Apologies for the radio silence; I was in Florida on a family matter and haven’t had much of a chance to respond to various emails. Let’s just say that the phrase “stealth cat pee” figured …

A few short ends here, since I’ve been up to my ears all day…
Thanks to reader Bryan M. for tipping me to an update in the West Memphis Three case. The site has a clickable …

Guyz Nite salutes Halloween. And if you haven’t watched their “Cockblock” video, you can do so right here.
…Some of the sentences I type sometimes, I swear.

Damn!
Inspired by Joe R’s horrorthon over on Low Res, I shuffled my Netflix list to move some horror movies to the top, and they began arriving last week, starting with The Descent, and I can’t …

Owen Gleiberman wrote such a mash note to this movie, I didn’t expect to feel so underwhelmed.It’s good, mind — good-natured as well, and a pleasure to look at, and the leads are very good …

I think the animated clip to which that headline refers has gotten forwarded all over the internet in the last week, so some of you may already know what I’m about to link to, but …

Steven Pinker on why we curse.
And following a link from PCJM to an exhaustive Halloween-candy review, I found on the same site “The ‘I Don’t Like It’ List,” which had me rolling. “DaaaaAAAAAAAAAVE!”

It’s worth it, though: the singing-Jaws-theme guy is back with his version of the Halloween theme song.Skyrockets didn’t like this one as much, because it’s a dullish piece of music to work with, which I …

I don’t know about you, but if I were in the fire zone in SoCal and I heard that Governor Schwarzenegger had called FEMA for aid, I’d be like, “You know what actually, we’re good. …

And you’ll have to settle it.Ready?If you haven’t gone over there already today, please head to the TWoP homepage.Then come right back here and post your initial reaction in the comments.
 
I apologize in advance — …