Step Brothers<\/a> A-<\/p>\n Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy<\/a> A-<\/p>\n Bridesmaids<\/a> A<\/p>\n Strapped (Spring Training)<\/a> B+<\/p>\n Pearl Jam – 1991\u201308\u201323 Seattle, WA<\/a> A<\/p>\n Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey<\/a> A<\/p>\n Shrinking<\/a> A<\/p>\n John Mulaney: Baby J<\/a> B<\/p>\n Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves<\/a> B+<\/p>\n The Bear<\/a>, seasons one and two A, A<\/p>\n The Bear\u2019s Ebon Moss-Bachrach knows exactly how Ayo Edebiri used to cut her onions<\/a> Why Pac-Man won<\/a> Life as the Last Fire Lookout<\/a> David Letterman Was in on Andy Kaufman\u2019s Outrageous Bits<\/a> Bob Barker\u2019s Letterman Top 10 Lists<\/a> 8000 runs: a love letter to running<\/a> Why US Malls Are Dying (And Why European Malls Aren\u2019t)<\/a> Perfect Carrier Landing: Step-by-Step BREAKDOWN<\/a> The White Stripes – From the Basement<\/a> DIRT Episode 5 \u2014 Ireland<\/a> Sample Breakdown: The Most Iconic Hip-Hop Sample of Every Year (1973\u20132023)<\/a> The Better Boarding Method Airlines Won\u2019t Use<\/a> Announcers Getting Angry<\/a> Max Homa vs. Tom Kim | The Titleist One Club Challenge with No Laying Up<\/a> Open Season: Neil\u2019s Week At The Open Championship<\/a> The 2023 Barkley Marathons Documentary<\/a> How to Correctly Load your Dishwasher\u2026<\/a> What it\u2019s like for an Army Paratrooper to step into the air over a drop zone<\/a>
\nI had the joy of introducing this to S, who had never seen it before. Not sure she totally got it. Then again, I don\u2019t know if I did, either, the first time I saw it. A delight for me, though. It also made me look up and re-read this piece. Unadulterated Joy: An Oral History of \u2018Step Brothers\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPerhaps the height of Will Ferrell silliness.<\/p>\n
\nThis has been in rotation on cable lately, and I\u2019ve caught parts of it three different times. It probably makes me laugh harder than the two movies above. The fact that our girls are old enough to wander by and watch for a bit makes it a little uncomfortable for me, though.<\/p>\n
\nFor the latest edition of No Laying Up\u2019s budget travel series, the boys went to Arizona during baseball spring training season. All kinds of baseball goodies mixed in with the golf. This season doesn\u2019t quite hit as well as others, but it is never a bad way to spend 90 minutes or so.<\/p>\n
\nThis is pretty awesome. A PJ concert from less than a week before<\/strong> they released their first album. Every song sounds awesome. They were locked in from day one. I wonder what happened to that dude in front of the cameraman with the weird tick where he kept shaking his head. Hope he\u2019s doing alright.<\/p>\n
\nThis was really interesting. Especially the older guys who have been hanging around awhile. I don\u2019t remember Gabe York from college at all, but that dude is a stud. I had checked out on the Pacers by the time he got his late-season call up last spring. Always fascinating to see athletes like him, who absolutely destroy at the level just below the highest level, but for one reason or another, can never make it in the bigs.<\/p>\n
\nBill Lawrence<\/a> made some adjustments to his Thoughtful Comedy slider, brought in some terrific actors and collaborators (Jessica Williams is a revelation), and cranked out yet another fantastic show. Funnier than Ted Lasso and often as touching. I laughed as much watching this as any show in recent memory. Pretty much every one of the main actors is outstanding. You know Brett Goldstein is involved thanks to the liberal use of the word fuck. An excellent way to spend five hours of your life.<\/p>\n
\nI didn\u2019t find this as hilarious as his previous stand up shows. Not sure if that was because most of it is about his stint in rehab, and the intervention that led to that. Some of the humor seemed a little forced and uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
\nNot your average D&D adaptation. This hits most of the touch points of the genre, but remains loose and silly. Not quite a send-up of fantasy movies, although it can border on that at times. Seems like a movie that can delight both fantasy fans and those who normally wouldn\u2019t be drawn to the genre.<\/p>\n
\nS had not watched this at all, so I gladly binged both seasons again with her. Loved them both again. As with any re-watch, it was fun to pick up on little nuggets I missed the first time, or assess episodes slightly differently knowing what comes next. \u201cForks\u201d is still my favorite, but I did like \u201cFishes\u201d a little more than I did the first time. And Carmy is still a putz for fucking things up with Claire.<\/p>\n
\nShorts, YouTubes, etc<\/h3>\n
\nMoss-Bachrach seems very different from the character he plays. Which I guess is the job, right?<\/p>\n
\nThis went directions I did not expect. Also a good reminder of how crazily popular Pac-Man was for a long time. I think it was the summer I turned 12 pretty much every gift I got had a Pac-Man tie in.<\/p>\n
\nSome amazing footage in this piece.<\/p>\n
\nAndy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler on Letterman Full<\/a>
\nJoaquin Phoenix\u2019s Infamous Appearance With Dave<\/a>
\nOne day I fell into a rabbit hole of famous Letterman appearances. Time well spent.<\/p>\n
\nThis was shared a lot after Barker\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
\nBrief Beau Miles bullshit is better than no Beau Miles bullshit.
\nA weekend away after the hardest year of my life<\/a>
\nThen he shared this, which both explains why he\u2019s been less active this year and is a beautiful love letter to his wife.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m no economist or urban planner, so I have no idea if his arguments are valid or not. He misses a key point that plagues one of our local malls: people getting shot there every couple of months. That kind of puts a damper on cruising for babes like Linda Barrett<\/a> at the food court. If you\u2019re 17, of course. I don\u2019t cruise the food court for babes anymore. That would be weird.<\/p>\n
\nI got sucked into a bunch of this guy\u2019s videos one night.<\/p>\n
\nI miss the White Stripes.<\/p>\n
\nLike pretty much anything filmed in Ireland, this is amazing. We have some relatives that were just over there. It is high on my list.<\/p>\n
\nThe is amazing, even if I knew very few of the songs from recent years.<\/p>\n
\nI don\u2019t fly a ton, but I\u2019ve seen a lot of stupid shit when boarding planes over the years. Pretty much every system will suck because people either don\u2019t understand it, pretend to not understand it, or simply choose to ignore it. As always, people are the worst.<\/p>\n
\nAnnouncers Getting Angry | Part 2<\/a>
\nSome of these are great.<\/p>\n
\nI love stuff like this, especially when it is high level golfers like these guys and they can show off both their imagination and their skill level.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m not really a camper, so camping out in cold, rainy England to be closer to the course where the Open is being played sounds truly awful.<\/p>\n
\nI will never not be fascinated by the Barkley Marathons.<\/p>\n
\nThis fits nicely with my recent Old Man Tendencies post<\/a>. Some of these suggestions fit with my methods, some run counter to mine, and a couple were brand new to me.<\/p>\n
\nTrue story: when I was like 12, 13, I really wanted to be in the Army. Not sure if I specifically wanted to be a paratrooper but I would imagine it was on the list. Very glad I never truly explored that career path, as I\u2019m guessing my fear of heights would have been a problem.<\/p>\n