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When you would awake from nightmares as a child, screaming into the darkness, the first thing your mother did to reassure you was tell you that there was no such thing as monsters.  All the over the top, ridiculous evil beings weren’t real, she’d say; the Boogeyman, Darth Vader and Dr. Doom are just stories, she’d say; reality isn’t nearly that scary, she’d say.  She’s lying.

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The Countdown

Is Captain America the new Spiderman? – [Pajiba]

The best links you missed this weekend – [Linkiest]

Fallout 3′s Wasteland comes to Iraq – [Double Kill]

20 Politicians making fart faces – [Manofest]

Jennifer Beals has still got some hotness going on – [Screenjunkies]

You can never get enough of Mila Kunis – [Brobible]

Hardcore chicks sporting hardcore tattoos – [The Chive]

Catherine Keener slapped me – [Warming Glow]

The story of a man who conquered Frogger – [Asylum]

Eleven WTF Foreign signs – [Supertremendous]

The worst self mirror shot ever – [Attuworld]