Nye wastes time debating creationists, while Newton creates the science Nye explains to kids. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yi…

Moment when I realized John Wick was going to be really good: the crime boss calls the John Lequizamo's chop shop owner to ask why he hit his son, and every movie convention is for Leguizamo to beg for his life. Instead he nervously but defiantly explains, "because he stole John Wick's car, sir, and, uh, killed his…

It's called point shooting, and gun enthusiasts will happily spend hours debating it. Typically, a shooter aims with the sights. For targets within 15-10 feet and especially in low light conditions, the pistol is raised at about chin level with a locked elbow and wrist, all aiming is done by rotating the torso on the…

After Haywire, I thought Gina Carano was certain to be an action movie star. This article noting that American audiences hated the film depressed me.

A Sudanese friend posted that _her_ Facebook feed is mostly pictures of Sharif. I can't recall any other Arab movie stars, and certainly not dashing heroic ones.

Upvoted for "Drizzt-esque"

Patton Oswalt wrote 53 masterful tweets about the decline of the AV Club. I would have never guessed #17!

Ray Charles - I've Got A Woman
Tool - Lateralus
Portishead - Strangers
Miguel - Hard Way
Radiohead - Street Spirit 'Fade Out'
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Usher - Confessions Part II
The xx - Infinity
Radiohead - Gagging Order
The Clash - I Fought The Law

Is it just my imagination or does this article not even have the decency to link to the Vulture piece it's talking about?

I really miss playful hip hop. There's plenty of party anthems and technically impressive stuff now, but I can't think of anything recent that just feels like low-key hanging out with funny, smart people, c.f. Skee Lo's "[I would] Name my kids ghetto names / Little Mookie, Big Al, Lorraine" or LL Cool J's "I want a…

The thing about Dollhouse is that it wasn't until the network gave up on the show at the end of the first season that it was able to become the show that it wanted to be and flipped into a gear that didn't seem to exist early on. The entire premise of Dollhouse is slavery through technology and if the individual can…

I'm finally caught up to the AV Club reviews! Yay!

I think everyone is forgetting Skee-Lo's "I Wish."

Fiona Apple - Get Gone
Nelly - Over And Over *
Portishead - Mourning Air
B.B. King - Confessin' The Blues
Amy Winehouse - I Heard Love Is Blind
Sam & Dave - Soul Man
Radiohead - Melatonin

Letterman gets a big pass for bringing Darlene Love back into the public eye after she had gone from Wall of Sound to being a housekeeper.

Yeah, I have trouble imagining Katy Perry being assertive and specific enough to even approach, "Phone before you come, I need to shave my chocha / You do or you don't or you will or won't you / Go downtown and eat it like a vulture." It's the difference between being sexy and sexualized.

Someone recently invited me and another friend over for dinner. As I accepted, I reminded her that I've been a pescatarian for over a decade. Show up and she's like "I cooked the rice in chicken broth, but I'm sure you'll be fine. It tastes so delicious!" I had to explain that the last time I ordered a sandwich at…

Avocado.

I think you're lumping some clearly chosen ones into some everymen. Harry Potter is The Boy Who Lived and Mr. Anderson is The One, so they're special even if they never take action. Bilbo Baggins is an Everyman, as he's never described as having any characteristics not general to hobbits. Luke Skywalker starts as an…

From King's On Writing: "…one of my books (The Running Man) was written in a single week … I think it was quitting smoking that slowed me down; nicotine is a great synapse enhancer. … I believe the first draft of a book - even a long one - should take no more than three months, the length of a season. Any longer and -…