It's been an idea that's floated, and I think it comes mostly from sources sympathetic to Nixon. I first heard it in the '90's, when the Clinton presidency made clear that Americans would forgive politicians for being horndogs. But Nixon wasn't a horndog, he was a crook and a thug who tried to fix elections.

You know what they say — once you go rat, you never go back.

Not when Frank Miller's writing her.

Americans are not generally aware of the existence of (antipodean) possums. However, we refer to opossums almost exclusively (well, that may be a little strong — let's go with overwhelmingly) with the word "possum." A colloquial useage would be, say, "polecat" for skunk. The primary word for an animal, regardless of…

Relevant only if "Weird Al" Yankovic is a sceintist studying comparative marsupial fauna in the Eastern and Western hemisphere.

The word "possum," when used by an American in a lay context, refers to the animal common in the American South. One might quibble as to whether that's a "colloquial" useage (it's not), but it is indubitably the referent to which the word gestures.

I'm not so sure I agree 100% on your police work there, @KHalleron.

Oh my god, that's fucking hilarious.

My first popular music concert, if you could call it that, was some Christian Contemporary guy that a friend of mine invited me to in 8th grade.

Wallaby, no doubt. I got to pet a baby wallaby at a fair a couple years ago. Aborbs!

I just like it. I probably picked it up watching Looney Tunes 30 years ago. "Movie" is such a silly word, and it sounds disrespectful to my ears when talking about the massive endeavor required to put a film together, whether it's any good or not. I will refer to films in the abstract as movies, but I don't like it in…

I never fail to laugh at "knowing my ex-wife, it wasn't a moving violation," and then I never fail to be ashamed.

I read somewhere that it helps, because the obvious fakeness screens out all but the most gullible marks.

Fantastic. I've always wanted to see this.

C'est la vie. Next time.

They didn't really need to concentrate on the food, because by the time you ordered any, you'd already had three beers from Vietnam or Sierra Leone that were 9% alcohol.

As usual, I think Dowd is way too hard on this picture, which I saw last night. The characterization of Dusty is incredibly slight (and really unattractive, in fact), and all the supporting characters get essentially one line to establish themselves, but that's because the filmmakers know where the heart of the…

Yeah, but it's less of a distinction now that Lasseter is head of all the Mouse's animation projects. Especially since the main Disney Animation features have been better than the Pixar ones the last few years.

Me too. Growing up in Ohio, that was my only exposure to oysters. Now I live in Maryland, and they're all over the place.

Hey @LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus, sorry for the short notice, but I have an extra ticket to a preview screening of the new Woody Allen movie downtown tonight. I know you're an occasional Allen fan — you want to join me?