Old style (pre-Ruger New Model) single-action revolvers were loaded with five cartridges, the hammer resting on the empty chamber in order to prevent an accidental discharge if the pistol was dropped and landed on the hammer. Cock the hammer, the cylinder turns, and a loaded chamber is now under the cocked hammer. So,…

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys!

Yes. I am old. Wanna guess who (?) my first Doctor was? Let's not go there. If you live as long as I have, you will suffer as I have. I gloat.

As an 11 year-old boy, I watched the Ice Bowl on my parent's black-and-white Philco television. It remains the most dramatic football game I've ever seen. That being said, I'd better fucking well not see the thermometers showing negative 15 on Sunday.

You're the best kind of Texan, so of course they would.

I read the interview (skipping the trailer) and realized that I hadn't understood a single goddamn solitary thing Mr. Wiseau said. Nada. So I read the whole interview again, every word, understood even less, even though that isn't possible. So I watched the trailer. Didn't understand a goddamn thing. I don't believe…

So, what did happen to your other assistant, John? I mean, seriously, sounds like you have a good story there.

Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition, either.

Yes. Lloyd. When you lost your job, did you ever consider killing yourself? You could have spared yourself so much humiliation and shame.

Well, Harry, I can see why they fired your useless, lying ass.

I love a story with a happy ending. In this case, "they all died screaming" would seem nice.

Only admitting to age 39 was one of Benny's long-time running jokes. OF COURSE he was in his fifties during he TV run. Doesn't matter. He was 39. Just ask him.

He was 39.

Jack Benny only had three jokes:
1) He was the world's cheapest man.
2) He was the world's worst violin player.
3) He would only ever admit to being 39 years old.

I've just heard the album. Based on one listening, the C grade is bullshit. A solid B+, maybe better.

Use good earworms to drive out bad ones. This nineties thread got me going, so I made a point of getting Sugar's "Copper Blue" stuck in my head before work, which got me through another dull shift.

Really? I was told that they were better than Blues Traveler. which was also a lie, although not a very big one.

I never understood the degree of hatred and loathing directed at The Spin Doctors. They were inoffensive, and easy to ignore. They had their two hits. They went away when their time was up. Hating The Spin Doctors is as pointless as hating Harvey Danger, Silverchair, or Candlebox. Why bother?

If only Aaliyah had listened to Life Hacks, she wouldn't be dead. Wait, what?

Could be but isn't. Sometimes I ridicule these things when I flag them. Seriously, who is fool enough to give these people money?