The A.V. Club

My grandparents used to get Grit. I barely remember them, but if memory serves, it was kinda like Reader's Digest, but, you know, folksier.

I know Comedy Central is saying The Daily Show will continue without Jon Stewart, & while it might still be good, it just won't be the same. This is seriously bumming me out.

Burroughs has always struck me as one of those guys who was probably mind-blowing & revelatory in his day, but whose impact is lost now, to the degree that what we're left with is basically what you describe, @NotTheRealSteveEyl:disqus.

Eh, let's call the whole thing off.

I grew up in southeastern PA—solidly "soda"—but I've lived in the Twin Cities for 15 years. I have kids now, & by cultural assimilation they sometimes say "pop", but because I call it "soda" at home—and will, by all the gods, UNTIL THE DAY I DIE— they call it "soda" more often than not.

I would argue that's not the same thing. If I ask for a "Kleenex" & you give me a tissue, it's all good. But if I ask for a "coke" & you give me a Mountain Dew, not so much.

I had never heard that until they Gryzzl guy used it on Parks & Rec .

My 10-year-old son apparently finds "whatevs" too taxing, & has been known to say just "'tev'". I blame the schools.

Isn't Octavia Spencer, at 42, a little young to play the grandmother? Do they age her up, or does she just look like her normal self? (Yes, I realize that it's biologically possible to be a grandmother at 42, but still.)

I also thought it was a pretty interesting choice to focus on Marius & Sulla. Focusing on Caesar, though, not so much.

The first two are really good, & I liked the third, but then I didn't go back. I actually own Caesar's Women & Caesar, even. They're such TOMES, though—it's hard to make the decision to take them on. Kinda sounds like some serious diminishing returns, though. I'll read then next one, at some point, & then decide…

I don't often say this—OK, I've never said this, but Hank Williams jr. got it right—there's rednecks EVERYwhere:

Kinda annoyed that the AV Club decided to cover this like it's a story. Yeah, O'Neal is mocking it, but this very article still brings more publicity to this dolt's shitty restaurant. Right wingers who never heard of this dump will now make pilgrimages to eat there.

Verbs conjugate—nouns decline. No wonder you're getting a headache—you should've been declining nouns, not conjugating them!

Neither my high school Latin teacher nor my college professors emphasized the macrons—it's something I picked up in grad school, & it's helped me be both a better Latinist & a better teacher. Latin is still mostly taught as a written/read language rather than a spoken/heard language, but in actual practice it was…

She comes off as über-self-centered. Mrs. Neophyte cites the following as among the worst examples of Ms. Roberts' insufferability:

We don't hate her because of her ladyparts. We hate her because she comes off as insufferably smug. I mean, even more so that most Hollywood folk.

We'll all get the feel-good movie we deserve.

I still think she was very attractive when she was younger. I liked her look in Mystic Pizza, & I did indeed find her pretty—hot, even—in Pretty Woman. I still wouldn't say she's unattractive, though her features have become exaggerated as she's gotten older (especially that mouth). What makes her unattractive is…