Seems a little harsh, but that's what it says on the card. I think we can agree, though, that he has a beautiful face like a flower.

Perry is this show's secret weapon. I imagine that if it had gone to a second season, they'd have had to find more for him to do. It's surprising Jarrett Grode doesn't seem to have done much since then.

I was 20 at the time. Exactly 20. I know this because his body was discovered on my birthday, which kind of put a damper on it. (Also putting a damper on that birthday: some girl who accidentally stubbed out her cigarette on my face while descending a spiral staircase in the bar I was at.)

Must have been when he was playng for the Predators
Isn't that a very young and skinny Mats Sundin among the backup singers at the far right of that photo at the top?

My Canadian girlfriend (not fictional; I'm Canadian too) asked with genuine bafflement when Robin and Jessica started speaking why they were talking like Alaskans.

Jorge: What I mean is that he places himself above traditional moral conceptions of good and evil and does what he does out of a paternalistic utilitarianism. But especially in light of his creation of an external enemy to force humanity to draw together as a collective community, I do mean that Ozymandias is…

Malin Ackerman wasn't the weak link in the Watchmen cast. That was Matthew Goode. His Ozymandias is not only scrawny and effete but also every bit the Republic serial villain that he claims not to be. The Ozymandias of the comic is an Ubermensch in every sense of the word, mentally, physically, and morally.

I'm just saying that I wish Missy Elliott would stick to singing duets with Pootie Tang.

Soundtrack? Or sound*rack*?
The all-time most influential group of songs ever included in a movie might be those included in Jayne Manfield's "The Girl Can't Help It", which is chock full of performances by Little Richard, Fats Domino, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent. This is where a young John Lennon saw his rock and…

The About a Boy soundtrack is much better for omitting "Killing Me Softly" even though it plays such a large part in the film. Compare Aimee Mann's soundtrack for Magnolia (which ought to be in the discussion for favorite soundtracks, by the way), which is basically a single-artist soundtrack for the first nine songs,…

@ Buck-toothed Girl in Luxembourg: I looked for that, found it, still have it, and know where you could probably find it too.

The "Almost Famous" soundtrack selection that surprised me was the Beach Boys' "Feel Flows". I heard that coming out of a friend's housemate's room years ago, and I was couldn't figure out how he'd come to be listening to an early-1970s Beach Boys cut until I learned it was on a movie that he was watching. Great song,…

@ Deer Munting Season: I've heard Missy Elliot rhyme "flow" with "original" (pronounced "origino"). Missy Elliott shouldn't rap.

I think you're mixed up, Zombie Jim Varney. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip already aired the controversial "Crazy Christians" sketch.

Also, "batshit crazy"? What is this — Cracked.com?

I think Shane looks like a younger version of Wade "Brad Bellick" Williams from Prison Break, which makes it a little odd to see him hooking up with Sarah Wayne Callies.

I was always a little disappointed that the Star Trek franchise didn't keep recycling actors from Benson when it came time to cast Enterprise. You'd at least think they could have gotten Robert Guillaume to play Mayweather's dad or something.

"Out of Time "would have been much better off if it had just started with "Losing My Religion" and used that extra space on side one to squeeze in the outtake "Fretless" instead of banishing it to an obscure soundtrack. You could probably lose the instrumental "Endgame" in favour of "It's a Free World Baby" too.…

Alex Chilton kicks a lot of people's asses as a songwriter. Don't hold it against Shirley Manson; just be glad she had the good taste to cover one of his songs.

I would love it if Todd Packer were Michael Scott's replacement; it would inject some much-needed conflict that could revitalize the show. The Dunder-Mifflin team is a big, happy family now, which is great in a workplace but not so great in a TV series. Packer as boss could be the awkward, unlikable David Brent-type…