This feature is just so damned well written and so interesting as history. I have read so very, very few of the books mentioned (and frankly, sadly am unlikely to in the near future), but I still love reading every word of the posts. Thank you again for doing this!

"The National Building Museum will have this exhibit on display until May 28, 2012."

Good try Kyle, like you expect us to believe that the MTA actually does things like "accounting" or "negotiate" or "keep track of money" or "know what the words 'expenses' or 'revenues' mean" or "add things together."

"Doctor, we are having trouble conceiving."

I really liked that Vulture clip. It felt really tense and moving because the way they were talking and searching, I could really feel how Sophia was this really interesting, fragile, and cared for little girl. A central character that I should be really worried about and feel a whole in my heart due to her absence.…

I don't care if it is irrational for me to boycott all Asa Butterfield from this point forth for making me feel incomprehensibly old.

I'd spend a smaller percentage of my viewing time being "captivated" by the companions at the Doctor's expense?

I'd spend a smaller percentage of my viewing time being "captivated" by the companions at the Doctor's expense?

He doesn't really say those things.

Here goes:

I'm wheezing from laughing so hard. Also crying. Crying and wheezing!

"I also don't find it particularly heartening," Daniel Burbank replied.

When you put up "all of your homes" as collateral on a $20+M loan, you may be over spending. [blogs.wsj.com]

"...and of course my use of a single multipurpose and relatively inexpensive tool is completely unrelated to the fact that I owe over $15 million to my creditors. I could still totally afford to use lots of other expensive cameras and lights and sets and things if I really wanted to. I just don't want to."

"Oh Russian space program. It's so cute how you keep trying in the face of so many failures," I said.

I'm usually quick to lay the blame for basically everything at Twilight's sparkly and romantic feet.

Interesting article! I think someone told me about this at some point, but I couldn't hear them all that well, and I don't really remember many of the details.

I think someone told me about this at some point, but I couldn't hear them all that well, and I don't really remember many of the details.

Is it a function of my age that I can't help anthropomorphizing this robot and subsequently find it incredibly annoying?

We had one of these when I was a kid, and my sister shared your curiosity.