King David and the Spiders from Mars

Yael is the better pronunciation.

So you guys aren't going to mention that the Dinah story ends with the brothers tricking an entire village to circumcise themselves and then slaughtering them? It's like there's a purposeful conspiracy to never mention the fun parts of the Bible.

Actually it was Brian signing the book for George (and gushing about him) - and it was THE book where Brian wrote about fast zombies (and zombies with submachine guns - I think he saved the zombie fucking for later) and as soon as George got it, the rant began.

I have a friend who has normally good taste and acknowledges that Boondock Saints II is terrible and that the director is a jerk. Yet he likes that stupid movie.

I blocked Upworthy. I also insult people who post Upworthy articles that get through the block.

And before Justin Bieber it was Twilight. Seriously, many many nominally intelligent adults were taking great joy in shitting all over a series of books aimed at 12 year old girls. Yes, Dracula is better than Twilight. Thanks for pointing that out.

I remember enjoying the first 240 pages of The Fountainhead either despite or because of the weird way of everyone talking as if they were only obsessed with the subject.

An English teacher assigned Atlas Shrugged? How? Why? Was the English teacher trying to demonstrate how bad they were at their job?

There is a minority opinion that liked the Matrix sequels just fine and don't see what all the hate is about.

Yep. Anton. You're the kind of idiot douchebag that they are talking about. Good of you to give such a perfect example of ignorance and pomposity.

Seems like everyone in this article answered it in pretty much the same way - no problem having bad taste but purposeful ignorance is the worst.

If you ever meet Brian Keene at a convention, ask him to tell you the story about how he met George Romero and how after signing one of his books (with an effusive fan letter) for George, he got a very long lecture about how ZOMBIES ARE NOT FAST. It's a great story and Brian tells it well.

Oh Bai Ling. She ruins everything.

It was once funny. The bit has gotten old. Seems to be a hazard with SNL - if something works, it will be done until it doesn't work (and if you watch the DVD's for the older shows - itw as always like that)

The fact taht people are lying about reading that book might be even worse than people reading that book.

Ah the heroic KKK

Samuel, Jeremiah, Amos, Jonah. Nailed it! Of course, I also edited and published Bible themed short story collections - She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror and King David & the Spiders from Mars - so I'm totally a fan.

I did. I wouldn't call it my favorite, but it was pretty cool in teh first 100 pages and then the rest of it felt like being trapped in a room with an ubergeek who had one topic and wouldn't shut up about it. But instead of guns or lefty politics or Babylon 5, that one topic was whale hunting.

Do you live in a retirement home? Are those your only options? Seriously, All the King's Men is melodramatic treacle.