Part of me wonders if Snape is the way he is to give his students a ‘terrible monster’ to give them something to strive against. Kind of like the 1980 Men’s Hockey Team at the Olympics (called The Miracle on Ice) - the coach figured :

At first I was like “Hey wait, Erik Erickson would fit in just fine.” Then I looked up Erick Erickson and realized he was totally different from Erik Erickson, the famous developmental psychologist. So now I am angry at Erick Erickson for totally screwing up a perfectly good name in addition to him being the founder…

Never ascribe to malfeasance what can be ascribed to stupidity.

my dog’s ashes

Would those be enlisted people or officer people? Married people or bachelor people? Because the military treats all of these people differently.

The joke, in the case of VII, was Cloud’s (and, by extension, the player’s) sense of discomfort despite there not being any real reason to be uncomfortable in the first place. Discussions about the negative aspects of VII’s portrayal of crossdressing—the stigmatization of other queer characters, the way Cloud’s…

The military has a LOT of inertia. These are the same organizations that has traditions going back decades or longer (ask a Marine about the Marine Hymn, he or she can probably sing it). I think you’ll see change on transgender issues in the future, but it’s important to remember that change comes from the top down -…

Episcopal services can run the gamut from very informal casual affairs, to very formal services. It tends to depend on the pastor and the church membership.

So you’re telling us you got a pre-order in?

Additionally, according to Jo’s immigration lawyer, her husband processed her green card application (which was dependent on their marriage) by himself; he didn’t call in the aid of a lawyer, or work with his wife to complete the paperwork, as is often customary.

To be fair, those kids are cute. I of course have a picture of me holding my little sister at age 3 and my face says, “OMG it’s crying, how do i turn it off?”

I thought the movie was okay, maybe a little on the sugary side:

My question is how do you prove fatherhood when there’s nothing to test?

I’m amazed now how much controversy there was over this thing. When it came out, people would come from all over to drop stuff off at the monument, flowers, mementos, letters, all for the person they came to see on the wall. The nice thing is that since the monument is taken care of by the National Park Service, all…

I’m thinking that ‘Shocked’ is Black and White:

I think it’s “Rock of Ages”.

So the guy who created NGE thinks Japanese Animation is in decline? Why do I get the feeling he feels NGE was the peak.

Oh that’s good.

I’m going to throw this in as a long time Grendel fan (and an even longer Mage the Hero Discovered fan):