Precisely. The performance was ballsy as hell. Her having cancer is just bad.

1) As Susan Sontag would remind us if she were alive, cancer is not a moral standing, it's a bodily illness, so it does not have an intrinsic relationship to notions like bravery.

If Gene Simmons' sex tape is any indicator, his sex life is slightly less sexy than my grandparents'.

If Gene Simmons' sex tape is any indicator, his sex life is slightly less sexy than my grandparents'.

And now we have the chance to miss Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, and Edward Burns, all in the same movie? I'm so not there!!!

And now we have the chance to miss Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, and Edward Burns, all in the same movie? I'm so not there!!!

Especially if you read it as a command being issued to Neil Diamond.

Especially if you read it as a command being issued to Neil Diamond.

Unfair comparison. When Weezer did that song, Kiss had been around for over twenty years, whereas Weezer is a brand-new… Oh wait.

Unfair comparison. When Weezer did that song, Kiss had been around for over twenty years, whereas Weezer is a brand-new… Oh wait.

I think part of the dismissive tone of this article is related to the fact that this movie's immediate legacy is one of tremendous financial failure, which the commentary doesn't address. You could very reasonably argue that the movie is the important thing, not the budget, but the article makes it fairly clear that…

I think part of the dismissive tone of this article is related to the fact that this movie's immediate legacy is one of tremendous financial failure, which the commentary doesn't address. You could very reasonably argue that the movie is the important thing, not the budget, but the article makes it fairly clear that…

Nothing makes me feel more like an old man than spelling. I used to tell customer service folks that my name was Michael and then spell my last name. Now people want me to spell Michael for them, since I'd imagine there are dozens of alternate spellings of the names in circulation and/or no one knows how silent…

Nothing makes me feel more like an old man than spelling. I used to tell customer service folks that my name was Michael and then spell my last name. Now people want me to spell Michael for them, since I'd imagine there are dozens of alternate spellings of the names in circulation and/or no one knows how silent…

Are we dropping the 'original standup' chestnut on Kevin James now? I'm calling shenanigans.

Are we dropping the 'original standup' chestnut on Kevin James now? I'm calling shenanigans.

That's the second album I ever bought!*

That's the second album I ever bought!*

I remember being ten and trying to explain the line, 'I'm seein double here - four Krusties!' to my friends. It's not my favorite line, but it remain memorable because those assholes just. Couldn't. Get it.

I remember being ten and trying to explain the line, 'I'm seein double here - four Krusties!' to my friends. It's not my favorite line, but it remain memorable because those assholes just. Couldn't. Get it.