REJOICE, Ron Burgundy Announces Anchorman 2!

Wow! This announcement is causing, uhh, pleating in my pants, is, uh, causing a bit of an illusion here. It's not me, its the pleating.

I honestly couldn't be more excited. In my opinion Anchorman was easily the most quotable movie of the 2000's...more so than Superbad, Knocked Up, The Hangover, Wedding Crashers, The Breakup, Pineapple Express, Old School, and narrowly, narrowly edging out The 40 Year Old Virgin. And honestly, that's all I look for in a comedy, can I carry out entire 10 minute conversations with my friends in just movie quotes? That's it, if the answer is yes, the movie has done their job. 

That's why a part of me wishes they'd just release the DVD in conjunction with the theatrical release, I'd love to get a jump start on memorizing the script line for line, like right away. It's always awkward those first few weeks after a movie is released when people are running around quoting lines, but not quite getting the quotes right, and then 6 months later when the DVD is released and you've all watched it you end up with that awkward, "shit, so all those times we laughed at that line for the last half year, it was just made up?" I mean there was a year long period where two of my friends attempted to quote the Joker from Batman, and then the DVD came out and everyone thought they were idiots. Didn't get a single line right...Sure they had the main points, like "A Year Ago," and "you look nervous," but they couldn't have been more wrong about the rest of the words that made up the sentences...which was hilarious in it's own right. 

So please, in order to avoid months and months of incorrect quotes, please just send me a pre-release DVD, I'm basically a member of the writers guild  at this point, right?

All Those MBTA Fare and Service Cut Protests and Town Meetings? Over a Measly 30 Cents Per Ride.

BOSTON (AP) - Bus and subway fares would rise an average 23 percent and there would be some reductions in service as part of final recommendations outlined Wednesday by MBTA officials to close a deficit in the debt-ridden Boston-area transit system. The changes called for under the plan would be less drastic than earlier scenarios that projected fare hikes of up to 43 percent and more extensive service cuts...Under the plan, bus fares for passengers using Charlie Cards would rise from the current $1.25 to $1.50, and subway fares would jump from $1.70 to $2 dollars.

PHEWWW...Great job guys, good thing we went through MONTHS of public meetings and demonstrations to decide on a miniscule 23% fare increase so that the service you all depend on so much could remain solvent. I'm sure everyone feels that was worth their time...It's .30 cents a ride! I literally just went over to my coat pocket to see if I had 30 cents floating around...Yup.

I'm just glad no one got really crazy, like adults dressing up in made up superhero costumes they may or may not have crafted together during one zany afternoon at Michaels Arts and Crafts...Oh wait...

Fast Five superheroes shake up MBTA meeting: MyFoxBOSTON.com

Yea, that'll get the job done, if there's one thing everyone knows the government responds to its people with well informed opinions dressed in children's costumes...

By far my favorite part of this entire charade came a couple of weeks ago when, after all the scheduled town meetings had concluded, the President (or GM, whatever his title is) of the MBTA came out and said basically, "Hey, we appreciate your opinions, but cuts and fare hikes are going to happen, they're necessary." 

HA. That was fantastic, because it was a reality check for some of these people. Guys, the MBTA it needs more money. Typically, business in high demand earn more money by RAISING PRICES. It's economics. No amount of middle aged schmo's wearing spandex is going to change that. This was a poorly managed organization for well over a decade, they were saddled with additional debt from the most bloated public works project of all time, and now they need to figure out a way to pay it back. Yes some of it should come from a larger portion of tax funds being diverted to the MBTA, but a good portion should be on the consumers, its riders. Its only fair.

So again, I'd like to thank everyone for their time, hours of discussion and reading material for myself and my co-workers, and great job fighting that $.30 increase. Job well done.