Can you provide any reference for this? Because, no, it's really not in the original novel, sorry—though I'm totally open to the film have no complaints about the casting. He's referred to as "black" "dark" and "gypsy" throughout as slurs by Cathy's brother in particular, but there's no reference to it being the color…

It's increasingly common—a cheap way for stores to get rid of food near expiration that they would otherwise discard, and a way for people to get it below cost. Here's a recent NPR story about it: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/08/23/159601015/willing-to-play-the-dating-game-with-your-food-try-a-grocery-auction

It would be in order if it actually worked. But there's no EVIDENCE that shaming people actually makes them lose weight long term or betters their health long term (or that just losing weight in the short term=better health in the long term). I don't know why you anti-fatties can't get that through your thick skulls.…

What sexual hangups would those be Eddie? Please, sir, do enlighten us about why you think people who object to unnecessary cosmetic procedures on women's sexual anatomy are "hung up."

Also, for a magazine that, in earlier decades, regularly peddled "aliens/demons raping white women" with racist/"miscegenation fear" subtexts, can the Weird Tales folks not understand why they actually have more of an onus to get this one right? (And I'm not saying everything needs to be kittens and roses. We can all…

FYI, Jeff VanderMeer announced on the Weird Tales FB page that Ann has resigned as contributing editor and asked to be removed from the page. I applaud her for that.

For a very interesting rebuttal to the idea that separation of conjoined twins is always the best thing for them, see bioethicist Alice Dreger's book "One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal." [www.goodreads.com]

Actually, Alice Dreger, a professor of bioethics, has questioned the idea that separating conjoined twins is the best thing for them. [www.goodreads.com]

This strikes me as an incredibly lazy critique of Mieville (I haven't read the Stross, so I can't comment on that.) To say he lacks a sense of place—I feel like we must not have been reading the same book. Part of the way he conceives of the various settings and places in this book and how the characters navigate…

What, no Vitaly Chernobyl and the Meltdowns? Roman from Party Down would mock you for that...

It's also a serious slap to postmodernism...which I'm sure postmodernists like to ignore.

Wasn't this a plot point in the Orison episode of the X-Files? Orison had engaged in self-trepanation and the increased blood flow allowed him to hypnotize people and bust Donny Pfaster out of prison?

The company I work for published Wally Shawn's book Essays a couple of years ago—and that year he sent our office pears for the holidays. I took a pear and couldn't help but think "Inconceivable! I'm eating a pear from Wallace Shawn!" (Luckily I've never said it to his face. And yes, he is a really wonderful human…

FYI, it appears that the School District Superintendent is Vern Minor, and his email is: Vern.Minor@republicschools.org; the Assistant Superintendent is Vicky Neal, and her email is: Vicki.Neal@republicschools.org; and the school principal is Shelly Sprague, and her email is: Shelly.Sprague@republicschools.org.

If anyone would like to write a letter of protest, it appears that the School District Superintendent is Vern Minor, and his email is: Vern.Minor@republicschools.org; the Assistant Superintendent is Vicky Neal, and her email is: Vicki.Neal@republicschools.org; and the school principal is Shelly Sprague, and her email…

What, no Dead Zone? I would've thought a social studies teacher would appreciate the creeping fascist politician story and the "would you kill Hitler" debate.

Irin - The new design is making it impossible for me to reply to you directly, or on the thread itself since it's been moved—or I would, so I apologize for posting this here. (In fact, I only saw your comment to me because I happened to click on your profile in order to try to send you this.)

Irin - the new design is making it impossible for me to reply to you directly or I would. I object to this comment being moved. I may have been snarky, but I think it's a legitimate point to add, whether or not Gawker and Jezebel make their coverage decisions independently.