"A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer..."

Or nowadays known as digital self-publishing. A wonderful thing for people with un-categorized ideas.

That is a giant phallo-dome. Holy wow.

By the way, the dashes at the front/end of some sentences indicates inner reverie. Can't use italics in the reply window...

At the mouth of the sub-glacial cavern, the Leebs halted, standing in awe of the Sixth Strand as it loomed like a mountain pillar before them. -Like it's some kind of robo-god...- Koche had noticed that they'd been acting weird. With every survey of the Strands, that tuned stare of Leeb determination came over…

Just to make it official: http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3rk17q/

Everybody keeps showing pictures of the fake disaster. How about a fake disaster solution?

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a glaring omission. My 5-year-old brain was ill-prepared to see cute cartoons melt in The Dip. Or to watch Christopher Lloyd turn into an insane cartoon as his BODY DISSOLVED FROM THE FEET UP. Nightmares for years.

I, for one, will be happy to see the copious "tending the campfire" scenes that happen all through the series (I'm looking at YOU, "Feast for Crows") axed. One hopes HBO will take a lesson from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Showing people complaining for scene-after-scene in a tent is pretty damn dull.

I like to think of things like this as a kind of auto-immune response for outdated beliefs. Try to introduce a new treatment (like scientific rationality) into society, and the older versions of (religious/folk logic) will flare up like a mosquito bite. Just gotta keep applying that topical cream of justice and the…

Might I suggest a 5th theory? The helmet. The thing is gigantic with a clunky red X across the visor...I read one reviewer mention that "the helmet wears him [Karl Urban]". The trailer for the movie looked awesome to me until that monstrosity showed up. I went and saw it anyway and loved it! Though I might be in…

The timing of this is amazing. Just yesterday I finished the final draft my first Sci-Fi novel (one of the most cathartic moments of my life...having actually seen it through). The contest is, of course, no guarantee to success, but a startling example of kitchen synchronicity! Thanks Charlie!