Too funny, I was just thinking about Chick tracts this morning. My ex-roommate used to bring them home from god knows where and we just left them lying around for guests too peruse. I got more offended about Chick's shitty art skills than his hilariously retarded worldview. He's the Dave Berg of the fundamentalist…

I agree on the assessment of Bowling for Columbine. I don't always agree with Moore's opinions (and certainly not with his tactics), but at least he's opening up discussions and presenting some people with a side of the story they haven't considered before. Sort of like watching Penn and Teller's Bullshit! - I may not…

I'd co-sign that, J Mann, and also note that being dead confident in one's abilities to work with a specialty ingredient often spells doom as well, e.g. Jennifer's confidence that she could present seitan in an appealing way because she was so comfortable working with it. That was a disaster.

I am not well-versed in infomercials, but I have seen the ads for the Magic Bullet 40,000,000 times. I flip past them on the TV - especially on Sunday mornings when I'm a little hung over and really want something delicious to eat but know I only have, like, pretzels in the house - and I am always mesmerized.
Also the…

Everything about Signs was really contrived, from the backstory-withholding to the protagonist's retardedly simplistic rationale for losing his faith. What a train wreck.

I'm going to see The Informant tonight and I'm excited as hell. I haven't really heard anything negative about it - between the positive reviews on AV Club, in my local alt-rag and from my friends, I've every reason to think it's gonna be pretty damn good.
Plus, I'm seeing it at the movie tavern where I will consume…

This is the same Toby Young grating on everyone's nerves as a judge on Top Chef, right? Because I want to kick him in the balls, and not because he's OMG SO EDGY. There's a difference between "pushing the envelope" and "being an unfunny horse's ass who obviously labors over the supposedly biting commentary he pretends…

I heard these commercials from the other room for days before I finally saw them. I thought the chef was a man from her voice. She sounds like my Uncle Ed when he has one of his frequent sinus infections…all phlegmy and husky. And sassy, but that's not because of the sinus infections.

Oral Germ Whore?

You're talking about the one on Matisse Street in the So7 development west of downtown, right? Because that one is only a couple of months old. We went to opening weekend because they advertised it in the FW Weekly.

I liked Juno in spite of the irritating slang, because, as Tobias pointed out, it has a deeper and more affecting storyline chugging along beneath all the hamburger-phones and baby fingernails and Thundercats Are Go!s. I like the way the story was handled, and I liked the human touches peeking through every…

I know, Jimmy, but I have a feeling the game isn't at the top of the search results either. Thanks for the Wiki link though.

Jimmy, I'm kind of curious, but there is no way I'm Googling "cornhole" at work. Awesome Arrested Development quotes cannot be anywhere near the top of the search hits.

Love has had some awesome restaurants in Fort Worth. We went to his new one (Love Shack) on the opening weekend a couple of months ago. Fantastic burgers. Some of the patrons are a little uppity, but there's live music and beer and it's just all right with me.

I'm still baffled that Renee Zellweger gets lead roles in anything. She's not very attractive (OK, she has a good body, but her face is all puffy and scrunched up like a chronic bulimic's). She has zero charisma or charm in anything I've ever seen her in. I have no idea how she made it to the A list.

wow
34 years married to the same woman???!!!! Damn, Patrick, that is impressive! What a guy. He will be missed. I'm going to go dig out my old copy of Road House and watch it for the 30,000,000th time.

I agree on the Co-Ed Call Girl nomination, and must note that your username made me laugh.

My friend's dad is in his 50s and plays WoW. Of course, he didn't start until he quit his job following a big cash payout (after his son was killed in Iraq). He's on there for hours, days, at a time.

I haven't seen a TV ad for this at all, just the little ads on AV Club. That's still more ad push than I ever saw for Office Space or Idiocracy. I'm pretty excited to see this one.

Someone last week mentioned the Free Credit Report.com bandleader guy, and I can get behind that assessment of Ashley.