I'm pretty disappointed they didn't go with "the Heckfire Club."

Dang, that explains why the per diem here is so terrible.

"Marquixotic" is absolutely perfect. It also works really well with your pain gradations—the hubristic pain who does not realize he's causing you pain, and in fact thinks he's doing you a service.

It's been years since I've seen this movie, but man—so great. Ironically, I think it's easier to appreciate because of all the sub-par imitations that have come out since then.

Which begs the question: what's the adjectival form of marquess?

I only wish I was privileged enough to give you two upvotes for that insightful post.

I will say that OBJ's non-response (which I doubt was a calculated decision in the least) is certainly proving the merit of just not replying when someone says something bad about you. This situation would have been a lot more complicated had he started slinging stones back at Dunham. Instead, it's pretty easy to see…

I had heard anecdotally that he was a good guy, and was willing to hire people with a criminal history because he believed that people deserved a second chance.

He was the CEO, and the board kinda fired him, I think. I was at a Men's Wearhouse a while back, and I asked the salesman about him, and he said people still come in and quote the "I guarantee it" line all the time.

Scorsese is already planning a project where all the Tim Allens are replaced with overweight Marlon Brandos.

Eh, sometimes creation is an ongoing process with multiple participants whose entry to the project can be organized chronologically.

But hey, now he's working on a really political film about the Iraq War. Audiences love those!

The only time not being on Facebook has been an issue for me was during grad school, when most of my classmates were 10 years younger and would plan all their social outings in the bosom of Mark Zuckerberg. I'm probably missing out on some family photos and such, but I guess I'll never know.

I think there's a delicate balance—the ideal announcer is a bit like Virgil to Dante, showing the way to a deeper understanding of the game, a familiar and engaging voice (the friend you wish you could trade jokes and stories with if you were at the game in person), and—most crucially—your proxy during exciting…

One of my favorite headlines from The Onion:
"Phil Simms mistaken for a life-sized cardboard cutout of Phil Simms."

98 of them, in fact.

. . . although that wouldn't be too much of a stretch for the Justice League Unlimited Grodd who was a big fan of opera. And that was way less cognative dissonance than seeing Batman sing:
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

On the other hand, if he played bass for the Red Hot Chili Peppers it would have been harder to be upset about his death.

If they really wanted to get sophisticated, they could send you the specific drugs the band members were on when they wrote and/or performed the music.

See, but the other direction to go is that artists upload the video themselves and get the YouTube kickback directly (or, more realistically, indirectly through their label). If the artist releases a YouTube version early on it becomes the go-to suggested link, which means they get the vast majority of the YouTube…