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I'm pretty sure he was trying, and failing, to say the name of the classical author Statius (which for those of us who speak America's national language, English, is usually pronounced something like Stay-shus, not Stat-i-us). For a dude with frosted tips on a razor scooter, he has an impressive breadth of classical learning.

on If You Only Watch One Video About Razor Scooters Today at November 5, 2009 7:42 PM
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I think Michael and Melissa might be the reason they call it "bunkin' cousins."

In reply to Jeb's comment on thirtysomething: I'll Be Home For Christmas at November 4, 2009 10:04 PM
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Of course, that's technically the smallest gang you can have.

In reply to Gary Meadows's comment on The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Gran Torino at September 28, 2009 5:38 PM
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For reals, man. When I saw her watching that monk on fire, I actually screamed at the TV, "Sally is Merry Levov!" Betty makes a pretty good Dawn Dwyer Levov, too.

I'm also pretty sure if you tried to make a Venn diagram of Mad Men watchers and Philip Roth readers, about 90% of it would be overlap.

In reply to arthur great's comment on Mad Men: Jai Ho Ho at September 8, 2009 8:05 PM
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I wish I was able to upvote these two comments forever and ever.

In reply to Godsauce's comment on The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Beowulf at August 24, 2009 8:07 PM
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It suuuuure is.

In reply to simonsays's comment on Fantastic Mysteries: Does The KFC Double Down Chicken Sandwich Even Exist? at August 21, 2009 6:48 PM
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Yeah, I'm pretty liberal too, and I'll third (fourth?) this. Michael Moore is the Ann Coulter of the left--both of them are more interested in being shocking than in the politics aspect. Which is frustrating, because it makes anyone who agrees with them look ridiculous and easier to ridicule. Oh look at you, you're saying the same thing as the dude who went with a camera crew to AIG to make a citizen's arrest.

In reply to Max the King of All Wild Things's comment on Fingers Crossed For Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story at August 21, 2009 10:23 AM
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I was just reading an article on Time commemorating the 100th birthday of the Lincoln penny (timely!), and it contains this little nugget of information: "While federal law states that coins are legal tender, it does not compel anyone to accept them. If a business doesn't want to take pennies — or a $100 bill, for that matter — it has a legal right to refuse them."

Of course, every time I try to read this to my boyfriend, he just blasts his Slipknot CD to drown me out.

on That's Your Boyfriend: Guy Who Pays For Impounded Car With Pennies at August 3, 2009 4:20 PM
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On the other hand, it's great material for that Larry David/Katherine Heigl fanfic I'm writing. In it, Larry teaches Katherine THE UGLY TRUTH--viz, that she is the worst--and, her eyes opened to her own atrocity, she travels back in time, kills Hitler, and strangles herself with her own umbilical cord.
Still waiting on that Pulitzer Prize for Best Fanfic.

In reply to Manvnature's comment on That's Your Girlfriend: Katherine Heigl at July 23, 2009 4:39 PM
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Keanu: "Say, have you ever read this masterpiece of literature that our movie has stolen from in the laziest and most depressingly literal fashion?"
Sandra: "As a matter of fact, I have, and It turns out that it is HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, actually."

Um, physician, heal yourself, because you have a terrible case of what those of us in the softer sciences like to call psychological projection.

on The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: The Lake House at July 20, 2009 9:17 PM
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