That's like saying, "At least Kentucky beat Duke." Yes, the more horrible team lost, but we all still lose in the end.

It's a bloated, historically-inaccurate mess of a movie, but I love it. The director's cut makes it all much more coherent. I like that the film doesn't have simple depictions of good and bad, as you might expect in a crusader epic, but I guess that's not what the studio thought the public would want. Either way, it's…

I love that they brought back Professor Professorson.

Like many great heroes of myth, we talk about him not because what he does makes sense, rather that everything he does is so damn fascinating.

Nic Cage is a genius, a hack, a lunatic, a shill, a lover, and a fighter all at once. You never know at any moment what kind of performance you will see, and it can change wildly within any scene, let alone an entire movie.

More that Nic Cage, himself, has become a mythological being. He clearly must have access to a plane of logic beyond scientific understanding or any form of human comprehension to justify his career choices.

Nothing. Everything.

Agreed completely. There are more intentionally funny lines in the Nolan films than either of the Schumacher ones (though I do like Forever). As you said, the humor is dry rather than campy.

I see we are at an impasse. Normally I would say "agree to disagree" and move on, but as this is Foodspin:

What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you only eating store bought guacamole or something? Here's a tip for your clearly drug-addled brain: get your hands on some Peruvian avocados; they're huge, creamy, and delicious, and you can use them to make your own fucking guac.

I would love to have Sarah Vowell read her book to me, so I'll have to get the audiobook. My friend actually wrote an article for the Washington Post about one of the trips we took, visiting sites of various deaths (not just assassinations). Two of the coolest (that's probably not the right word) facts that we…

I had the exact same experience. Read Assassination Vacation, where I discovered the musical. Unfortunately, I've never seen it live, only in a low-quality video recording.

As someone who has, on multiple occasions, traveled for the specific purpose of visiting places where Presidents have died, I approve.

It makes me happy to know that I wasn't alone in the impulse to look up the times of assassination. Unless you knew them from memory, in which case I would like to be your disciple.

Just make sure they're self-adhesive! Otherwise you'd need super glue, and assuming you're doing some in public, the rightful property owners might not take to kindly to that.

I surreptitiously stick them on other people to zoomorphize them.

Don't think, just let the like flow through you.

It's a worthwhile purchase for those random moments in life that require the addition of googly eyes, which I find to be surprisingly frequent.

We fought with S. Korea from 1950-53, but we still maintained a peacekeeping force along the parallel in '68 (and to this day). During the Korean War, General McArthur advocated nuking North Korea and China (their allies), but President Truman and the Joint Chiefs correctly recognized that this would force the Soviets…

By "better off" did you mean extinct?