Read it and Weep

If there’s one book that deserved a sequel it had to be L.A. Candy, right? Or alternatively, ANYTHING ELSE. Sadly, if Lauren Conrad keeps “writing” it, we have to keep reading it.

Today’s guest Matt releases an EP of original music each week.

As a reward, we treat ourselves to three classic Keanu Reeves movies: Chain Reaction, The Lake House, and Feeling Minnesota. We plow through these three movies with three mini-episodes.

Today’s guest Nick has performed as Keanu Reeves in a live version of Point Break.

In this episode, a largly demoralized team stumble across the finish line of Ayn Rand’s magnum crapus, “Atlas Shrugged.” Mysterious things start happening, however, when they try to talk about John Galt’s speech. Other episode highlights:

Today’s guest Colleen has a blog about running and poop.

We tackle the third quarter of Atlas Shrugged with much needed help from our Insane Beliefs Correspondent, Stephen. Dagny finds herself in the capitalist utopia of Atlantis and we find ourselves still having to review this terrible book that has no end.

In the second part of our slog through Atlas Shrugged, we show a few signs of wear and tear. Still, we power through:

Today’s guest Forrest has a blog where he takes pictures of himself while he watches Portland Trailblazers games.

Atlas Shrugged is arguably the most influential terrible book that we’ve read yet. Libertarians, conservatives, and people who want to read about 1-dimensional characters sexually assaulting each other all find the book compelling. Can it live up to the hype? Well, “who is John Galt?”

Today’s guest Nick has a website full of fake facts.

The smog isn’t the only thing LA produces that makes me gag. As our panel discusses the mercifully brief second half of Lauren Conrad’s awful book, they cover:

Today’s guest Kate has a personal blog that’s pretty funny and has pictures of pretty things.

It doesn’t take much to get a book contract. Or a TV show. Or a movie deal. Or, in the case of Lauren Conrad, all three. Apparently, it mostly just takes being an idiot. But in a land where idiots write books, three heroes (and their slightly crippled, TV watching side-kick) have what it takes to stand up and take pot shots at those books from a safe distance. They attack by asking the hard questions.

Today’s guest Jason used to have a link where he’d make fun of your friends and post it on YouTube for $5.

The Tim Burton Machine keeps on turning. This week we’re joined by famed running blogger Colleen Smith. Episode highlights include:

Yeah, they made a movie of it too. This week we’re joined by comedian Tim Dufrisne. Episode highlights include: