@debaser:disqus  Considering Victoria's Secret can charge $75 dollars underwear that is about the width of dental floss, I'd say $16 is a straight up bargain.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: MERKINS FOR EVERYONE!

I really disliked Big Fish and thought Burton stumbled massively in attempting to blend an ernest story with his own fantasy world.  I thought the end result was schmalzy and melodramatic.  And I hated the ending.  This might just be my interpretation but it seemed like a blatant, awful and direct rip-off of 81/2.…

You're right.  I had forgotten about Sweeney Todd.  Enjoyable.

Tim Burton has long since stopped making movies that are at all worth watching.  I can't remember the last Burton film that I A) voluntarily watched or B) actually liked.

Chris Brown: the only thing about this series that universally remains completely intolerable

Screw the Pop Culture Weekend articles.  I'm still posting here.  My movie and television watching was almost non existant.  I made it 3/4 of the way through 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' and was bored senseless.  I adore Fincher but that film just seemed to drag on and on.  Also re-watched the blu-ray version of…

(For what it's worth, I just borrowed the copy of "11/22/63" that I gave to my father for Christmas.  He loved it and he's usually a good measuring point on what books are worth while.)

We've been over this territory before but the fourth book is where we differ.  I want to read this, hopefully in an attempt to get back into and finish the series.  Wizard and Glass felt like King had lost his voice for the story and was sort of phoning it in.  It felt more forced and cliche where the previous…

You're a better man than myself; I never made it past the fourth book of the series.  The first three were brilliant, yet Wizard and Glass annoyed me so much that I quit the whole thing entirely.  Considering that's where this books picks up, I actually can't wait to read it and hopefully restore some faith.

The "pop-philosophy" was what initially drew me into the story.  His references came up just enough to blend a world that was both modern and ancient.  Not to mention the sparse, clipped style  that the first book was written in.  The second two were more four-on-the-floor straight forward action but they were so…

Also (and this is as White Bread as you can get) the area around Columbia is really nice.  Great local bars and restaurants.  It's a little heavy on the Stroller Set but cool none the less.  And the campus is great to wander through.  I looked at apartments up there but not surprisingly, they were out of my price…

My ex lived at 127 and Convent.  This was a few years ago before more of the trendy lounges and restaurants began moving in.  Harlem's cool but I haven't been up there in forever.  There was a great Dominican diner that served the single best cup of coffee I have ever had in my life.  Full breakfast with queso frito,…

Fess up; you've never been north of 14th street, let alone 110th.

Yeah, the 'sincerity' aspect really annoyed me as well.  I thought that the film and dialogue were more pretentious than anything else.  I've backpacked through Europe and had conversations and relationships, both physical and intellectual, with all sorts of people and this particular version of those experiences is…

Take that back.  Saoirse Ronan is awesome.

That's what I immediately thought, too after watching that clip.  I suppose it's meant to be ironic but not having seen the movie, I don't know if there are any other bits of off humor in the rest of the film.

Donovan is pretty fucking awesome.

I'm awaiting Sweet Clam's post here.

I think some sort of amputation might be in order.  I say start with four fingers and three toes.  Proceed accordingly if they don't change their mind.