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As he spoke of hell, a shadow appeared in the doorway.

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3. Her dogs are named Lola, Sadie and Mr. Shakes.

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8. It will be long. There will be jokes about it being long.

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It’s gonna be Lincoln. I sort of wish it’d be Flight. (Blasphemy!)

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Solange. I recommend Solange, big time.

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Last week Joseph Gordon-Levitt brought his art project hitRECord to Richmond, a multimedia art experience where he invites regular mortals on stage and interacts with them. How cool is that!

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That’s what I love about him. He BECOMES the character. I hardly recognize Day-Lewis in his roles, he so flawlessly takes on the person he’s playing.

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Remember the Arrested Development episode where George Michael says his teacher loves Saddam Hussein and Jason Bateman is like, “You mean, she’s interested in Saddam Hussein” and George Michael says, “Nope. She loves him.” This is how I am with Lincoln.

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But the thing that makes this particular video really unfunny is the venue: The Lincoln City Council chambers. And the nearly five minutes Lincoln council members spent listening to and watching this venom drool out of Ms. Skrovota’s mouth. Without interruption.

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That year I wore a yellow t-shirt and white Asic Tigers with red and blue stripes every chance I had. America hadn’t gone to war yet, Conor Oberst was still in Omaha, and at times my phone would ring telling me there was a show that night at the Sokol Underground.