"King Booker" is the reason I was sad to hear they discontinued the yearly King of the Ring. That tournament format was a lot of fun, and the winner could do a lot with the gimmick for a while. Booker T took it about as far as it could go and it was glorious.

If they offer to buy Kevin James a new Segway, I'm sure he'll guest star on any CBS sitcoms that need someone to be fat and do pratfalls.

That might make sense, except for the fact he appeared in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle the same year Meet the Parents was released. My theory is that he went deep into debt with mobsters in Vegas while preparing for his role in Casino, and either loses his dignity in well-paying movies or loses the use of his…

If I wanted the Wes Andersion version of our political system, I'd just watch The Decemberists' video for Sixteen Military Wives again: https://www.youtube.com/wat…. It's kind of depressing that a video meant to parody Bush is still eerily accurate for a lot of current presidential hopefuls.

My first exposure to David Bowie was seeing him constantly on ZDTV because of his ISP and his brief work with video games. It was a mind-blowing experience to find out this tech-obsessed person was also the guy from Let's Dance, and Ziggy Stardust, and everything else. That was my entry point into the many lives of…

So it's the Food Pyramid's fault I'm fat? Can I sue the ancient Egyptians for making me obese?

I never realized until now that the only thing missing from Parks and Recreation was a giant, man-eating bear. Although, it would only last a few minutes around Ron Swanson.

Thanks a lot. Now I'm going to have "Jews in Space" stuck in my head the rest of the day.

If they did, Mirriam Webster lost for worst choice. Which is amazing, since they were able to pick second. They better step up their game next year. I nominate the middle finger.

At least "-ism" is composed of letters and is part of a word. Better than that infernal, smiling abomination picked by the Oxford Dictionary.

I say even money that the rhetoric keeps escalating until someone calls for internment camps. I am not looking forward to reading all the post-debate headlines with the horrifying quotes, it's like starting off the day in a dark, idiotic hole.

It's less that I care what others think. It's more that I have limited time, money, and energy, and if everyone says the new Star Wars stinks on ice, I'd rather spend those resources elsewhere. I'll eventually watch it on DVD, I'm sure.

I'm waiting a month to let the initial hype fade away and for some perspective to emerge. I could see lots of the initial reaction change once people have some perspective on it, and I'd like to go in with the right expectations.

Maybe they accidentally watched the original British show and thought Spacey wore lots of makeup for the role? "You can't even tell it's him! That's amazing acting!"

How are you going to get a computer inside a turkey? That's one difficult stuffing job.

Finally got around to reading Primary Colors. It was a difficult start, as I kept trying to connect characters with their real world counterparts and it ruined the flow. Once I broke that habit and just enjoyed it as fiction, it was pretty good. Nothing too profound, but a decent tale of dealing with the nasty side of…

Captain Murphy - "Shake Weight"
Bob Dylan - "Bob Dylan's 155th Dream"
Art Brut - "Fight!"
Kanye West feat. Dwele - "Flashing Lights"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "Two-Headed Boy"
Ramones - "Wart Hog"
Nirvana - "Love Buzz"
Hot Chip - "One Life Stand"
ZZ Top - "Sharp Dressed Man"
Belle and Sebastian - "Mayfly"

A Christmas Story is less a film and more like a ritual for me. Since I'm married with an extensively broken and fractured family, Christmas Eve through Christmas Day is pretty much constant motion through multiple celebrations. Every house I end up visiting, I try to sneak the Christmas Story marathon on television.…

You know kids are going to behave if Santa is John McClane. "I have a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho."

According to Lucas, a bad guy with a gun, because only bad guys shoot first. Thanks to this channel, we'll have plenty of good guys with guns to handle the problem. I feel safer already.