I've heard from people who worked for (democratic) legislators during Schwarzenegger's first term and the narrative I heard was he came in and started making waves bossing the legislature around when he didn't have a damn clue how it worked. Then when they didn't act quickly enough he started bitching about them to…

I've actually read some Wodehouse, but there's like a million more books I haven't gotten to yet. I'm quite fond of Gussie Finknottle and his newts.

I don't like using it here. It's the wrong word and it cheapens the language. I don't know why people can't just say "killed" or "destroyed," but we've already lost the specific meanings of decimate (to reduce by one tenth) and annihilate (to destroy utterly) because people use them to sound cool. Vivisect is one of…

Both, actually!

I'm with you. If he were pass out drunk or something, you could make a case for him not being aware of what was going on. The thing about weed though is that while it might lower your inhibitions, it might make you somewhat sleepy or disoriented, or it may allow/encourage/"make" you do things you wouldn't normally do,…

I think you're dead on. There are a ton of hoarders and shut-ins out there. You just don't see them much because they're, well, shut-in. I'm not just talking about disabled old people or the mentally ill, either. There are a lot of people who grow up not quite knowing how to take care of themselves and then either…

Remember though that unaired pilots pretty much universally look like crap because they usually don't have much budget and no one ever goes back and fixes them up in post. Comedy pilots have it worst though, because they also have newly assembled casts with unfamiliar material and no established chemistry. First…

If you're a normal person you just add more water. But then you can't charge twice as much for it, so yeah, probably centrifuges.

I think The Office deliberately gave all their actors bad hair and not-quite-enough makeup for television. That plus the fluorescent lights and generally gray sky really goes a long way to make them look like regular people. Most of the core cast are actually pretty good looking. Hell, even Dwight would look a lot…

Yeah the idea that those two would hook up is one of the most bizarre and surreal things in that movie. I thought it was kinda sweet though.

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Yeah I find myself wanting to deck him before he even has a chance to say anything. The man can become an insufferable prick just by standing too-straight and twitching his eye a little. That's talent, right there.

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Anyone who's watched Suburgatory is automatically in the minority.

Bullshit. Dave Foley in drag is a fox. Kevin Mcdonald just can't compare. I do sort of remember those two being the only ones who could play women at all well. As for the drag bits the others did, well at least they still did a better job than the pythons.

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I always thought it was the triangular face coupled with the way her eyes just sort of… roll around. As I recall it was especially noticeable as the animal lady.

Honestly, if someone brought up my greatest professional setback in a televised interview and I had to just grin and bear it until they stopped taping, I'd probably be slamming doors afterward too. Sure it was a year later, but during that year she had probably been asked a similar question in every single interview…

Yes, I was reading a book review. Really, I was. No, I didn't want to interrupt reading said book review to look up a couple obscure references. I didn't say I don't want to learn new things. I like learning new things.

I agree 100% on the Chosen One thing. It can be done well, but usually it just feels like a juvenile power fantasy. The worst offender I ever read has got to be Eragon where the main character goes from bumfuck farmboy to magical swordsman dragonrider jedi resistance leader in a few months without having to work for…