From the review: "Ryan is joined by a former Marine (James Van Der Beek) with a penchant for video games,". To my knowledge Van Der Beek never served, so I think it is safe to say he is not playing himself. Also, IMDB says his character name is Elijah Mundo.

Usually the phrase tweaker refers to users of meth. And considering the link thids show has to Breaking Bad, I doubt they were referring to something else.

Sorry to tell you this, but he wasn't in that movie.

No, not even close. Cordry is the guy in the photo above. The Indian guy is Aasif Mandvi.

I don't find that funny in the least.

You need to stop what you're doing right now and call an ambulance. Testicles do not just "fall off" whether you are laughing, crying, or having no emotional response whatsoever. I don't know what causes that frankly, unless you wrapped something very tight around them in the last couple of days. Good luck to you.

I've sat thinking about this comment for several minutes and it still makes no sense to me. What on earth does porn and insect repellent have to do with what the article was about?

You'd be surprised at how often pretty much that exact trope is used. It's actually a pretty big action movie cliche if you look back.

Looks like you stopped reading just a second too soon:

You do realize Stuart Smalley is a fictional character, and as such can't be nominated to any cabinet position, right? Likely it will be a US Senator or perhaps governor.

I've never heard the phrase myself, but I am guessing it's a mom who is also a manager? Possibly managing the careers of her children.

I'm surprised Mr. McCown is so distraught by this show being cancelled. I have literally never even heard of it, much less seen a single episode. Sounds like I better check it out though!

Considering it was Greek mythology and they hadn't invented an airplane yet, much less travelled high into the earth's atmosphere, I am stunned you feel the need to make that point.

Considering he sold 300,000 copies of it I'd guess at 300,000 people at least (assuming not a single one shared it with anyone else which strains believability). Of course you must also consider that some people also torrented it.

No, I'm pretty sure it is all about the murder, no baseball angle to the story. Perhaps you're thinking of a serialized sports podcast someone else put on?

If you aren't into podcasts I guess you might have missed it, but it's hugely popular and getting a lot of coverage so I am a bit surprised you haven't. There's a radio program on NPR called This American Life. Serial is a spinoff of that, exploring a nonfiction story over multiple episodes. (That's why they call it…

That's very true. For a great example of it see the above article.

The wetness of water is thought to be due to its high moisture content.

A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light.

I'm agree with your dad. In fact I said the exact same thing.