Ellis says in interviews all the time that he's fine with what the Hollywood adaptation process does to his ideas. (RED wasn't much like the book, either.) Sounds like he cashed his IM3 cheque with a smile on his face.

Not "Foo-ping cough"?

The Edmonton–Calgary rivalry goes back to the founding of Alberta. In fairness to the new province's three major cities, Edmonton got to be the capital, Calgary got the CN Rail line, and Strathcona got the University. When Edmonton annexed Strathcona just a few years later, Calgary felt like it got screwed, and the…

Sure, they act all friendly and upbeat, but StrexCorp has an even tighter hold on Desert Bluffs than the City Council has on Night Vale—it's a corporate-oppression dystopia vs. NV's government-conspiracy dystopia—and that's to say nothing of the Desert Bluffs approach to interior decorating. ("It's soaking into my shoe…

@avclub-33807fbc68d335db8080d3c10cb78822:disqus Moffat's one of those male writers who can't write interesting female characters he doesn't want to fuck.

Mad Farts: Smelly Internet Butt Edition.

@avclub-0a7d7a81e8e3a20e4c34748e98ef45f6:disqus I performed at a poetry event this weekend. My mentor from college invited me to fill in because one of the real poets, I shit you not, had slipped on some ice and broken her back a week before.

Hey, screw you, my cousin has Down's Syndrome and he's a great guy.

Still only 2/3 right…

I'm glad that Amber Nash got bumped up to regular, but I kinda wish she had an 'i' or a 'j' in her name.

@eric827:disqus He's written a lot online about his relationship with Siskel, it should be easy to Google if you're interested. Spoiler: The animosity was real, but there was real love there too.

* Judge Reinhold is not a real judge, nor has he received acting's highest honor.

Welcome to Night Vale is one of my favourite things on the internet, period.

That wasn't the boom mic.

Found one: http://hobbyinthelobby.tumb…

I describe Archer to people who've never heard of it as "Get Smart if it were an R-rated cartoon."

I had a brief, dazzling moment of hope that she'd be the one to save Archer and Lana from the North Koreans.

She wasn't drinking an imaginary drink; she was licking what had spilled on her hand when the glass broke.

I keep waiting for the nerve gas to go off.

Neil Peart stands alone.