He was a handsome fella.  Definitely effective casting to have that role played by somebody who seemed on the surface to be such an unassuming, pleasant-looking young man.

FYI for anybody not aware:  you don't have to be a Costco member (in most states) to buy booze (or prescriptions) at Costco.

Look, the BNL are triple platinum, are you??

Really quite a thankless task for a stand-up comic here, playing a character in a comedy without any huge laugh lines who's basically pretty grounded yet invested with some heavy emotional significance for the protagonist.  Louis CK executes it perfectly though.  It's clear to see he's capable of comfortable rapport…

Glad I'm not the only one who was surprised by the idea of a high school econ class.  Although in my high school we did have a Philosophy class and an English elective called 'The Human Experience through Satire & Irony.'

My Kansas fandom is actually near pathological; I don't allow myself to watch most games in public because I'm mildly epileptic and seeing the Jayhawks lose an important game has literally brought me to the brink of a seizure.

Pretty lackluster beer, but it's been pretty great to see more and more good craft beer at TJ's lately.  Last time I went in I saw Alesmith Speedway Stout(!) on the shelves.

The great thing about a Bill Self-coached team is the way he develops players slowly over time.  We've started to see future leaders like Perry Ellis and Naadir Tharpe become more confident and take over games when needed, as Ellis did against KSU when McLemore was dry.  Johnson and Releford are role players, but…

Oops! Okay, joining yours instead. . .

This happened in Russia, and to give some background my luggage was lost on the way over, so I had nothing but the clothes on my back for the first 3 or 4 days, to give you some background on my state of mind at the time.

College basketball thread!  (Okay fine, it can be the general sports thread if you must . . . )

First Beer Thread of the spring. . . .

All of my times at Cannes have been unforgettable experiences that I've been lucky to have, but it's the first one that remains the most invigorating and indelible.  The second trip, I was there with a film premiering which was obviously incredible in its own way but not actually much fun; you're nervous about the…

I don't know if that fact that this movie is still as startlingly relevant as it is today says more for the enduring brilliance of Pontecorvo's vision or for occupational powers' depressing inability to learn from history.

This article raises some solid arguments, but I feel that if Leslie Knope Headlines were to appear and post an articulately worded banner counterpoint, I would immediately side with her.

I need help reacting to something!

I slept late on Homer Goes to College review day and blew my big moment.

Default? Woo hoo! The two sweetest words in the English language: de-fault! De fault! De fault!

I don't know if it was a staple of his rare live appearances or a completely unexpected treat, but damned if seeing Tom Waits play 'Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)' in concert didn't pretty much make my whole decade.

I liked Safety Not Guaranteed.  It gave me the opportunity to gaze longingly at Aubrey Plaza.