@Sheltie: you are right that he had a phase of being pretty hawkish when it came to Israel (notably memorialized in the awful song "Neighborhood Bully" on "Infidels," 1983). This was kind of at the tail end of his born-again phase, which involved some surprisingly good music but a lot of bizarre semi-political rants…

History's Greatest Monster
We elected the wrong Carter.

You can guess what happens next.

I thought it was "Bruce Banner: The Art of ManRage."

You are not Ganesh! Ganesh is graceful! And probably wouldn't eat cold cuts.

C'mon, people, she's the Vice-President of the Baby-Sitters' Club. Claudia's thing is that she's good at art, but she can't spell very well. The chapters of the books are prefaced by a sitter's entry into the club journal, and Claudia's are the most poorly written.

Satan
Well, the Devil's had a tough week, thanks to the Mind of M. Night Shyamalan, so he was kind of due for a win.

ZEE STATE OF CALIFOHNEEA HAS NO INTEREST IN DENYING ITS GAY AND LESBIAN CITIZENS THEYAH FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND THEYAFOAH WE DO NOT OPPOSE THIS INJUCTION.

Actually, that little tidbit increased my chances of seeing this movie substantially.

@Internet Judge: It appears that the cat has been caught by the very person who was trying to catch him!

Sir, that response deserves a topping up of your merlot. Cheers.

Whoa, Harry Potter is not bad. Populist, yes, but definitely not bad. (Let's set aside the first book, which isn't that great.) The structuring of the plot alone puts J.K. Rowling in pretty good company, I'd say.

The message of the movie is that, in a way, we're ALL the third dungeon master.

May you spend the next two years developing your lawful neutral fighter-mage only to be lured into a sphere of annihilation by a hen-pecked DM.

Failed finalsies (and stealth lasties).

Step Up n-D: Without Loss of Generality

It was pretty cold and wet for most of June-Aug. 2009. Tobias obviously refuses to grant that period the title "summer."

An Interesting Law of Probability
"Unlikely groups of friends" actually come together, develop friendships, and save the world nine times out of ten.

Oh, right. My (intended) point was that he legitimately acquired the ring, which would take us into issues of abandonment and actions for conversion. Adversely possessed, sucker!

*couldn't expect. Darn it, that's what I get for joining this blasphemous thread.