One of the odd bits of prescience I recall was the president in Sirens of Titan, who announces a vision for space exploration similar to the Bush administration to distract people from the stagnant economy. There's also a specifically folksy, twangy way of rendering the president's words on the page that made the…

It better be, he spent a fortune of charity dollars on it.

(Just in case the Secret Service is reading AVC comments, this is not a suggestion to let's go shoot him in the back, now.)

I've maintained that we should keep our plutocrats where they belong, running beloved sports franchises. While he might not have been a great baseball executive, he seemed to enjoy it. And if he fucks up, well, it's just the Rangers, not the country. This would have been the ideal place to put Trump as well- if a…

No idea. I'm going to stand here with Vladimir and Estragon and wait for him to show up.

Nah, David Bowie was the one holding it all together and the universe has been broken since last January. The Cubs win was just another symptom, not the cause.

As with all things at the AVC, it can be explained through the medium of classic Simpsons.

No, but I do remember their animated appearance on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, where they were Princess Toadstool's favorite band one week, and the never mentioned again. If we're allowed to wormhole other wikis, the entire article about it is hilarious in retrospect- when taken captive by one of the Koopas…

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from his tiny hands? No, this his hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.

I live in the states, and I prefer golden syrup to corn syrup when making a pecan pie. It's not as overpowering a flavor as molasses, but a little bit more interesting than corn syrup. You can find it in some grocery stores here, I think I got mine at Publix.

I thought he earned that title for his rap abilities.

Yes I did! That's a good example, and a great way for a student film to make an impression without Disney or Pixar levels of resources.

Made some fried rice for the first time in ages, which turned out okay. A little burned, as I was distracted with a couple different skillets going- sauteed up some turkey on the side to go on top of mine, but left the rest vegetarian. We found Meyer lemons for ridiculously cheap ($2.00 for seven or eight) so the plan…

Shuffle Thread
Strung Out - "Too Close to See"
Chisel - "Your Star is Killing Me"
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Seven Ways to Sunday"
No Use For a Name - "The Answer is Still No"
Tom Waits - "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis"

Passed over again, when I know deep down I'm twice the Jimmy he'll ever be.

I have a preference for the animated shorts that use the medium to tell a story visually, without needing heavy dialogue or narration. "Piper" and "Borrowed Time" succeed on that front, whereas "Pear Cider" wouldn't be much without the voice-over.

While it's normally not smart to bet against the Academy's love of running to pee, (hey, Tom Hanks won for Forrest Gump) it's even less smart to bet against a movie about how awesome the people who make movies are.

But you could build literally the most exclusive country club and golf course ever there!

"If we have this factory full of fireworks, when are we going to use them?"

Caligula supposedly declared war on Neptune, and returned to Rome with chestfuls of seashells he claimed were his spoils as victor. I thought it was silly at the time, but that's almost where we're at now.