The movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man was fine but the novel it’s based on (by H.F. Saint) is terrific. It takes seriously how hard it would be to be permanently invisible and have the government trying to catch you. There’s a scene where the main character orders a bunch of food delivered to his apartment and times…

“Alex Heflin’s banjo version”

Mandolin. (And guitar, and other instruments at the end.)

Some people pronounce these sounds the same. This is called the cot-caught merger (see Wikipedia).

Yep, that’s what she says happened. After the answer is revealed you can see her looking in a different direction realizing what she missed. (See her Twitter account, “JulieZauzmer”, on January 11 and January 12—not pasting links because I don’t know how draconian the spam filter is.)

When I started watching GLOW I recognized Betty Gilpin from Masters of Sex and was impressed that her way of talking and mannerisms were (subtly) different between those two characters. Then I looked her up to see what else she was in and realized I had been watching her in Elementary too without noticing it was the…

I'm surprised that (unless I missed it) they haven't done anything with the fact that our current president is basically Drunk Uncle (even though he doesn't drink).

I bet he had a lot of fun doing those. He really chewed the scenery as Aro in the Twilight movies, and I mean that in the best way.

Justine Sacco's Twitter joke was not racist! (Its posting, however, showed poor judgment and a great overestimate of the joke interpretation abilities of the Twittersphere.)

According to IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/t… Lauren is voiced by Maria Bamford (who also does Bounce House Princess).

The mud puddle is Jake's guess as to the source of his powers:

Gini: […] I suppose I'm wondering if our personal participation is a condition of my employment here.