As a local in a town who boasts the second-largest Elvis festival in the world every summer, I'd respectfully disagree with 'hip'. Though, to be fair, I also disagree with the cynicism of the locals who can't just appreciate the small fun of wearing plastic Elvis glasses and drinking beer in a parking lot.

You could settle for the Michael Scott version, "Cut off your nose to Spiderface".

In my hometown, there's a somewhat lored, and deliberately ugly boat-shaped house with almost nothing adjacent to it that has stood since my childhood. It qualifies as a 'spite house', if only for the reason that the owner wanted to show an example of how the government wastes tax dollars, or something to that effect.…

That's actually an oddly refreshing response from a band who could be described as hugely representative of that whole early-00's post-grunge whatever-the-fuck, but I guess they've grown up along with the rest of us.

Is there a reason the 'i' is even there?*

I don't know if I'd like look that deeply into it. It's essentially a show about virgins and a network eventually saying "let's add girlfriends", etc. Chuck Lorre is the Michael Bay of sitcoms.

It'd been long enough since I had written that that I forgot how much I highlighted the word 'punch'. There are other factors, but you were right to correct me on that. Joe's father did have a knife, for instance. Overall, I think Joe's fate was disproportionate to his culpability in the girl's death (and the fate of…

Eh, fair. But we're splitting hairs, no?

To be fair, 'the most popular show on TV" doesn't have to "challenge" anyone. The Big Bang Theory doesn't have a political lens and shouldn't be viewed through one, either. It's the Friends of this day and age. It's popular and Chuck Lorre-dull, but ultimately harmless, and probably, eventually worthy of some…

You may be thinking of also-early Michael Scott's stereotypical Indian impression, which she interrupts by slapping him on the face.

I imagine this will turn into a Bowling For Columbine thread, so may I ask:

I lost a friend to that sort of mental trap. It's martyrdom, essentially. The two or three people on Facebook who pay you some compliment overshadow the hundreds who feel otherwise. In terms of fame, I imagine it's the same, just tenfold.

Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow!

So violence-wise, it's a punch with a snowglobe.

I remember being such a fan of Waking Life when I was a teenager, and his speech. Sure, it was Baptist preacher-infused anarchy, but it was a good speech. Times and people haven't changed since 2001, thankfully. Oh.

I think there's an odd effect to the whole 'closing your eyes as a kid' thing. My parents wanted me to close my eyes during two scenes in The Last Crusade (the beheading scene and the final Holy Grail scene) and those scenes still creep me out on some level, even though they're remarkably tame.

Random fact: When I was nine years old, they shot a long parade sequence of A Long Kiss Goodnight in my hometown, in which my mom was an extra. Scrapped the entire thing.

Can you believe that he's the head of the Kwik-E-Mart?

I felt very validated when The AVC picked this as their favourite film of the 00's. That ending has always struck me the same way. Maybe not as poetic as it might strike others, but just ball-ishly practical in a way most resolutions aren't, and beautiful in the way that that practicality undercuts so well what…

Eh, in any case, with all the bad news surfacing about people, it's always nice to hear about someone who just seems downright commendable the more layers come off.