Damn, really? How do you screw up a story that good? Thanks for the heads-up, Jillian. ...

If you like that Star Wars tunnel, you'll love this: http://current.com/items/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco...

districtdon19 - re: coughillegalindccough Has this not been covered enough in previous bicycle comment threads to put this bit of urban legend to rest? Bikes on the sidewalk are illegal only in a ...

The analysis, not the convention speeches proper, RJ. Brian Williams was still interviewing pundits while they were collecting trash from the floor around him at 1am last night....

I could have told you that Grave of the Fireflies would come out ahead in that matchup. That movie is amazing....

I don't care if Trumbo defended Stalin, Idi Amin, Franco, a KKK Grand Wizard, and Satan himself. What he defended was every American's right to belong to any group and associate with whomever he or sh...

Thanks for the tip, boondoggle. Mighty Boosh has passed me by, I'll have to check it out. As for Death Race, that looks absolutley awful. Statham's great, and particuarly when he's got something dece...

"how do they enforce this? They get your name... which presumably could be false... and if they ask for your ID, you could say you forgot it, right?" While there's nothing illegal about walking arou...

Thanks, Kev. I should have mentioned Partridge specifically a the reason for Coogan being a huge star across the pond. That series deserves mention along with Spaced, Black Books, and The Office as t...

Anyone who says the local water supply isn't polluted needs to drop by the zoo and check out the three-headed Tamarin exhibit. Shameful. I wonder if the one extra head whispers to obey the zookeepers...

I once went to this diner in Beverly Hills. Only it wasn't really a diner. It was a crisp, clean, approximation of a diner filtered through the lens of what the residents of Beverly wished diners woul...

I like rock n' roll too, Fred. But we're talking about Wilco here; has that term really ever had much to do with them? I mean, they write pop songs even when they're penning odes to heavy metal. I wi...

Eh. L'Ennui was a movie about boredom that succeeded only in being boring. Which is rather surprising and disappointing considering how much time Sophie Guillemin spent in flagrante delicto. I've alwa...

That's "Nels", Fred. And he's amazing. If you're looking to blame someone for Wilco being less fun these days, I'd suggest looking past the dude using the toy ray gun to play his guitar and squarely a...

Danny Butterman: Have you ever fired two guns whilst jumping through the air? Nicholas Angel: No. Danny Butterman: Have you ever fired one gun whilst jumping through the air? Nicholas Angel: No. D...

jayevee- you mean it doesn't improve my accuracy to hold the gun sideways? what else have the movies been lying to me about?!? blittle- no kidding. particularly since she's packing a .357 magnum......

14thandYou- I wouldn't argue that threatening the cockpunch on the place's homepage is childish and dumb. But since Simmermon's tongue-in-cheek hyperbolic arson threat was also over the top (and, I'd...

I believe fanciepants said it best above: "This looks like an example of two classy people acting real classy." That said, the only thing more annoying than a clerk with an unprovoked attitude is a c...

Oops, thanks for the correction, Nate. My mind skipped right over that one....

@techne: What Vaughan just said. Also, because of the lack of bike lanes in much of the city, there are certain roads that are simply too dangerous to ride on due to lack of space and aggressive dri...