A lot of these links are old now. Deal with it. SOMETIMES IRL LIFE INTERVENES WITH MY WEB-SURFING. Anyhow, I’m sorry I missed the Roundup the last two weeks. Fortunately, the years and years of blogging and consistent Roundups has earned me some goodwill. And that goodwill gave me a second chance at doing a Roundup. One might say I earned another chance at a Roundup, because I’m still capable of writing Roundups, no one is going to lose their Roundup-writing job because of my second chance at the Roundup, and I’m not a horrible gimmick. Rest assured, that if I ever lose my ability to write Roundups, some obnoxious filmmaker will probably take it upon himself to turn my struggle to get another chance at writing a Roundup into a publicity stunt. Hey, maybe I’ll even get an internet campaign that appeals to the dumbest meatball parts of the public opinion to get another chance to Roundup.

Maybe not, though. Because life isn’t supposed to work that way. So I hope you don’t get fired from your job just so someone far less qualified can sit in your chair for a day.

Your tips are as appreciated as a three-pitch R.A. Dickey strikeout.

• Brandon McCarthy is just the sort of funny that a ballplayer can actually pull off. You know. Not a fucking clown.
• Brett Jackson isn’t a bad hitter. He just needs to hit things with his face.
• This commercial would be more impressive if Canseco were smart enough to be in on the joke.
• Good call, horrible internet award-givers. Mike Francesca truly is a consummate professional.
• It sure was nice of the Cubs to not force Dale Sveum to make too many difficult decisions this year.
• I’m shocked. SHOCKED. That Hawk is scientifically the biggest homer in baseball. (HT: Curtis) Second place isn’t even close, if you’re wondering.
• I haven’t watched Revolution yet (I assume it’s going to be as top notch as Terra Nova), but at least they’re striving for total accuracy in a world with, apparently, guns that need electricity to work. (HT: level5)
• Many Cubs fans are fucking idiots. But, to be fair, some are just incredibly juvenile. (HT: Santo10)
• Speaking of lawyers who should check their facts, ladies and gentlemen, Tony LaRussa! (HT: swaz46)
• Did blowing into NES cartridges really work? It did for me, dammit.
• I agree with many of these 50 Great Films You’ll Only Watch Once.
• If you thought you were seeing things when you saw the Google Street View van during your snorkeling vacation…well, you probably were. But they still have awesome “street” views FROM BENEATH THE SEA.
• Science says you should de-friend your ex. No fucking shit.
• xkcd is incredible.
• Good news, everyone! Even though you’re disgusting slobs, women may still sleep with you!
• Here’s something to inflame you Appletards that paid a ton of money for your latest slight upgrade.
  
• TWEET OF THE WEEK: Terry Gilliam is awesome.
• NIGHTMARE FUEL OF THE WEEK: One in a million chance, Doc!
• YOUR AWESOME CLIP OF THE WEEK: Try not to laugh a little bit at this death scene.