Gotcha. And, concur. This kind of thing is why I keep a bunch of anti-emetics in my desk at work. Most of the things Amelie posts about make me want to yak.

What about This is Spinal Tap, phel? Or the rest of Christopher Guest's mockumentaries (Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, et al.)? I agree that this looks awful, but I can't discount the whole fake documentary premise.

Your mother would be proud.

phel, that's exactly what I was talking about. What she says is:

Actually, doesn't the Gateways to Geekery feature imply that we are all geeks in some way? Though I, for one, am not the sort of geek that bites the heads off live chickens.

Huh, while all the real Texans I know do drink Lonestar, it seems to me their number one go-to beer is Miller Lite. I can't tell you how many schooners of Lite I've drunk in crappy bars in Texas (too many is the short answer).

Concur. I was looking for that. Great movie. I don't have kids, but I used to work in education and I really liked Joan Allen's role and her desire to protect him from developing the "win at all costs" mentality that Pandolfini was trying to instill in him (and which he seemed to resist).

Actually, if you know your history, you will remember that Emilio Estevez taped Larry Lester's buns together. AMH (Brian) was a friend of Larry's but was not subjected to bun-taping humiliation.

Eragon was a terrible, terrible film. Jeremy Irons's agent has some 'splainin' to do, methinks.

Guess so. You can't see the CMOS itself online, but here's a link to the Q&A re: split infinitives:

Maybe we'll see some participants eaten by pigs, Hannibal-style.

Ah, give it a rest. The Chicago Manual of Style hasn't prohibited split infinitives since the 13th edition, which was published back in 1983. I think we can all agree there are times when a sentence just scans better with a split infinitive.

Seems to me the horse got some sweet, sweet revenge when it broke that chick's hip.

True to its name
I did have a buzz when I started reading this. Now I don't.

Nerditron, if voting worked, it would be illegal.

I imagine him looking like a Jehovah's Witness while doing that. Probably I'm wrong; it's happened before.

Come on, Nerditron. You've never heard of duct tape? Problem solved.

I recommend always kicking ass first, taking names later, i.e., doing it in the order Jim suggested. Don't try taking names first; you just get confused about whose ass you need to kick.

Anyone know whether it's really Pedro or just his twin brother?

This sick?