I wouldn't say infuriated, but I often cringe or roll my eyes if it bothers me. As a Canadian, I've heard we live in igloos and there's constant snow, that we're just another state of the US, we have a president, and someone I know once convinced a bunch of Americans that we use cold fire to keep our igloos from…

I won't lie, there were times I was on the fence about buying a CD (or DVD) and Monster Rancher decided me. I even kept a catalogue of what disk gave me what monster.

Yup, and ligers tend to have tons of health problems (they're also so bulky that they wouldn't be able to survive in the wild) so who knows what health problems liligers will develop. It's one thing to wonder if two species can interbreed and be able to study it, it's another to intentionally breed animals that aren't…

It really depends on the school. Mine had twice the students it was originally designed for and as a result, not enough lockers to go around. Anyone who wasn't in grade 12 had to share a locker with at least one other person (and these lockers weren't the full-length ones, they were about 2.5' tall). That means…

I'm in my mid-twenties and I've only ever been Team Pad. My flow is such that even if I were to use tampons, I'd need a pad anyway in case of leaks so I just skip the middleman that I'd probably have to change every hour during the first couple days. After that I can just use thin pads and panty liners and not have to…

What an amazing woman, that's all I can really formulate coherently right now.

You can pretty much skip the entire second half and still watch DotD without missing much of anything. The most you'll miss is some info about Clara but she's written so generic and cliche that even that isn't a huge deal.

I don't hate it but I don't really like it, either. I find I get worn out by late November of all the holiday stuff so by the time Christmas actually rolls around, I just want it to be over with.

You mean you don't regularly forget what you put in a salad and are unable to identify the random bits of food without help from a computer?!

You know, I'm not really buying this. It uses human intelligence as the base point which can work to some degree on primates, but these are animals that have spent tens of millions of years in a completely different environment and who came from different ancestors. They're not "human smart" they're "dolphin smart"…

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. "Killer whale" probably originated because transient orcas hunt other cetaceans and the nickname came from sailors who called them "killer of whales." Not because they're actual whales.

That may be so, but do you honestly believe the men who would really benefit the most from this will actually seek out this area with an open mind? In my experience, the men that are allies already know these things and/or participate in areas to further their understanding. Potential allies may not immediately get…

Of course! This will be the area of the con he's barred from entering!

But by putting diversity panels and events in their own area, they're still implying it shouldn't be talked about to the gaming community as a whole. Gaming has a huge problem with diversity so these panels and events should be mixed in with all the rest of panels and events, both to stop it from seeming like a…

In that case, why are they making a huge deal about this specific area being safe instead of reiterating that the entire con is safe and that if anyone starts harassing others, it can be reported and dealt with swiftly? At the very least, it's poor wording to say that one specific area is safe as it implies that the…

On one hand : Yay for gamers who aren't healthy straight, white cis-gender males!

Please let Mario's crying be a bit less obnoxious this time around...

I've always found a few hours of notice is about as spontaneous as I like things (unless we're already out doing things and one of us goes "Hey, we should do X!" and the other goes "Sounds great!"). I dealt with someone who would actually show up on my doorstep (with no prior warning) and say that we should go out and…

I think it's pretty likely that SHIELD is going to be the Big Bad at some point. Coulson going rogue and possibly setting up his own agency (he pretty much has everyone he needs now that J. August Richards is on the team to train up new people/ lure in former SHIELD agents) would definitely be interesting. And it…

That's my bet, too. Joss Whedon's shows always seem to have a slow first season since he spends so much time fleshing out the characters and developing the world, but once season 2 hits he can focus on more exciting plots since he doesn't need to spend as much time developing the basics.