I asked my sister, mom, and most importantly my sister-in-law (who loves "The Princess Bride") if they knew FJ. They didn't. When I revealed the answer, my sister-in-law said she should've known it, since she had just read about it in Cary Elwes' book.

This last week in Sillstaw’s entertainment:

“your value as a human being is equivalent to what you are being paid.”

My mom and sister were talking earlier about how disrespectful it was for Trump not to shake Merkel's hand. I just had to point out how, given the way he shakes hands, it's probably a good thing for her that he didn't.

Saw one of those posts about "white Irish slaves" bullshit from a friend of my brother's. I posted a link to a New York Times story explaining why it's wrong, only for the poster to act like the New York Damn Times aren't a reliable source, and somebody else claiming that next I'll be posting a Snopes article as if the…

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Lily Collins: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Queen Latifah: Living Single
Adam Levine: Soundtrack, Love Actually

This month's "astronomy picture that looks like a prog-rock album cover" is an inverted picture of the sun:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/…

I remember the Great Job Internet on that one. I think there was a Liam fan insulting Noel throughout the comments.

Yes, thus proving my point.

Although when I looked, his primary credit on the birthday page was literally blank.

I fell in love with Oasis during junior high school. I still enjoy them and wish I could have seen them live when they were together. (I can't decide which seems likelier, the Gallagher brothers making up and touring again, or North and South Korea reuniting.)

I still have not seen "Trainspotting." I have a hold on it at the library waiting for a while.

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Brittany Daniel: Sweet Valley High
Nat 'King' Cole: Soundtrack, Catch Me If You Can
Billy Corgan: Music Department, Ransom
Grimes: Soundtrack, Arbitrage

I'm already going to miss Gretchen.

Today in a rushed "insultingly easy J6 clues":
"B"ook Replacements: J.K. USED THIS WORD, NOT HER NAME, IN THE TITLE "HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-ROWLING PRINCE"
We've Got Company: JEFF BEZOS OPENED THIS WEBSITE FOR BUSINESS IN JULY 1995
Thick as a Brick: A SURPRISE CAN "HIT YOU LIKE" THIS MEASURE "OF BRICKS"

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Alan Tudyk: I, Robot
Nancy Wilson: Composer, Vanilla Sky

I had a feeling I was wrong on "Hap & Leonard," but couldn't remember.

J6:
She's won 7 Emmys, including for "The West Wing" & "Mom"
A: Who is Allison Janney?

I think the only things I've seen her in have had her as wordless savages, in different senses of the latter word. ("The Woman" and "Hap and Leonard," if you're curious.)

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Fabio: Actor, Zoolander
Bret Michaels: Producer, Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Mike Love: Soundtrack, The Karate Kid