Mike Perriera suggested just adding  another official sitting in the booth, who can quickly watch the replay and give information on a call. Same way as when the officials meet to discuss whether or not to pick up a flag.

I agree. Gaffigan’s the only person on that list I can tolerate. Didn’t like Chapelle’s recent specials, didn’t like Rock’s latest special, never liked Seinfeld’s standup, Iglesias, Dunham & Maniscalco are one-trick ponies, Hart is one of the most annoying people on the planet, never really liked Gervais, and I don’t…

I’m sorry anyone that hates on this is just a bitter hack, it might not be your thing, fine but the skill, creativity and production values are all off the charts.

Yes! The Eastwood-acted parts are its weaker moments (though he does deliver a nice denouement of sorts), but his direction of Costner and Costner’s performance are lovely. Great stuff. I remember it was considered a major disappointment at the time, but it’s so much better than a lot of his later-period work that got…

The Mule is not quite A Perfect World. Like that 1993 film, it finds Eastwood performing (both as actor and director) in two of his most comfortable modes: ambling low-key pulp and quiet regretful elegy.

That little lens-flare/reflection in the video seems to be some sort of optical effect from the engines of the Soyuz rocket, though I have no idea how the optics work to do that. But the pattern is the exact same, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence. Anyone have any idea about how this works?

Here’s a short video from Planet Money about Chicken Tax.

Yup. One of those obit where it’s really hard to figure out which of a whole bunch of amazing things to highlight.

“...one of his longest roles, a casino operator in the first season of HBO’s Deadwood.”

This is just a test to see if I can get out of the grays by also stating that Scott Muni is dead. I don’t even know who that is. 

“This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it—that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

I need to stop doing this because it ultimately doesn’t matter but...

And this thoughtless, vile cruelty is a big part of his brand and why a large portion of this nation likes him.

Guys....I think MadBum’s kind of an asshole.

I miss him so much. My sis and I had tickets to see him at a festival last year and I spent all year amping her up for his amazing performances and then he canceled last minute and died the following month. So sad but I’m excited to have some new songs.

For the uninitiated:

OK, perhaps “pointlessly” was a poor choice of word. What I meant was, his own anger precluded anything other than the resolution that happened, which made him the architect of his own downfall. He wasn’t returning to Wakanda to find out about himself or his past, just to gain weapons and soldiers via genetic lottery.…

Look, I’m a huge MCU fan from the get-go (loyal Agents of Shield viewer here), but honestly, Black Panther was not Oscar-worthy and this is all a lot of noise about nothing. After all the hype and Brinks trucks rolling up to Disney’s house, it was really just an average origin story movie between two characters that…