You know, thank god for the Ryan White program, so that straight white people finally found a reason to support AIDS research.

I’m a leftist, and I think Franken should have gone through the full investigation. Because, as a leftist, I think we should allow the system a chance to work, otherwise there’s no reason to encourage and raise leftists into the system.

I just watched this! Not . . . great, but not bad.

I was a casual friend of a guy who ultimately committed mass murder and went to his parents afterwards to tell them that I had no goddamned idea what happened.

We stopped meeting in person because we just couldn’t find a venue that didn’t have white-ass wall paint.

I remember that for super weird reasons: because he partially ate the guy, some First Nations bloggers were talking for a while about wendigo stories.

Things more embarrassing than staging a terrorist attack on Amtrak:

I’ve been terrified of Pittsburgh ever since The Last of Us.

Shit, man, my high school mascot was the Rebel. Not a Civil War rebel, a Revolutionary War rebel. And I went to high school in Colorado. The marching band wore straight-up Revolutionary War getup at football games and performed like we didn’t know Colorado wasn’t even a goddamned state when those outfits were…

What? Garth Ennis’ bonkers reboot (and the single-shot Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe) were the only reasons I ever read Punisher comics. The whole point was that they were extreme and stupid plotlines. I agree that the character shouldn’t be valorized, but I don’t think he shouldn’t exist.

One of my students proudly pointing at the snowdrift in our classroom a few years ago:

It looks a bit like it’s trying to be The Ring. I hope it’s not terrible, but I’m guessing it will be. What the Slenderman legend does really well is introduce uncertainty - just what he is and what he does is all very vague. That’s a great way to do good horror, and good terror - letting the monster on the other side…

My father is a minister (now retired). At one point, when I was probably about seven, he gave me a big bear hug and said, “You know, I think the death penalty is always wrong. But if anyone ever hurt you or your brother, I would beat that piece of shit to death.”

Oh, he was a conservative Christian?

Me, apparently.

Man, as a regular Christina Ricci vehicle, at least it was better than The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.

I have a friend who runs an action figure review site (oafe.net) and they’re pretty great at recording the horrifying misses in action figures.

I will say that my favorite part of the Keanu Reeves Constantine is not Peter Stormare’s devil, not Tilda Swinton’s angel, but Pruitt Taylor Vince’s earnest little performance as the sensitive who is compelled to drink himself to death.

Was it? I liked the show, I’ve never seen Desperate Housewives. The marketing I had at the time was that free Hulu was the only way I saw TV, and it was a new show.

Was it? I liked the show, I’ve never seen Desperate Housewives. The marketing I had at the time was that free Hulu was the only way I saw TV, and it was a new show.