James Whitmore dies at 87

James Whitmore was one of the many "hey, that guy!" character actors, but for me, he'll always be Brooks in "The Shawshank Redemption". (Which, for those of you new to my life, is my favorite movie of all time.)


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... yoinked from a few people.

And it's a crappy-ass list, but I'm bored. ;)

Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever:

1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Post your answers.

50. Quantum Leap - loved the first few seasons, but then every leap ( Read more... )

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NFL fines Patriots player $10K for making a snow angel after touchdown

And people ask me why I don't watch the NFL except for the Super Bowl. They fined an All-Star player for making a SNOW ANGEL. He was HAPPY. It was SNOWING. Do the math!

... but this one is just. Too. Awesome.


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Fran Drescher eyes Hillary Clinton's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat

I support this on one condition: she gets to use the Nanny Voice for all official duties.

and I've always found Fran Drescher hot. There, I said it.

(x-posted to tv)

... after seeing commercials for his show (My Own Worst Enemy ( Read more... )

Barack Obama, President-Elect

Rather than say something possibly eloquent, I believe I'll say "fuck yeah!" for now. :)

Vote.

I can't, so y'all (y'all that are US citizens) had better.

So vote.

... if the definition of "maverick" is basically an independent thinker, how can two mavericks work together?

Either one of them has to be a follower, or they aren't working together.

(And no points for citing the Dallas Mavericks as an example, smartasses.)