My family relationships have been totally fucked. Without going into detail, I can say that it makes for awkward, and stressful encounters. I'm with you on this one. It doesn't make a person anti-social or anti-family just because they aren't exactly looking forward to traveling home for…

I absolutely agree with you. Well said.

I don't see how any of this is a problem. I like my personal space. I like not having to deal with the calamity of my noisy (not to mention growing) family. They are stressful people to spend time with. To me, it's just simple logic: if you get stressed out by something on a consistent basis, avoid it.

There's a lot of games that get developed in Canada. A lot of good games come out of Montreal. What the fuck are you talking about?

I agree. A new ST:TAS would be terrific. But I'm a sucker for anything Trek.

That book is like crack, man. Wait until you hit the 650-700 page mark. Shit really starts there and does not stop until the very last line of the epilogue. So good.

It's called protecting your investment.

I think everyone is forgetting that the UN and US helped re-form the state of Israel after WWII. It is American weapons that keep the Palestinian out of Israeli borders.

TL;DR Foundation=How to create an empire. Dune=How to create a God

(Both of which are true of our own reality. Religion is deep, strong and splintered. Science is in many ways followed religiously. It's the religion of empiricism.)

Well, having read at least the first three Foundation books, as well as the original 5 Dune books, I can say that there are definitely some parallels that you can draw. The difference, in the two, I suppose, is that Foundation is about a religion that gradually forms from the use of scientific prediction. Over time,…

Dune, anyone?

Vive la Belle Province! Et votre excellente bière.

You can't.

So you're saying they aren't a world leader? I'm fairly certain they are THE world leader. At least in terms of financial success. Which, in business, is king.

Yeah, It was a stretch. I chose to use the Bene Gesserit because she's a woman. But if you consider Alia, she held the powers of a witch and a mentat. Of course she is the exception. I honestly didn't think anyone would have seen my comment. But I do appreciate the correction.

You mean aspiring Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit, Temple Grandin. All she needs is a little spice melange to enhance her prescience, and then she's got the job.

I was just thinking about the stock photos myself. Gawker sites seems to have this rather robust cache of pictures of unsatisfied-looking women in bedrooms.

Isn't this a blog? Aren't the writers allowed to be as biased as they like? This site doesn't look like Bloomberg or Reuters to me.

It's his real name. Arm & Hammer is a play on Armand Hammer, Who happens to be Armie's father...