My sister and her BFF were living in Chicago around the time that he started doing stand-up. They said he was terrible, but got a little bit better with every set. So they can say they knew about Hannibal Buress before he was famous. Good for them.

Dawes is always the implied #1.

I think he's one of the few artists who could pull something like this off. Cash was great at it because his style was so minimalist and his voice had such raw power that it worked regardless of which genre or band he was covering. Very few artists, living or dead, can boast that kind of versatility. I would love to…

He's fine. I'm actually in decent shape, but need to know how to better target and develop specific areas of my body.

I'm in my mid-20s and have two degrees. I don't regret going to school for so long, but I definitely don't like the way our society teaches everyone that they need to have a masters degree in order to stay competitive. At this rate, every kid will need three Ph.Ds in order to get a job a century from now. So no, you…

I keep meaning to watch Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars shorts. I've had the DVDs sitting in a drawer on my desk for close to a year now. I also need to read the Thrawn trilogy, because my experience with the Star Wars EU is limited to playing KoTOR and Jedi Academy. What a relief to find out that the Clone Wars TV…

Since you're a theater person, I'm guessing you've seen Doubt? I saw it with Eileen Atkins in the lead and when the mother of the student said, "What if my son is…that way?", I wanted to fucking scream. Anyway, enjoy The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which I'm curious about just because the title is a…

I had a dude try to evangelize me when I was in a bookstore once. He came up to me while I was browsing and started up about how the Bible refers to God as "He", then implies that he might also have a feminine side in places. That's interesting, but was all a lead-in to him trying to convert me to some Korean church…

I thought Stardust was a fun little movie. It's nice to see De Niro being ridiculously over-the-top, anyway. Layer Cake was fine, but nothing special. I have no desire whatsoever to see Kingsman. It just seems like a bunch of violent wish fulfillment, nothing more.

I watched it with a friend and we couldn't stop laughing. From the idiotically written love triangle (and how abruptly it ends; I guess Allen was trying to shock everyone) to the ridiculous effect of people hallucinating bees to the slow motion shots of kids getting mowed down by bees, we just could not take the film…

The last romantic comedy I can remember really liking was Lars and the Real Girl. Actually, there have probably been other good ones since then, but that's the one that always springs to mind when I try to think of a good romcom from the last 10-15 years. What sweet and sad yet funny movie.

One of my uncles has seen Springsteen 60 times in concert or more. You could say he's kind of a fan. One of my college roommates had a father who was proud of the fact that he was from New Jersey and didn't like Springsteen. Springsteen is one of those artists who inspires fanatical devotion in a sizable group of…

Eventful week. I had a session with a trainer at my gym and now I'm supposed to be eating more meat & whole wheat, taking multivitamins, etc. We'll see how long this lasts. I've lost a significant amount of weight since I moved out of my parents' place due to financial constraints and my having to walk everywhere, so…

I'm too good to type out a response to this.

Admittedly, Marlee Matlin was working with a handicap, but the last thing I saw her in was that stupid Ramtha movie.

You don't meet too many named Gaye anymore, which is a shame.

I think Sapphire Fire would make a great Fire Nation name.

I like The Sixth Sense, but I think the years have been kinder to Unbreakable. It's the kind of movie that just sticks with you. Maybe Shyamalan's airless, muted style gets a little enervating in places, and yeah, the title cards at the end were unnecessary, but it's packed with scenes that seem bizarre out of…

Read it in Michael Caine's voice and that line is heartbreaking.

Snowpiercer is not subtle, but it worked just fine for me because it was still an entertaining film. Tilda Swinton was great. The action scenes were nail-biting. In some places, the film managed some fairly pointed commentary, such as in the classroom scene, which showed that no evil regime can exist without a True…