The Beer Barrel

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ock-plummets-20121005,0,5240403.story?twitter

Now worth less per share than its cash on hand and real estate valuation:

Anyone else remember the 70s era joke about the monkey who learned sign language and signaled 'big fucking deal'?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...s-group-agrees-to-caption-all-videos-by-2014/

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