Since it's sort of come up, I have a Nicholas/Kelly Brendon story I've been meaning to tell for a while. I was at my regular beer bar one afternoon some time ago, and I did a bit of a double take to see that both of them were sitting towards the end of the bar.

The SNL thing still seems crazy to me. I was probably two years ahead of him at Tisch and there was definitely nobody who had an ongoing writing gig at NBC in my class.

I'd like to think though that even on a bad day, I wouldn't find myself shouting at the screen at a film's world premiere.

I think @avclub-f8f8c273f326be25421cc62737d24a9e:disqus 's point is worth noting also because when people criticize Dowd's ratings in other reviews, commenters often respond, "Oh, it's Summer blockbuster season, all the huge action movies are terrible this time of year!"

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Wallet Inspector, Fella, Los Angeles

If you're at all able, try to check out The Livery in Benton Harbor MI too. Not terribly close (~50 miles), but one of the more underrated small breweries in the country IMO.

A million comments down so none but the dedicated will see it now, but. . . BEER THREAD!

I got a message in my spam folder today, and (seriously) the sender: subject was

People who are merely very attractive are the worst.

Well, la di dah!

This isn't a comment on tonight's episode as I started watching Breaking Bad this month and am still a few eps behind. But one thing that has struck me in reading the recaps and comment threads as I've gone along has been how many times, every six or eight episodes maybe, there's a new action that for certain…

And there it is: the only time in his life when Walter White will ever be described as the "fun dad."

And there it is: the only time in his life when Walter White will ever be described as the "fun dad."

Now that Skyler's linked into the criminal enterprise, I found her actions here fascinating in contrast to Walt's earlier ones. When Walter was highly successful and making plenty of cash, he couldn't just let it flow to his family due to an ostensibly random circumstance like inheritance or anonymous donation - he…

Why does Joey, the largest of the ingested Friends, not simply lodge himself in Ross's digestive track?

Nice. I know a lot of their older fans aren't happy with their more heavily produced recent albums, but I've enjoyed the stuff Rick Rubin's worked on. And they still put on a hell of a fun show live.

Any appreciation of Pequod's deserves a like, even from 2+ years from the future.

Our yearly reminder that Rose Byrne still exists.

Malkovich?