23/2008 Sports "Whether or not God saved Bias's generation, He stopped looking out for the C's. Between 1986 and 1993 the Celtics remained quite competitive, even after Larry Bird retired in '92. But then tragedy struck again in '93 when the heir apparent to the Big 3 (Bird, McHale and Parish), All-Star small forward Reggie Lewis, died of a heart attack. How could two talented men like Bias and Lewis both be struck down so young?" |
River Cottage Spring
Neil Fitzgerald 06/13/2008 TV "Since the debut of River Cottage, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's been eating roadkill, rearing pigs and generally aggravating vegans and vegetarians with his no-nonsense approach to carnivorous gastronomy. Hell, the man's even pan-fried a human placenta on TV." |
Ten Best Fan-Made Sims Hip Hop Videos of All Time
From "Umbrella" to "Int'l Player's Anthem," a bunch of hip hop swagger, rendered refreshingly stiff and emotionless via the magic of computer animation.
Kevin Murphy on Arthur C. Clarke
One of the world's funniest sci-fi commentators ("Tom Servo" from Mystery Science Theater 3000) writes a brief, extremely lucid appreciation of one of sci-fi's greatest writers.
Texxon — We're Good Oil
Flak's own Aemilia Scott rips it up with some dead-on satire of "green" oil companies.
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