Point Break is better than Die Hard.

Damn I miss Brantley. I almost hope he gets a ring from this.

There’s a couple of jokes about cannibalistic tribes, I’m sure there’s something there too.

Smart money’s on the one where the meat truck crashes into a vegetarian diner.

Look at Hong Kong and see what lack of gun ownership does to a country.

Because it’s sports writing and sports writers get bored just reporting on who won and by how much, so they tag a human interest angle on it. That New York Times article Samer linked to on another comment is a prime example.

And great, turns out nitrous-oxide actually calms people down when consumed, so now my comment (and The Fast and the Furious) makes no sense. Great way to start the day.

Man, I don’t know what nitrous-oxide you’ve been putting in your coffee lately, but I’m loving it.

Over the river is quicker than through the woods.

Generally, when people are looking at pre-20th century art, there’s a cultural element that draws people to it. People might read Moby Dick because they hear it’s a good book but there’s also a culture in America about Moby Dick that makes someone feel like they should read Moby Dick. The writers at the AV Club are…

...Sir, this a Wendy’s.

Old White Guys: First yer upset that I discriminate against black people, latinx people, women, and LGBTQ+ people, but when I try to meet ya half way by discriminating against millennial white men, yer still mad. No pleasing some people! /s

This seems as good an excuse as any to once again enjoy the mash-up of Bartolo Colon’s first home-run and The Natural.

Ha ha! Yeah!

Yeah, got my hopes up for a minute there.

And Pintos! If you still drive a Ford Pinto, you should be on a government watch list.

This is hardly a surprise. There seems to be a lot of sour grapes involving the Tolkien estate and the movies that were made, so they would want to exercise a lot of control over the new show to make sure the Oliphaunt-surfing is kept to the bare minimum.

I think the line I remember about Sauron was that he was less evil than Morgoth initially because he was servant to his master’s vision, but that during the Second Age he became truly evil when he began to set himself up as a God-king. Tolkien seemed to view true evil as completely self-interested, with no empathy or…

They found that out after they approached him and gathered information. From what we know, they approached a random driver of a popular car brand and held him at gunpoint. That should be bad procedure.

That’s a fair take, but I’d argue that they needed more to go on than same make and model car to draw their weapon. What if the suspect was driving a grey Toyota? Are they gonna draw guns on every driver on the road?