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Slowly but surely, MMA (mixed martial arts) is taking the country, and Baltimore, by storm.

Where would you like to see MMA bouts take place in the state?

What do you like about the sport? Is it too barbaric?

What do you think the appeal of MMA is?

To learn more about MMA, visit Mark Chalifoux’s blog at baltimoresun.com

In my mind, the long weekend has already started. However, it’s still lunchtime on Thursday, so I guess I should post something for my fellow clockwatchers out there.

Today’s Sun has a feature on Ocean City (Maryland, of course) and its remarkable ability to sustain itself during the lagging economy. The number of weekend visitors this June was virtually identical to last June’s tally: 235,000. (Some do suspect, however, that weekday number are down, although no official estimates are available.)

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comic-con preview ’08
8:30-9:30 p.m. {G4}
I’m not comic book dork-inclined, but those who are *cough b Art Director Tim Wong cough* assure me this is all sorts of important. In his words, “Yay!”

baby borrowers
9-10 p.m {WBAL-21} NBC
A sign the whole baby thing isn’t working out: Two of the “moms” are already handing their “kids” off to their own parents so they can work outside the home.

pulp fiction
9-11:30 p.m. {VH1}
Drinking game: Take a shot whenever the F-word is bleeped out of this edited version. You’ll be plastered in 10 minutes.

Maybe it’s all those lattes and frappuccinos we’re sacrificing during the non-recession. Or maybe a store on every corner really is too many. (Who knew?) Whatever the reason, Starbucks will be closing 600 low-performing locations over the next year.

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You think you know Baltimore? We have a challenge for you — check every Wednesday on bthesite.com to see if you can identify where we’ve taken some close-up photos in and around the city. Guess what and where this is. As the day goes on we’ll show you more of the photo. First person to get it right gets upcoming premiere movie tickets.

From today’s b, the paper

dance machine
8-9 Friday {WMAR-12} ABC
Not sure what sets this apart from the 1,673 other dancing shows, but this one’s got an cashier from Africa competing against a Las Vegas mixed-martial artist, so … yay?!

u.s. olympic trials: swimming
8-9 p.m. sunday {WBAL-21} NBC
Go hometown heroes Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff!! And I guess the other people, too.

the singing office
9-10 p.m. sunday {TLC}
Sadly, we won’t see Michael Scott dueting with Dwight Schrute. This features real offices competing. Yeah, we’re talking 1-800-Dentist vs. a beauty salon. Summer TV is this bad.

From today’s b, the paper

In filming a sequel to a 2000 series about Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, ABC News producers found that reality television had changed how they could present reality on television.

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