I really wanted to be able to say “Ministry” here, but their two best albums were actually late-80s. ‘92s ”Psalm 69" is pretty good, but the rest of their stuff from that decade blows.

“the fact that you were a seriously funny-looking scarecrow of a man was no impediment to pop music success as long as you were (and he was) spectacularly talented”

Credit where credit’s due: President Cheney paved the way.

Jokes like that don’t bother me, regardless of whether they’re funny or not. Similarly: “The Chiefs are a lot like smoking, they’re dangerous to children and pregnant women.” Also kind of a lame joke, but not an offensive one.

https://sports.theonion.com/alfonso-soriano-regrets-joining-40-40-club-after-meetin-1819568689

Sports Night gave us Chuck "Cut Man" Kimmel, and for those two-plus minutes I will always give it a pass. 

Credit for Bonds’ 21st century stats belong to his doctor, not to Barry.

30 min may be too much trimming. Frankly I think the movie is almost perfect except for the interminable boat chase. Lose that and it might actually SEEM half an hour shorter

That’s absolutely true! A film’s box office is an infallible barometer of its quality. I’m so sorry I forgot about that fact. Please forgive me and allow me to learn more from your inexhaustible wisdom. 

Roy Cohn famously taught Trump to never, ever admit a mistake. Apparently he neglected to tea h Trump how to just fucking walk away from something. 

Supposedly he also had an outside shot at Captain America. I can't imagine what type/level of politics he might've brought to that role. 

Kinda, though I hadn’t thought of it til now. I was more distracted by how much it felt like a screenplay writing assignment to teach world-building. Everyone in the class pulls a random plot out of a hat and he got “monsters have taken over and they hunt by sound”

Man, Red October and Patriot Games really stressed the importance of analytics and having your shit together before you walk out the door. There were real thrills when Ryan refused a sidearm because he was sure that they weren’t in danger when approaching the Soviet sub, or when he convinved his superiors to stage a…

A Quiet Place

The Paradoxical Commandments

I've literally had that argument thrown as me while comparing the scope of mass shootings vs mass stabbings. 

How many trucks have been used in mass killings? As many as guns? Half as many? One percent as many?

I kinda suspect that this sort of shit is taught by hitting coaches to a certain type of player, one who performs better when they have something completely irrelevant on their minds so they’re not overthinking themselves at the plate (see also: breathing through your eyelids, wearing garters in “Bull Durham.”) It may…

I think we're on the same page here. My point was that banning guns won't solve violence, but it would greatly reduce the volume of casualties from these acts of violence

“5 people dead and 21 wounded in Texas shooting”