What sort of advice would you get? “Stop flipping your wagon, ya dummy”

Huh, I’m surprised this happened in Oklahoma. I expect this kind of outcome more for wagons in Oregon.

welcome to life as a meme, sooner schooner

The Sting is one of those movies where, if I stumble across it playing on TV, no matter what part they’re at I watch to the end. It’s endlessly delightful, the script is razor-sharp, there’s not an actor in it who isn’t perfectly cast and at the top of their game, it looks great, the music - while not really…

Yep. Paul Bateson, who was convicted of stabbing and cutting up a journalist. He is strongly suspected of doing it six other times. It inspired Friedkin to make Cruising. He got out of prison in the last ten years and nobody knows where he is. Bateson was featured on Mindhunters this year.

I am always delighted when I re-watch “The Sting” at how well it holds up even after you know the ending. On the morning of the big con, when Hooker and Gondorf are getting dressed, you actually see Hooker put something into his cheek. On your first viewing, you pay no attention to it, but the next time you see the…

I think The Exorcist tied in to a fair amount of Vatican 2 backlash that was going on at the time. The emphasis on the true power of the Church being connected to Latin words is something that would have been loved by the types still gnashing their teeth over masses being conducted in English. Also, old school…

*Makes note to add “rockcollector” to repertoire of SFW insults*

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...remembered as the decade of snark, a period where being smart and funny also meant being witheringly condescending towards everyone and everything that wasn’t in on the joke.

I’m an adult I should be able to call him Bob (or Dickhead) if I want. Do you agree?

You’ll open it thinking you’ll be enjoying some delicious short bread, but in reality it will be your grandma’s sewing stuff.

There are coaches on the Competition Committee. Coaches are control freaks who will never, ever give up the slightest bit of ground.

A Cormac McCarthy book club sounds amazing and really dour. I love it. 

I refuse to acknowledge any of the Henry/Alice rumors, because if I look too into it the producers will eventually make all the contestants live in a house together so they can bone. 

‘Zen and the art of motorcycle explosion.’ 

“That’s OK homie, that’s just what motorcycles do”

“We...wish prompt resignation” is a poor Spanish-to-English translation of “esperamos pronta resignación”. The sentiment is more accurately translated as “We can only hope that time heals your loss”.