Real or fake? Either way, your kid is stupid and you're a terrible parent.

"Whip It" **1/2 (out of four): Drew Barrymore has left her fingerprints all over the film, which means you'll want to hug it and smack it simultaneously.

It should come as no surprise that "Whip It," the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, veers a bit too far on the precious side. The tagline is "Be Your Own Hero," there's enough giggling to rival a middle-school slumber party, and let's not forget the all-girl food fight set to a symphony. Barrymore has left her fingerprints all over the film, which means you'll want to hug it and smack it simultaneously.

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Here's a fun video from the new Disney Parks Blog. The Magic Kingdom at Disney World is probably the perfect subject matter for Tilt-Shift video, and some of these sequences have a very nostalgic feel. (not that I've ever been to a Disney park, but - whatever)

"The Invention of Lying" **1/2 (out of four): This high-concept comedy, about the first person to develop the ability to lie, is wildly uneven but features a few laughs, cameos galore, and an indictment of organized religion that would make Bill Maher proud.

"The Invention of Lying" is a movie. Ricky Gervais, co-creator of "The Office" and "Extras", is in the movie. The movie takes place in an alternate reality in which human beings have not developed the ability to lie. Mr. Gervais' character is the first human to do it. The way he uses this ability provides much of the humor in the film.

"Invention" is the very definition of a "high-concept comedy" and, in honor of its premise, the above paragraph is an example of what might be written in this alternate universe. A bit dull, eh? Well, "Invention" wears out its welcome too - it might have been better as a "Saturday Night Live" skit - but along the way there are a few laughs, cameos galore, and a wickedly sly indictment of organized religion that would make Bill Maher proud.

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"Zombieland" *** (out of four): The undead live on in this broad, crowd-pleasing - and gleefully gory - comedy about the inevitable "zombie apocalypse".

If you're looking for a "zombie comedy", you're not going to do much better than 2004's "Shaun of the Dead", Edgar Wright's riotously funny parody of the walking-dead genre. So it was with some trepidation that I approached "Zombieland", another comic tromp across the same apocalyptic territory. But "Zombieland" isn't some greedy attempt to reanimate "Shaun's" corpse (or profits). No, unlike the rampant, brain-hungry beasties that infest the film's streets, "Zombieland" has a mind of its own. In fact, if you consider "Shaun of the Dead" a zombie parody, then "Zombieland" may be the first true zombie comedy.

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Vegetarians may have given up meat, but that doesn't mean the people who market products to vegetarians have.

This explains all the sites and products that help vegetarians make popular meat dishes sans meat And books like "The Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook" and the "I Can't Believe it's Not Meat" Cookbook.

For beans-sake, vegetarians have given up meat. It's time the marketing department got with the program.

A little menu renaming is in order, I think.
Starting with these ten meat-but-not-meat substitutes.

I've been playing with a new mixtape service called 8 Tracks, which allows you to create and share playlists of - you guessed it - 8 tracks or more. Here's a selection of my favorite mashups for your thursday listening pleasure.

I love October. I had to turn the heat on a couple of nights ago and the smell of a dusty furnace fills me with good feelings. I can make a pot of chili and revel in the fact that I won't mow the lawn again until at least March. And there are a couple of good things online for you.

The 8th Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon kicked off this morning, and has already raised $585 as of 9AM. See your favorite bloggers baring all to raise money for breast cancer research. Start off with the free gallery of pictures, then make a pledge of at least $50 to see the bare ones. Your donation could save the lives of people like your mom, sister, wife, girlfriend, daughter, or granddaughter. The Boobie-Thon will run through October 7th only. Then there's the big run-up to Halloween. I love posting creepy stuff -all I need is an excuse, and October works nicely. Today at mental_floss, I posted a collection of home decor items under the title The House of Blood. You can imagine what's in it. But don't bother, just go look. And rest assured you'll see a lot more weird posts here on the way to October 31st!

Sports fans have had the ability to customize the jerseys of their favorite teams and players for years.

And even though Jets fans have had it tough for the past few seasons, and their talented rookie QB Mark Sanchez seems to be the real deal, it won't stop them from having fun.
Or pushing the limits of good taste.

It could be photoshop but it could be real.
via TopCultured

From The Sports/Phallic Symbols Desk...

Those rascals with the paint have struck again in the cloak of night.

In Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, home of the mighty Worle Football Club, pranksters have made their way onto the pitch and proceeded to draw a huge fruit and two veg. Right on the field. Come on lads, that is really inappropriate/hilarious.

Team officials believe the culprits are jealous players from another club. Or ... teenage boys that think the funniest thing in the world is a 45 foot wanger and giant balls painted at midfield.

One wonders if Scotland Yard has a division to look into this after the great 60 Foot Wiener On the Roof Incident of 2009. Apparently, it's an epidemic.