Whoa, what?! I gave up halfway through that book because it was dragging and I thought Murakami had bit off more than he could chew this time, and you're telling me a guy gets skinned alive in the desert?

Atlas Shrugged II: [pre-1959] Havana Nights

Atlas Shrugged II: [pre-1959] Havana Nights

Aw, thanks! *blushes*

Aw, thanks! *blushes*

Why is anyone questioning how Blake knew that Bruce Wayne was Batman? How does anyone in Gotham not think Bruce Wayne is Batman?

Why is anyone questioning how Blake knew that Bruce Wayne was Batman? How does anyone in Gotham not think Bruce Wayne is Batman?

No one else thought of Sweet Billy Pilgrim on The IT Crowd?

No one else thought of Sweet Billy Pilgrim on The IT Crowd?

Bright Star. The characters were so uninteresting that I was desperately looking forward to Keats' untimely death from tuberculosis. An hour into the film, there was still nothing but a thoroughly unconvincing love story and swoony cinematography. Every time Ben Whishaw coughed I thought, now we're getting somewhere.…

Bright Star. The characters were so uninteresting that I was desperately looking forward to Keats' untimely death from tuberculosis. An hour into the film, there was still nothing but a thoroughly unconvincing love story and swoony cinematography. Every time Ben Whishaw coughed I thought, now we're getting somewhere.…

I think you missed the point of La Belle Noiseuse.

I think you missed the point of La Belle Noiseuse.

Phish, Dave Matthews Band, never made it over in their heyday, as far as I know, and more recently, I think we've been spared Taylor Swift.

Phish, Dave Matthews Band, never made it over in their heyday, as far as I know, and more recently, I think we've been spared Taylor Swift.

Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter, in any incarnation. It's the glasses.

Please. Don't be ridiculous. Ignoring my ironic avatar for a moment, Margaret Thatchter was an incredibly intelligent woman and pandering to the uneducated was hardly her style. The only thing she has in common with Sarah Palin is that they're both women.

You walked right into that one. Now I can play St John's Wood. Only yourself to blame.

I hate to bring up a painful memory, but all I could think of when I saw the photo above was Anne Heche in Van Sant's 1998 shot-for-shot remake of Psycho. It's uncanny. I blame Van Sant.

Yes. The "hustle the hustlers" poker trope is so played out that it can't even be done ironically. Which I hope it was.