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What's with mini burgers, though? Is that off the kid's menu?

Burl

"It's not Oprah's fault that 65% of her audience is made up of badly educated, ill cultured broads."
It is Winfrey's fault that she chooses to pander to the lowest common demonimator rather than use her bully pulpit to educate them.
In the long run, which matters more: getting people to read Anna Karenina or showing

How does around $100 sound? There are some copies out there. Check bookfinder.com.

Anonymously posting hate-filled screeds with no fear of retribution—isn't that what the internet is for?
God. Have I missed something?

If you threw a hot dog into the Grand Canyon and it fell all the way to the bottom and hit somebody, would the person die? Because that would have to one of the wurst ways to go.

Has anyone ever seen Winfrey and ZMF in the same room at the same time?

Don't worry. It happens to all of us now and again.

Yeah, just try to buy a copy of Cards As Weapons. The best price I ever found was $500 for a beat up paperback copy, and I've seen some priced in the multi-thousands. No joke.

Why would he be going to your grave? What aren't you telling us?

Bluegrass died when John Hartford died. It's never been the same.

The best part of Pure Country for me is a scene with Strait and the blonde bimbo riding side by side through a pasture. The bimbo is supposed to be a horse trainer—well, she's also supposed to be an actress—and it's funny as hell watching her ride because Strait is controlling her horse as well as riding his own.

Strait did a concert series in which rather than jamming in as many seats as possible, a whole block of seats was taken out and a dance floor was put in. If that ain't honkytonking, I don't know what is.

She wants it
she can have it, as far as I'm concerned. I'm not gonna try to take it from her.

I can't snap my fingers. That is all.

So, what? She tried to cure you?

There are also lots of nice women who are ignored because they're not pretty enough. You might call it the "According to Jim" trope since even unattractive and untalented men live with the fantasy that they should hold out for the hot girl friend/wife rather than "settle" for a woman who's nice in all ways but looks.

Ted Knight
Watching Ted Knight saying he wasn't going to die was kind of creepy and sad.

Mr Apollo, I wish I could agree with you, but CF Amick has a point. LaBute exaggerates his characters, but not as much as most people think.

I've known a couple of self-described "nice guys" who were pretty scary motherfuckers. When I hear about something like the Sodini shooting, I immediately do a name check.