I absolutely believe that. I shot a concert video of his band back in Chicago, 2006-ish. When the lights were on and he was on stage, super-friendly, laughing, making faces, and I could roam as I wanted to with camera in-hand. Like, I’m on-stage, and we’re making on-again off-again eye contact for over two hours as I…

Yeah, I did some post work on a Disney movie called G-Force and, after it wrapped but before it came out, I shared an elevator with him at Mosaic. And I never do this, but I asked

“Excuse me, but are you Zack Galifianakis?”
He said “Yup”
I said “I just spent 3 hours a day, every day, for the past few months staring at…

Ha! I wish I could claim credit for that, but I’m quoting Conan O’Brien. When he saw this picture of Stephen Baldwin in a June 2009 ep of the Tonight Show, O’Brien described this look as “Mafia Hypnotist.” :)

Your look of concentration is astounding. You look like a hypnotist who works for the mob.

I am reminded of something else. Something awesome.

Uhhhh....

For anyone here who used to be a fan of Zinner’s college band Boba Fett, I gotta ask:

Does he bathe in the blood of virgins? Because that fucker is aging at Keanu-like levels of slowness. If at all.

I’m gonna guess “Yes?” My wife and I have been together through college, grad school, living as expats, back to the States and to LA before settling down right where we started, in Portland, OR. And even though the house is hers, mortgage-free, and her family has plenty of money (land rich, so not exactly liquid), I…

I'm almost tempted to put up some before-&-after pix to show what getting in shape looks like (especially for middle-aged, long-torso'd white guys), but the "after" ones all look like I'm trying to pick up dudes on CL with some bathroom selfies.

Yes, oh my god Thank you! I have a long torso (I'm in my 40's, 6'1", with a 30" inseam) and when I had a 6-pack two years ago I managed to keep my baby face without looking gaunt or "like Yoda from the neck up." And I wondered why. And now I know :)

I moved to Portland fresh out of high school in 1990 and lived there (off and on, mostly on) until summer 2005. Your description of Austin then-&-now, and what I came back to when I returned to Portland last winter, is spot fucking on.

Nope. It's like a YA novel and a Choose Your Own Adventure had a 4-way with the Da Vinci Code and your mom's Authentic Italian Cookbook.

Have you (or any other commenters replying to you) read The Book of Unholy Mischief. It's an ahistorical piece of ridiculousness best described as "The DaVinci Code's actually a cookbook, rediscovered and lost again in Renaissance Venice."

Yeah, I live in Oregon where the minimum wage is the minimum wage, regardless of whether you serve food or sell dresses. And I worked in kitchens and restaurants (off and on) from 14 to 26 and had NO idea that employers in other states could pay less than the minimum wage if the position was one where tips could be…

My mom is the 4th of 9 and my dad is the 3rd of 7. I have aunts and uncles I barely know or haven't met yet, and more cousins than I can count. I'm also an only child and know for a FACT that my mom wouldn't have been able to handle more than one at a time. And I've thanked her plenty of times for sparing me a…

Crap. Now I'm completely in love.*

And for any menzfolk that wander in accidentally, this one's for youze.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa09uj_m…

Those are absolutely deserving of their DO NOT PLAY status. For years my now-wife said "No way in hell are we having a DJ at our wedding. I am NOT gonna listen to Celebrate Good Times and that Ohh...Yeah, Yeah song at our reception."

What were your DO NOT PLAY songs? I must know!!

I cut just under two seasons of Mad Men as, please remember, the technical editor. I made no creative decisions and answered to an EP who in reality was more like a Post Super. As individual scenes were shot a view of the larger whole could sometimes take place, but the beauty of MM is really in the editing, i.e.…