I admit, I was pretty pleasantly surprised with Dredd as well. Maybe this is because I didn't have very high expectations going in, but that's not the point. Anyway, for Netflix, I found it a pretty damn good option. Now, do I want it in that fucking rip-off "Watch It Again" list? Shit, no! Let's not be…

"Luck" is the 'why' in the "why they play the game", or the "it's why they don't play the games on paper". It's the end result of the randomness that is spawned by the actions of two individuals, or two groups of individuals, acting against each other to achieve the same goal. It is the end result of the mental and…

He did. Not very much, but enough to call.

Gotta be. It's not like he's botching tough bounces. Only way he could play the ball worse is if he stood in place and threw his glove at it.

In a bizarre twist, Todd is actually the first customer and buys all 25, as he deals with extreme guilt about the hookup and gets a perverse satisfaction out of punishing himself over it.

From the Encyclopedia Brittanica series of educational films comes "Going Nuts for Coconuts!" (1950):

Sterling strikes me as the type of person who would spend hours lining out his exact case, with justifications, evidence, and I-know-you-are-but-what-am-Iisms, for being 30 minutes late to a meeting, instead of taking just four seconds to say "I'm sorry I'm late. I apologize."

And somewhere, Jesse Barfield smiles.........I guess. Shit, I don't know if he does or doesn't. Whatever.

Greg, this piece was brilliant. You know, for what my opinion is worth and all.....

The guy looks like he's got the confidence in his ability to recover from being out-of-position, and he's got the athleticism to actually do it. It's interesting, in fact, to see the contrasting styles between him and King Henrik, who seems like much more of a technician.

This seems like a very.....odd number one answer.

Well, to be honest, he WAS a master, until the frustration of him NOT actually getting the burgers he made finally forced him away from the game for good.

Sepp Blatter is wrong, of course....

See, that's what I was getting at; I mean, the man's style of play leaves one thinking that he's got the confidence to think he can recover from even the riskiest things he does, and that's fine, because it just plain fuckin' works for him. Sometimes he won't, of course, but that's actually pretty rare.

Wow....that's quite a passionate response there, buddy! I mean, I'm not from the east coast, and I believe I was fairly complimentary towards the best goaltender in the fucking league, who happens to, every now and then, pull some moves that leave experienced hockey types fairly perplexed. But that's cool,…

"Damn, kid! Suck it up already!"—N. Kerrigan

Perhaps readers with more experience can help me with this, but Quick seems like he can go from "you're just not really paying attention, are you?" plays to sublime, dominant ones in the span of minutes. Is it overconfidence? Problems maintaining focus? It's definitely not a lack of skill, but he can make decisions…

Again, as a fan with more interest than knowledge, Sutter seems like the kind of coach who, strangely enough, basically says "Go play, guys.". Not saying he's not smart, because he has to be to be as good as he is, but he also doesn't seem to be one of these uber types who focuses on everything BUT the actual game,…

Hackman was brilliant, because of what you just mentioned—average guy who learned how to channel his emotions in a way so that nothing was wasted. NObody does that 'menacing half-smile' thing nearly as well as he did.

Excellent! Thing about guys like Duvall is right there, in the line regarding how he didn't have the good looks: lacking that, the man learned how to ACT, and as a result, I think the one word that can tie up most of his roles is 'genuine'. Duvall's played a ton of characters in his career (only lately has he…