300 Big Boys
The end of the Bender/Farnsworth/Emperor plot reminded me of this.

The Cross with the Shepherd? Man, the religious imagery knows no bounds.

The Cross
Richard's wife tells him to "give it to the doctor". Seeing as how Richard retains the necklace at the end, when/why would it be significant for Jack to have it?

Maybe this has been brought up already…
…but "Pinkerton" is partially inspired by Puccini's "Madame Butterfly". If this makes the album better, worse, or does nothing for it at all is completely subjective.

I digress…
…but Keith Monday was the meteorologist at the CBS affiliate in Lubbock for a while and it's weird to see him mentioned in an AV Club piece.

Kampai! Peanut.
They didn't go to 1986, but the time machine hot tub was a premise in an episode of Harvey Birdman. It makes me nervous when a 12 minute long cartoon and a 90 minute feature film are based around the same concept.

Project Arc Turis
My only regret is not knowing what Groening would've said had you risked the conversational gambit.

Christ I'm a dick
This book is still amazing (haven't seen the film, but will), but every time I think about it, or any other anti-war book for that matter, I remember the line from the prologue of "Slaughterhouse-Five" about writing an anti-GLACIER book.

Holy hell
It's really rare to find a Texas actor that exemplifies what it means to be Texan without being a parody, and Lou did that perfectly.

Damn
Should the mediocrity of these movies concern me when it comes to the 'Arrested D' movie?

Prog Rock?
Saito Tanomo's "Human Destiny is beyond Human Beings"

"It's all about the goddamn money, Ed Tom. The money and the drugs."

The Next Era
Out of curiosity, is anybody else willing to hang around baseball until Selig leaves? My entire life, baseball has fucked me over from the strike in '94 to all of this steroid nonsense, but still I hold out hope that somehow it will get better. I still can't wait to introduce my children to the game…

Speaking of the Taliban…
After watching "Pervert", starring former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey, I had the sinking feeling that maybe democracy had failed us all.