I’m pretty sure the shock alone took 10 years off of my life.

I am also a Minnesota resident, and I can completely back up your observation. I wonder sometimes if it’s “Minnesota nice” at play, in which we attempt to punish people who don’t get into the correct lane early for their perceived “lack of courtesy”. I know that’s how I reacted for a very long time, until I learned…

I had a traumatizing experience with a monster centipede once (I refer to them as “dragons” just to distinguish them from smallish centipedes or not-at-all-creepy millipedes). This fucker was crawling around on the ceiling OVER MY BED, so of course I had to do something about it. I went and got the Shop-Vac with the…

I have heard a theory to explain this year: David Bowie was actually the glue that was holding the universe together, and now that he is gone reality is slowly sliding into madness and incoherence.

Trump is only in this for the boost to his ego; he loves the idea of winning The Most Important Popularity Contest In The World but doesn’t want the added responsibility that the job would entail. Trump has made it clear that he will leave all of the actual duties of being President, like setting policy and such, to…

When my kid was 2 years old, I had a grand old time answering her constant questions with a combination of “Teaching her how the world works” and “Amusing myself because this routine gets old pretty fast”.

Maybe it’s surprising, maybe it isn’t surprising at all, but little girls love the song “Exes and Ohs”. Like really love it. My first-grade daughters told me that their entire bus was singing it on the way home the other day.

The thing is, though, that a movie with a budget on this scale is not targeted just to comic-book-nerds, it has to be marketed to everybody. And if it’s not at all fun, then it’s going to fail.

MEGHAN TRAINOR IS THE ZODIAC KILLER??!?!

If I came across a racy cartoon when I was a kid I would probably get a tiny thrill out of it, but wouldn’t consider it a big deal. But I find that my perspective on this stuff has changed now that I’m a dad with young girls (surprise surprise). I don’t really want them exposed to grotesque shit until they are old…

It’s an interesting take you have, and I do think it’s important to look at the context and the era in which a piece of art is produced. But even still, it’s okay for us to take a step back and declare something is morally wrong (or just uncomfortably repugnant) by today’s standard, because it is today’s world we are…

I really want to star this in recognition of the truth you speak... but I’m a little too busy being abysmally depressed about the truth you speak.

Have you ever read Epicurus? I think you would dig it.

Both of these videos are a few years old, but I have a feeling you’re going to appreciate them:

Absolutely love this song, but I prefer the “choreography version” for the video. Without all the frenetic split-second jump cuts you can actually see the girls do their thing, and appreciate their dancing skills. Korean pop just puts American pop to shame, no question about it.

Holy shit, Rain is so badass. The “La Song” is now stuck in my head, where it will stay for... pretty much the rest of my life. It is that catchy.

2NE1 and Bigbang will always be my favorites, but I’ve been getting way into Block B lately.

Not only did I see it in a theater, I saw it at an awesome place (which doesn’t exist anymore, unfortunately) called Cinema Grill. It was one of those places that have tables in the theater, and waiters who will come and take your order during the previews. My friends and I all ate cheeseburgers and fries, then…

In a perfect world, maybe. But since Warren has made it clear repeatedly that she won’t run for Pres because she thinks she can do more good in the Senate, I highly doubt that she would go for Vice Pres either.

That’s an excellent point, that the VP should be someone who will have a strong chance to take over in 8 years. As much as I love Bernie, his age is a very real consideration. I guess we’ll know Hill’s choice soon enough. The final primary is, what? May? June?