James Ellroy

"Why the hell did you trade Jay Buhner?"

Oh, you're practically in tomorrow. No spoilers, please.

Third beer? Holy crap, where do you live? I'm just having my second cup of coffee here. I want beer.

I know. This was just might stupid way of saying I agree with you.

I have never actually met who described him- or herself as a "foodie," let alone someone who fits the parody described above. But we can all agree if someone were like that, then that person would be horrible.

Mad Max was terrible.


Just kidding. I want attention.

Busy writing this show.

What a lazy actor.

I have my moments.

"Because here's the thing about movies: They are made of pictures."

This is far and away the best thing that has appeared in print since that "rando thoughts from 35,000 feet" Sony Spiderman guy last month.

It taught me how to give someone a tracheotomy with just a ballpoint pen… whether that person needs one or not!

My grandfather was always a lot more comfortable knowing his doctor was Indian. Maybe he just had a lot of good doctors from India, but I'm sure he would have been appalled if someone had chosen a lawyer or CPA because that person was Jewish.

Man, I don't even get a five-second rule here for edits, do I?

Good idea for you to pass it along then…

It was some nice fan service.

I think the dead guy is probably the Rizzo stand-in, but Bell and others are definitely inspiration. Vernon probably fits best because of the extremely low population (94 people?).

I really disliked the episode for a lot of reasons, but the subject (Vernon-like corruption in small L.A. County municipalities) has a lot of potential. The L.A. Times did a great job, around the time of the Bell scandal, digging up similar City Manager overpayment in places like Vernon and City of Industry. I respect…

This was terrible, but the worst part was the superimposed title ID'ing "U.S. Embassy Islamabad" followed by shot of a door with the words "Ambassador of the U.S., Islamabad" on it. Just a taste of how little the show trusts viewers to use their own brains.

Or Bull Durham, one of the funniest performances of all time. But I guess he hasn't been funny for a long time, so maybe you can both be right.