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To the actual point, I've been an organ donor ever since I've had a driver's license. No real problem for me since I'm not a fan of burial anyway. I'm not the most altruistic person either. I barely give any money to charity. But this one is a no-brainer.

There is no dignity in being worm food.

I try to watch a little TV when I'm in other countries. It can be interesting. Though a lot of the time it's just American TV shows that are dubbed/subtitled in the local language.

Poor Italy. First they have to put up with a PM who makes Bill Clinton look like a choirboy. Now MTV is turning loose the cast of Jersey Shore on their country. This could have been some of the most epic reality TV ever. As Elissa pointed out, they would NOT be popular there. They don't speak the language. They don't dress up to Italian standards. And they'd be way down on the looks scale in Italy as well. Unfortunately, Jersey Shore is now well known in Italy. I watched an episode in a hotel in Venice in December. Their fame will distort things and they'll get far more attention than they would have otherwise received.

Wow. I've never been to Elitch Gardens, but Darien Lake is going to need a LOT of work to bring it up to HFE standards. Dollywood and SDC are so far above the level that Darien Lake is at. It's almost like starting from scratch.

Did anyone else notice the hardcore porn on the TV in the Efteling hotel? Yes, a hotel at a children's amusement park had hardcore porn on the TV.

Rip Jack LaLanne.

Why is that a joke? That's as rare as a credit gets. Like one person in the world has it.

But you might hit that first drop upside down on the 50-282 model. What a terrifying way to start off on the most messed up coaster I know of.

Why doesn't Disney just release an underfed bear into Splash Mountain's backstage area? That way when guests get out of the logs and wander around they get the mauling they deserve. They can even call the bear "'Br'er Bear".

^Coney Beach was another bonus park that we got last year. A scary, but memorable place. We also got indoor water park ERT. Yes, they went an extra mile or a hundred for this trip. But you can't please everyone, especially those that think renting out a Legoland park is within the budget of any TPR trip.

With as hard as the Cyclone hits the bottom of the drops, I can't imagine how far down those Millennium Flyer restraints would ratchet down into riders' guts. And if GCII made those drops more parabolic, it wouldn't be the Cyclone.

^But you'd have to get around Kim Jong-Il's panthers.

^The Arirang Festival would probably be a better reason to go than to ride their deathtrap amusements.

I wouldn't make a special trip for Graeter's. Then again, you probably shouldn't listen to me because I'm heavily biased towards gelato.

I preferred Avalanche as well. I can't imagine Hades making anyone's top bottom 5 based on how it ran when we rode it. It was clearly a top 10 or 20 woodie at that time. Based on the reports of several people, it sounds like Mt. O has bitten off more maintenance than they can chew with this ride.

This is a serious bummer. Hades was great when we rode it in 2006. I guess there's no rush to get back to the Dells now.

Tell that to Knoebels.

You'd have to be desperate for credits to visit N. Korea just to ride roller coasters. Speaking of which, any Americans up for trying their luck in Iran?

^No, they should have used the money to build more of those evil, not magical Disney buses. Then they should have equipped the buses with OTSRs. And hired only Italians to drive the buses.

Oh dear. Not the dreaded OTSR debate again. Can Wes summarize it for us so I don't have to read 50 pages about this?

Last night's episode was the best of the season so far. Snooki tricking Mike was great. JWoww's urination incident was total WTF.

^Well, she does have a point about Radiator Springs Racers. It's obviously going to be "FAR MORE SUPERIOR 100%" just by virtue of being installed in the hallowed soil of Southern California. And, when it opens some time around 2075, she's going to get the last laugh.

^Don't worry. The implied three-way tonight between Situation, Snookie, and Deena will heal all. That and the producers finally writing the incredibly boring Sammi off the show. I think I'm going to go vomit now.