The massive anti-SOPA/PIPA internet protest supported by such massive sites as Google, Wikipedia, and Reddit seems to have been pretty damn effective. If you’ve been on the internet this week, you already know why the proposed legislation is so dangerous. This dark corner of the internet violates SOPA on a regular basis. So does basically every other blog on the internet. But no worries! If there is a pro-PIPA vote next Tuesday, I’ll just start printing out HJE content and mailing it out to you individually. That way, I only used a federal institution to disseminate copyrighted material, and there’s NO WAY that can end badly!

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• I don’t care how much you wail about tradition. I kinda like the proposed right-field bleacher renovations. I didn’t sit there during a game, but I got to tour the Green Monster seats, and they were cool. Plus, the only good thing about U.S. Cellular is the Fan Deck. Plus, I think it’s hilarious when the freeloading rooftop owners get fucked over by the Cubs.
• MiLOLwaukee.
• Man, Kerry Wood really DOES hate the Sox. (HT: level5)
• How Steve Jobs was so adored and Bill Gates is so villainized is beyond me.
• Speaking of awesome people, Mel Brooks is one of those.
• And a letter from one of my favorite awesome people who used to be on this planet, Douglas Adams.
• You might want to steal a manchet out of the brewer’s basket before you read this list of Ben Franklin’s synonyms for drunk.
• I’ve always wondered when we stopped speaking with a “British accent.”
• Before you get your hopes up, they didn’t find a caveman riding a dinosaur.
• Why has there been so much Hallin’ Oates in the Roundup lately? Or why was there so LITTLE before???
• George Lucas is supposedly done ruining blockbuster movies. We’ll see how long his ego actually allows him to stay away.
• An elevator sim video game is just as exciting as you would expect it to be.