One of my favorite AV Club personal rituals is to go through the year-end list and pick out a couple of albums to take a flyer on (since I've almost never heard of most of the entries because old). I've picked up Kala, Fishscale, and Sound of Silver in years past. This year, it looks like I'm going to choose a couple…

It was the student production of my daughter's ballet studio. The senior students were very good, and they had professionals play the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, so their solos were excellent. Would have loved to go into NY and see the city ballet, but my kids aren't quite old enough to sit quietly through a…

Went to see The Nutcracker ballet yesterday: I really liked the choreography for the Arabian, Chinese, and Flute dances.

The words "freedom," "classy," and "literally," look up from their poker game and nod toward an empty chair.

And he would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids!

"Shaq, you wipe your ass with spearmint mouthwash!?" - Kobe

"Hey Shaq, probably not like 5 rings!" - Kobe

You brought a smile to my face. Thanks!

Very pretty. Thanks.

"Mommy, what happens when I die?"
"God loves you, dear."
"And what happens when I have sex?"
"God hates you, dear."
"oh."

Holy shit. Given that my kids and I can barely get through a game of Skip-Bo without me breaking up a fistfight, this would cause nuclear armageddon.

Once J.J. learned how to write "XOXO" to his teammates, that's all he needed.

They got obsessed with it when they damn near got capped 'cause their beeper kept beepin'.

Careful, Teti. If you like the newborn baby too much, you'll go the full Philip Rivers on us.

Sorry, AUEDTTPTCOTU, but Savage Love's the next post over. Oh, and if you're not willing to cheat on her to preserve the universe, then DTMFA. Sorry again.

You interviewed Geddy Lee in the nude!? How did you not finish up with, "Geddy, I think you should know, I'm not wearing any pants."?

Slash, Myles Kennedy, and the Conspirators 2012 album Apocalyptic Love. It will rock your socks off.

The forward will be an all caps screed about what a horrible human being Randy Moss is.

It'd be weird if Al wasn't snubbed, honestly.

In all of the snark in the OP, it's cool that there's not a single mention of Pixar. It's like, "here's a terrible idea that we are mocking, and our brains can't even associate Pixar with it," like a Buzz-Lightyear-shaped blind spot.