It also did a LOT to advance the technology of mixing animation with footage of live actors, something Disney and others had been tinkering with for a long, long time.

And, of course,

Cruella DeVos is freakin’ brilliant.

Good take on the Mavs.  With a little luck, this’ll be an amazing year.  Without it, it should still be fun to watch.

“Freestyle” doors. And to think, for generations we’ve called them “suicide doors”. I’ll bet they hate that.

I can’t believe that Addams Family Values “just squeaked by” between the two Addams films. The Values script, its pace and its comic timing are so much improved over the first film, the original one hardly keeps my attention.

I can’t believe that Addams Family Values “just squeaked by” between the two Addams films. The Values script, its…

Casey: Can I just say one more thing about the Starland Vocal Band?
Dan: Sure.
Casey: 1978, they win the Grammy for Best New Artist. Know who they beat? Elvis Costello. Now is it your belief that Elvis Costello isn’t cool?
Dan: No, it’s my belief that the Grammy voters aren’t cool.
Casey: Now they tell me.

I read an interesting article about “Classic Rock,” which basically argued that there is no good definition. Some people lock it into a specific set of years, some into a floating, grandfathered period of “about thirty years ago or older”, or by all the styles it isn’t - disco, soul, singer-songwriter, new wave, punk…

RICO Act.

#MAGACareersMatter

When I was in college, the “okay” label fell upon whatever fast food joint stayed open late (pretty uncommon back then.) If you were out partying, the destination was Whataburger. At 11pm you could start ordering breakfast foods - also very uncommon at the time. If you were an insomniac on campus, it was the Jack In…

As often as not, just reading normal stuff on Reddit scares me.

Great.  The Olympics are be coming American Ninja.

He’d never be able to recognize a single one of them.

Of course he is. because, as he says, “black people love me.”

In Plano, TX, the answer is (oddly enough) ping pong. There are generally over 700 members in the Plano Table Tennis Club. At least 15 local children participated in the U.S. National Table Tennis Championship back in 2012.  It’s only gotten even more competitive since.

If he can’t pronounce it, he doesn’t believe in it.

Mild anesthetics and peanut butter. That’s my stock answer to so many of life’s unfathomable questions.

I just purchased a new car. Two stories: