no longer requires new material. Sad to see it hit the wall since film as a storytelling medium has only been around about 100 years. The remake of "Capricorn One" and "The Boys from Brazil" will be coming out within a year or two. I even heard about a "Seven Samurai" remake.

Agreed, Day of the Triffids - the 80s mini-series - is excellent!

Makes the couple feel like they're the overlords and the friends are peasants.

Wonder if the bride will expect a bailout of your friendship (for a shoulder to cry on) once the divorce inevitably arises.

First off, I am someone who graduated college and I will be joining the military, not for economic reasons though - this is something I've thought about doing for several years, why I didn't do it earlier I don't know, I think because of a similar feeling to the LW that I didn't fit the profile. But you know what? The military isn't all conservatives - hell, you may end up finding yourself befriending many of them, learning that friendship is based off shared experiences and attitudes - dissimilar political beliefs may be awkward but I've never held that to be the deciding factor in forging relationships.

LW, you say all the people you know in the military are convervative - that's a popular belief and your use of a blanket assesment based off a relatively small portion of people doesn't help.

Most of the friends I have who served were in the Marines and were democrats. Must I assume that all Jarheads are liberals? The military is skewed towards a conservative culture but I think you'll find many people like yourself - however if you really want to serve, remember - you are joining the MILITARY. Even though I loathe the man and I hate to say it - Cheney was right when he said the military is not an organization primarily to learn a job/skill/trade. You will do that but ultimately you are joining to defend our country whether you agree with foreign policy or not. Can you live with that?

is a disservice - he is an emblem of the old UFC without many rules and has been a joke for years since the evolved fighters who actually practiced a "mixed" style became more prominent in the early 00s. You have a picture of Takanori Gomi for this article - why not reference him? This is a true international sport yet the article wanted to focus on MMA in America - fine, there are many American fighters who are the opposite of Tank Abbott.

It also mentions how MMA fulfills a fantasy to all the middle-class white-boys . . . which I agree with to a certain extent - go to any bar in Orange County and try not to choke on the arrogance and presumed toughness of all the Tapout and Affliction wearing "bros."

Currently the best fighters are the ones who do very well at avoiding punches - Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida from a Muay Thai and Karate background respectively. And to say that "anyone" can be an MMA fighter is ridiculous - sure anyone can practice it and there are many B, C and even D leagues around for men and women to compete in but look at George St. Pierre from Montreal. The guy never wrestled before his MMA career and now he has the best takedowns (by %) in the sport along with working out and being invited to compete for the Canadian Olympic team. How easy is that?

Tomas Friedman: "It's EVOLUTION!!!!"

right on. It's a "safe" display of being tough. A state issue dealing with bribery - how Chicago, how Illinois, how Cook County - how lazy and unsurprising the "outrage" and speculation in the mainstream media. Not to say Blag doesn't deserve to be thrown out on his ass and there are questions for Obama but really - do they expect us to take them seriously on accountability after the last eight years? Obama obviously had a personal interest in who would take HIS seat and it has already been established his team wasn't playing by Blago's rules.

there "were" no cops

Several months ago the Red Line shut down for a few hours because one of the tracks caught fire around Metro Center or Chinatown if my memory serves me correctly (maybe other DCers with a better memory can elaborate/refute). Additionally a power outage knocked out the lights at Farragut North where we were forced to depart. The street lights were not working and there no cops in sight directing traffic. This was a normal morning on the way to work and I cannot fathom nor would I wish to experience anything like that with the amount of people expected for inauguration.

I'm still going to try and make it to the inauguration and I encourage everyone else who wishes to go to do so but I'm just hoping the infrastructure isn't knocked out from the pummeling it is about to receive.

I was at the Nats/Pads game toward the end of the season which went fifteen innings - nothing like watching two last place teams duke it out to avoid 100 losses.

but washing your hands before doing your business would be a good common practice, too

The Brewers should win and not have to suffer the consequences because they had to deal with the cancerous stank of Bud Selig for so long that led to many poor decisions, poor management and awful seasons.