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It seems like comic book movies have remarkable problems with casting. A teenage-looking Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane? A alien-blond-looking Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman? Whoever the hell played Mr. Fantastic? A boated Ben Affleck as Daredevil? A somewhat bloated Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl? A way too old Nicholas Cage as Ghost Rider? A surprisignly unatttactive Kirsten Dunst as the supermodel Mary Jane Watson? And best/worst of all, TOPHER FOREMAN-DUMBA$$ GRACE AS VENOM??? It's like the studios are trying to outdo themselves in making the worst possible cast choices half the time. It just goes on and on.

Salt could have been worse - Tom Cruise was originally cast as the lead.

Facebook is a great venue for advertising - I limit myself to $500/month for my company, might go up to $1000. But you gotta lock up your wall and untag inappropriate pics. That goes without saying.

Damn, OP. Thanks for the shots.

I'd be curious what CSUs numbers are and If they've had a similar, meteoric rise

I wonder if our illustrious governor will show up as he did for the medical mart, after all he has done for those two projects

Yeah, I don't think Chicago, New York or San Fransisco are on the brink anytime soon.

...wait, what?

Last night, I went to Fracas in Coventry on a whim with a few people. Just a few thoughts. It's a very different kind of environment - upscale eating in what's obviously a movie theater with a giant bar cutting through the middle. Also, the $4 valet parking outside was an interesting visual, especially when the place looks abandoned from the outside. While the actual restaurant has been cleaned up and looks...upscale even with a giant theater screen at the end, the area where the hostess was working (at the old ticket counter/former pizzarria in that shared common space with the stairwell) looked pretty grimy and dirty. When the Bad News Theater (or whatever it's called) moves in, they, the hookah place, and Fracas really need to get their act together and make the entrance less trashy. Maybe even rebuild it from scratch, I dunno. There weren't too many people sitting at tables, though the bar itself had a pretty steady flow of patrons. Again, the bar pretty much cuts through the entire restaurant, and so you have people dressed up a bit for dinner and those in regular clothes at the bar all commingling. A live band was playing which was a nice touch, though we weren't sure how loud to speak. In a restaurant like that, you tend to speak relatively softly; but with live bands, you tend to speak louder. Plus people don't generally whisper by bars. So our volumes kept fluctuating since we just couldn't tell what was appropriate there. The waitress said they're eventually going to have dinner theater nights and movie nights at a later date. She was very friendly though the busboy tried to rush us out (trying to take someone's plate away when there was clearly quite a bit left). Oh, and there were few tables occupied as it was. Maybe he just left his brain home that moment. The food is a bit expensive but that's the whole point. We got a bottle of red (don't know much about wine, but it was delicious), shared some calamari (way too fried), and had a couple salads and some soup for me, which were pretty good. It really wasn't meant to be a meal meal, but once you're there, eh, you feel like ordering at least something. For dessert we got some bourbon creme brulee and another dish. Something cream-filled like a cannolli. Really good. And that's Fracas. A pretty good place overall, and it's nice to have upperscale eating at Coventry.

According to Ron Swanson, fish might as well be a vegetable. And he's Ron f*#%@ Swanson.

Gilbert should provide free tix to this years season holders. Between the Browns final four games, the Cavs historical and truly disgracefull fall, and the Indians inevitable sub 70 won season, I just care less and less about sports in this town.

I'm definitely getting a lump in my throat looking at those Cleveland Memory Pool shots. I can definitely see where the Chicago comparisons came from originally.

The Horicultural Gardens Stadium pictures is particularly depressing. Look at that garden

Parks and recreation is probably the best thing on network tv right now

As to the estate tax discussion, you also have to remember that everything is taxed multiple times. Since taxes often get passed down to the consumer, when you buy a good, you're really paying both a sales tax and some of the corporate tax since companies will increase the cost of the goods to include their higher labor costs coming from their higher taxes. And so that money is already (at least) being doubly taxed. For every dollar you get paid from the boss, that money is also influenced by the corporate tax structure, and so you can presumably be at least triple taxed here: (1) Corporate tax lessens some of your paycheck; (2) You have to pay various income taxes on the paycheck as it is; (3) The inevitable sales taxes that you pay when you use your income. I'm simplifying things here considerably but still, your money is already being taxed in various ways, and so the term doubly taxed isn't really germane with estate taxes, since they have probably, in one way or the other, been taxed more than two times already. Edit: Also, I don't see the big deal with estate taxes since, as I said before, they're really just gift taxes which don't get a fraction of the controversy.

Interesting discussion on estate taxes. Personally, I think Kasich is barking down the wrong tree with his repeal. You give me a gift, you pay a gift tax (after a certain amount), otherwise there would be all kinds of income tax circumvention. You pay me to work, I pay an income tax. So it stands to reason that if you leave me assets, then yeah, I, the estate, someone has gotta pay just the same. It's just a form of gift tax basically.

I usually order hummus if it's on the menu. Had it at Southside last night, surprisingly tasteless.

A basketball court would be an unbelievably stupid idea. It's never gonna happen.

Of all the failed and abandoned projects, why can't this be one of them:(

Chauncy and 'Ryan Dunn' are definitely good dudes - I'll have to mention the ranking next time i'm at Coventry

Can't go wrong with silly 1980s horror films. Plus The Room or Troll 2 for a laugh.

I don't know about Steak and Shake, but it's no better or worse than Denny's.

We also signed Cabrera for a couple mill, avoiding arbitration.

So I just got back from lunch at the Club Sober - just a couple of impressions. There is metered parking lot adjacent to the restaurant and free parking on the residential street on the other side. The place is pretty small on the outside and not much bigger once you're in. You're greeted with a narrow, cramped bar area once you enter with a few tables off to the side. Take a left by the jukebox at the end, and you'll see about a dozen booths and tables in room. It's seat yourself. The place has a dirty feel to it. It could use a paint job for sure. The food is pretty inexpensive - I mean, we're talking about 4 or 5 bucks for a full breakfast plate, $1-$2 for side dishes (like an order of eggs or bacon) while the dinner food is a few extra dollars. The coffee was better than expected; the food was damn filling (everyone in my party took some food home), and the waitress was exceptionally friendly, always filling our coffee, making light and not forced conversation. The food was a bit greasy but it was breakfast food after all. I did mean to get a smoothie for desert ($1.85 for a small - take that Tommy's!) but was too full. This place was dead. I'm guessing it's a different atmosphere at night, especially late night, but it was pretty empty while we were there. The waitress also said they're looking to expand to 24 hours. Hey, good luck guys! Overall, the food was cheap, good enough, and the waitress was friendly. I wouldn't really go out of my way to go back - there really was nothing all that special about the place, kind of a dive joint - but it was fine for a quick brunch.

The wikipedia article on Danny Green is very interesting. It's funny how the good old days of Collinwood were so violent just the same