@persia2:disqus , probably a case of too many alpha dogs, and the one who can call this shot calls it.

"Damn Dutchman!"

Whenever I have more than one urinal to choose from in a public bathroom, and one of them is lower than the other, I always choose that lower one, just on the off-chance someone asks me why I chose it, and I can reply, "I appreciate the extra length."

Splenda in the Grass

To be fair, his rightful Oscar for Malcolm X went to Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, who probably had even more reason to have the internal monologue you transcribed going through his head that night in 1993.

Wasn't he English?  There's your defining characteristic that would make Liam Neeson equally ridiculous in the role!

Well, when I lived in Tulsa (moved away 6 years ago), it felt like the whole NE corner of OK was becoming a suburb of Bentonville, AR.

Well, when I lived in Tulsa (moved away 6 years ago), it felt like the whole NE corner of OK was becoming a suburb of Bentonville, AR.

@avclub-7d26c14b4a096a0afc48154974c4b7d6:disqus , I think you've got it right: it was about home-town vs. adopted-home-town.

@avclub-7d26c14b4a096a0afc48154974c4b7d6:disqus , I think you've got it right: it was about home-town vs. adopted-home-town.

After the caricature of Bill Cosby, it's amazing how detailed and accurate his Richard Pryor voice is.  Not just the cadence and delivery, but Murphy really nails some kind of glottal thing Pryor would do at the end of a fast, clipped statement.

Hey, never forget: Chris Tucker was the one they cut away to real fucking quick when Kanye went on his anti-Bush rant during that Katrina telethon.

"There's no sugar in pixie sticks."

Whatever you do, don't call it a comeback!

The Inexorable March of Time.

I have never in my life met someone who claims to have been a fan of the New York Giants, though you still run into Brooklyn Dodgers broken-hearts from time to time.

I have never seen Avatar, and in all these years, I don't feel like I've missed out on anything.

He'll always be remembered because he will always be shown in the video of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, giving up that impossibly Hollywood home run to Kirk Gibson.

I was sure that Darryl Strawberry had died, but I must have just been thinking of that time when he told the judge at his probation-violation hearing that he wanted to die.  Terribly sad, for a guy with so much talent, and yet even more arrogance when he was at the top of his game.  I saw him hit a home run in Kansas…

Liked for "visibly unwashed," and for confirming once and for all in my mind that Christian Bale is an irredeemable asshole.