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Funny As Hell News Story

Cliff Notes version:

Dude is in prison transport group, needs to pee.

Uses opportunity to escape out McDonald's bathroom.

Authorities believe dude is en route to seeing his dying mother in TN.

Dude steals Wal-Mart truck to get to TN.

Then, in TN, steals Crystal Gale's tour bus.

Shows up with tour bus in Floriday at a race track.

Claims to be at track to pick up NASCAR champion Tony Stewart.

Track officials are suspicious, call cops, dude goes to town to get food before cops return, disappears.

Tell me you didn't see Wal-Mart, Crystal Gale, and Tony Stewart as one of the more bizarre combinations in a prison escape story.

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The Descent

Dear everyone,

The Descent is a scary movie. It's not horror, per se, but it is scary. Are you claustrophobic? Don't watch it. Afraid of the dark? This one's not for you.

Frankly, I could tell from the beginning that they knew how to tell a scary story. But halfway through (and you that have seen it, you know the point, the point when it goes from just nerve-wracking to downright terrifying) I started having to pause and then restart, with 10 minute breaks. After about 5 of those, I settled in and realized...it was time to just fast forward to the end, because no way in hell was I subjecting myself to much more scary.

On the plus side, nice to see the Appalachian mountains of NC get a shout-out. But I will never go spelunking.