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The cake is really kind of awesome. I wouldn't want to eat it, but it's still awesome.

Seagulls.

(Yessss, now I'm the pigeon brain.--JR)

"That's the problem with ed policy right now..."

I just got hard.

Speaking of books turned into phenomenal cable shows, jM and I bring you the first installment in a series we’re calling STARK WEEK: Winter is coming to take a bite out of your *ss.

Brilliance. You're gonna need a bigger Wall.

Fun fact:

I got married this past weekend, and Matt Damon was staying at the SAME hotel where I blocked out rooms for my guests. My cousin got a picture with him! I was all: and you DIDN'T invite him to the wedding??

Not that anyone should think the people from reason.tv are objective from the get go, but how unprofessional is it that he's talking to a reporter (who is clearly a Fox blonde in training) and the camera man interrupts the interview to throw in his completely unsubstantiated piece of information?
In any real news organization he would be fired on the spot for that.

I haven't seen "Breaking Bad" OR "Mad Men." So don't feel bad. I sure don't.

Klimt's "The Kiss" was my guess, too, Rusty.

I love the Rifftraxes (Rifftraxs? Rifftraxi?) for the Twilight movies. My favorite line has to be, "Llllllllllllllllladies" as Edward appears on screen for the first time.

Fuck.

(I'm helping!)

Speaking of Richard Jenkins, he was the best thing about Let Me In. He took a very small role and imbued the character with so much depth and even a sense of nobility, that I cried my eyes out when he sacrificed himself at the hospital. Man, what an actor!

I have always felt meh about Matt Damon. However, after seeing that interview and hearing him say the EXACT words I was thinking, well, it's obvious we are soul mates.

I loved when the reporters said there was job security in acting. Oh really? I'll bet a bunch of waiters in New York (and Joey Tribiani) would love to know about that job security.

It should be noted that Matt Damon's mother is a teacher.

I embrace my Oreo-ness. However, I don't eat watermelon. Not because it's not tasty, but rather because I'm already on diuretics for peripheral edema (from that ever-so-African-American-prevalent type 2 diabetes), and I need to retain even more fluid about like I need a third arm sprouting from the middle of my chest. I will sit proudly in the Popeye's drive-through. No hiding that.

Oh, and Joanna, I'll see your Dave Chappelle and raise you a Wanda Sykes.

Godfather III? I hope that's on the list as an example of what NOT to do.

The major point Matt was making of course slid right past those Reason motherfuckers. The fact that not all people in all professions are driven by the desire to pile together as much filthy lucre as possible as shuffling paper and bits around without actually making anything of any worth. That an MBA philosophy dictates that the only forces that can motivate humanity are fear and greed. The idea that you affect people or you make something, or what you produce enriches the world instead of just your fat little ass is just heresy to people who spend all day enveloped in a world where money, fiscal policy and bottom lines are the only factor that exist. The fact that someone doesn't have to spend every waking moment defending their job, and in fact has the ability to occasionally DO SOMETHING isn't important. That being said, teachers don't have the longest hours or toughest working conditions of all professions. They still shouldn't have to listen to the douchbags Damon's talking to.

Aaaand Now I am in love with Matt Damon. My mom was a teacher for 30 years. TWICE selected as an NEA Teacher of the Year, and she had to fight and claw to keep her department funded, even paying out of her own pocket for supplies and bringing her equipment from home. Her Jewelry and Printmaking classes turned around SO many kids who were considered 'problem students' it is unbelievable. I met so many of her ex-students over the years who literally would start crying when they found out I was her daughter, because they so wanted to thank her for her classes all those years ago. I have tremendous difficulty masking my contempt, so anyone in my presence who spouts vomitous bile about "overpaid" teachers or blames teachers for ANY of the failures of our eduction system generally is informed quickly and precisely of their thinking errors. Followed by enumeration of their personality flaws.

And Matt Damon proves, once again, why he is forever in my Five Freebies List. I can't decide if my favorite part is his disgusted mention of the MBA philosophy or the incredulous look on his face when his profession gets compared to teaching.

I start with "Jane, you ignorant slut..." and proceed from there.

@Jerry - Watermelon is generally considered a natural diuretic. Go forth and enjoy.

Separate Topic:
Ever since seeing Team America, I always hear the stupid puppet Matt Damon voice in my head saying MattDamonMattDamon whenever he's pictured.
Thank you for posting the interview. This has forever cured me by showing his intelligence. It's nice to see someone publically talking about teachers in a knowledgable and forceful fashion. I was also raised by a teacher and agree with him - no one would be one unless they really want to teach.

8 1/2 is the fourth film on the Spielberg list.

I love the fact that "Spielberg" has his own film on the list.

I've only seen 89 of these movies - not even half! I guess I'll just have to tell "Spielberg" that we can't work together.

I was a teacher for about four months at what the Washington Post called the "worst school in the country," I will gladly tell anyone that thinks that teaching is easy to go fuck themselves. It's like the Peace Corp, the toughest job, you will ever love. I loved my students, the crooked superintendent, not so much. I spent over $1500 on supplies for my room, paper for assignments, toner, you name it, I bought it. Cheers to Matt Damon, it's a shame that only fascist, molesty republicans get to run for office. Kelsey Grammar is considering a run for Mayor of NY and it makes me want to puke, I can't be the only one to remember he was a coke/herion addict that left dirty messages on a 12 year old's answering machine.

Matt Damon = FTW. That is all.

Melody, I thought that was Alec Baldwin?

Fuck "StarkWeek." If mr.wsapnin (who has read all the books thanks to my ingenious last minute father's day gift last year) hadn't been sitting next to me, I wouldn't have made it past the first episode. There was too much backstory that wasn't revealed in the series that made it very confusing for those of us not willing to spend 400 hours reading that garbage.

Bring on the shiz Pajibans...