How I got to teach a course in anything is truly amazing

Except that Ishtar was a good movie.

She's so turned off by Don's dickishness that she gravitates towards the nice guys who also can't stand him, in spite of their unsexy nature.

Don Draper: "There are many bordellos in this city. There are many bordellos in this world. I grew up in one, myself. It was dirty, cheap and common. All bordellos are.

Me too, though I've softened on Pete recently. His life has become so sad and pathetic it's impossible not to have some sympathy for him. Don, meanwhile, acts dickishly and gets away with it in a way that I think has (intentionally) made him a bit less sympathetic than he was last season.

"That shirt in the opening scene"

C.K. STRONG

Spelling things correctly is for the stuck-up dweebs at Omega House.

Do you also prefer Jim to Jon Belushi?

Oh, so you think it can't possibly fail, eh? Well that's what people thought about the Titanic, but it got turned into a shitty Leonardo DiCaprio movie too!

"As long past as 1930, I had a hunch that the talkies would make even the best selling novelist as archaic as silent pictures. . . . [T]here was a rankling indignity, that to me had become almost an obsession, in seeing the power of the written word subordinated to another power, a more glittering, a grosser power……

Somebody missed an adorable bromance between Stewart and Jon Hamm last night.

Yeah, even network executives have to realize that there is a pretty huge difference between The Daily Show and Web Soup. People aren't tuning in to Stewart and Colbert every night out of brand loyalty to Comedy Central.

When sharing the stage with one or more competent performers, I think she can hold her own. I've yet to see her choke during a performance - yes, her line reading can be a bit flat some times, but there are moments of true vulnerability where she really bares all and lets the viewer inside her. It's times like this…

That is a fantastic story.

Once you see Room 237, you'll realize the entire film exists to provide accompanying images to voice overs of crazy people talking about The Shining.

Oh man, I know what you mean. I can't help but tear up when I hear: "I wanna tell her that I love her a lot, but I gotta get a belly full of wine."

Her?

I don't hate Cage, but this is one of those performances where he is just irritating rather than delightfully over the top. I had to watch Face/Off afterwards just to cleanse my palate.

I recently watched The Rock after hearing lots of praise, including the dubious compliment "it's Michael Bay's best film." And I tend to like entertainingly dumb action movies, so I went into it optimistically.