KenJennings

Appreciate is a strange word to use. I find nothing to "appreciate" the character of Walter White. I appreciate Bryan Cranston's performance, but not the character. He's a horrible human being. Jimmy/Saul is a different case. He seems to struggle with his decisions in ways Walter White never did. I never turned on Walt like most people eventually did. But appreciation of a villainous character is fundamentally different than appreciation of a villainous person. One is make believe.

I think I appreciate the character of Jimmy/Saul even more than I appreciated Walter White.

What ever happened to Randy Jr?

Whoa.

Something is different about this season. The new aero package caters to a different driving sensibility. This isn't the era of pure Hendrick equipment domination anymore. I could see Danica sticking around a while. I don't think she'll win anything or make the chase... but top-20? Certainly. As for Tony, he'll turn around quickly. And I mean quickly. He'll be very strong at Texas next week. If you're betting against Vegas... put $10 on Truex and Newman every week for the indefinite future. Might take a few weeks, but it will pay off by year's end.

If it started today, Danica Patrick would be in the Chase. http://brainfoggles.com/wp-content/uploads/Head-Exploding.gif

Seems like every week, one of these ugly Ford grill inserts pops out and causes a debris caution. NASCAR needs to address that.

Ricky has to take the cake. Lahey in a close second.

Most shocking moment of the episode was Chuck chiming in with "Twenty Million Dollars." I was thinking, 'uh oh, Chuck's out of the game'... then he came in swinging.

Boy, this is a great album. Stopped at Best Buy today and bought a physical copy of it for my car. The album both breaks my heart and brightens my day. Love it.

While I do generally still like PT better than Wilson's solo stuff, "Hand.Cannot.Erase." is a damn masterpiece.

Another finish manipulated by inconsistent caution flags. One lap they throw a caution for a tiny piece of debris, the next, they let them race through cars spinning across the track. Anything to keep the accused abuser out of victory lane so soon, I guess. Bunch of Bullshit. But I do have to say: Keselowski drove the hell out of a mediocre cat to capitalize on it. He didn't do anything wrong.

Season two was incredible. If you're not hooked by the middle of the second season, it's not for you. I just finished watching Season 8.5... pretty funny short episodes.

Just watched "St. Vincent"... fantastic movie.

http://netdna.tvovermind.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Archer-GIFs-15.gif Sorry, but it is. Yeah, I wish he sounded more like Bob from Bob's Burgers.

Kurt Busch reinstated and given an exemption for chase eligibility. Right call, NASCAR. Good work.

Is everyone else just stunned after that performance last night?

Tonight's episode was one of the best hours of TV I've ever seen.

I'm really enjoying the fact that some smaller teams are competing strongly. Martin Truex seems to have some legitimate speed this year. While some fade is to be expected, I don't see him disappearing. Harvick looks completely unstoppable right now. That team is hooked up on a rail, and carrying their championship swagger like they're ready to lay down a dynasty. Harvick hasn't finished worse than 2nd since Martinsville last year. Pretty crazy. ECR power plants seem to be back up to par and ready for the big stage. I expect Ryan Newman to be a major player throughout the year. At some point very soon, Austin Dillon will 'click' and become a serious presence. Especially if they're putting fast cars under him.

How about the race between a Ryan Blaney and Austin Dillon in the Busch series race? That was awesome racing.

Nope, you're not. Add another to the list. IMO, PT produced a far superior product as a group.

He's very much like Kirk through all of Insurrection. A very underrated Trek movie, I add. Also, in "Who Watches the Watchers", his willingness to take an arrow to the chest in order to save face is pretty reminiscent of Kirk. Kind of a "break the rules, accept the consequences" moment. Also, standing by Worf's side through the discommondation/redemption arc, he had moments of extreme bad assedness.

He's no Ricardo Montalban

Phil Hartmann was a tough one. The world lost a lot of laughs when he was taken from us. I'm going to have a hard time if Norm MacDonald, Gilbert Gottfried or Penn Jillette leave us.

Cut him some slack, he was across the country for a gala raising money for the Red Cross. He flew back Sunday morning and just missed the funeral. The shots people are taking at him are in poor taste.