Older woman? Dude, she's only in her mid 40s.
Also, if the last thing you saw her be sexy in was Rushmore, somebody needs to watch Dollhouse.

It's Anonymous!
Shine shine! Shine your love!
Shine shine! Shine your love!

well, not anymore

I feel ashamed admitting this even in relative anonymity on the internet, but I have read all but the newest two or three of the Anita Blake series. When it started out, it was a kinda cool/ok written detectivy sort of series but with monsters (this was ages before Twilight, mind you). Now, though… It's basically a…

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets weird boners.
It's not good or anything, but Kung Pow grew on me.

Ahhhhh
I suppose I shouldn't have assumed. No harm in a little snark now and again.

I still stand by my belief that Gilliam would fuck up The Hobbit royally whereas Jackson has shown a talent for putting Tolkien on the screen.

@Flaubert Cooper
Well, what I SAID I hated was a fictitious title that match your mash-up handle.
But I did hate Madam Bovary.
I also read it in high school. I appreciated the style (though no doubt much of that was in the translation), but I can still vividly recall how much I hated the character, and it was hard to…

Anyway, the real problem with LOTR isn't plotting or pace.
The real problem (literary problem not philosophical problem) is characterization.
Aragorn is a little inconsistent and sometimes kind of a dick.

I came across some comments about Joyce from H.L. Mencken a few days ago. Mencken basically said that Joyce showed a lot of promise with Doubliners, but lamented the positive reception of Ulysses, which he felt had encouraged Joyce to pander to snobby crowd that preferred difficulty to beauty.
I don't know if I'd be so…

I thought Snow Crash (and definitely Zodiac) ended well enough. As his works have gotten longer, though, his endings have become more (as you say, Chris Moore) problematic.
You just have to read it for the journey and learn to care less about the finish. Some authors aren't worth that shift in priorities (I'm talking…

You know nothing about love.

I had the same response, Genji. Buffy is awesome from episode 1.
But then, the show's never quite the same after graduation.
It took me a long time to get into the last few years of the show (and I still have problems with a lot of decisions they made), but I eventually learned to almost love the whole series.
Still,…

Really Flaubert Cooper?
I myself am fond of the story in The Hobbit, and I'd like it to remain intact.

Lobsters 1, who IS that you've got as an avatar. I know that face, but I just can't place it.

Too right Totz Jr. (except Bilbo's walking song).

Art that turned out not to be worth it
Just to suggest an idea guaranteed to start fistfights between friends:

The hilarious thing is (well, maybe not hilarious) that was one of the most often requested bits for ancient bards to perform. The Greeks LOVED them some Book II. Everybody loves hearing their hometown mentioned, and reciters could always slant it towards the reputation of whatever town they were in and whatever local…

I remember reading Lestat and being really impressed with how differently the same narrative was told without actually betraying the first version and how effectively Rice made Lestat the new protagonist of the series. Then they just sort of slowly deteriorated. She can write well, and I actually dig her vampire…

Why IS that such an insult? I LIKE things that suck dick.
Well, not "things" per se, that's creepy, but I certainly like people who suck dick.
They are good people.
Does Verdict use too much teeth or something?