In fact, I'm not even sure why I'm reading this recap.

I'm trying to remember if I've ever heard "bless your LITTLE heart" in a sincere context. As far as I can recall, if the LITTLE gets stuck in there, you know the referent is a fucking idiot.

My Tonk could not have been more apathetic. On the other hand, the Cornell Ornithology Lab website makes him fairly nuts. And THIS one. Well.

1. I wondered if Simmons' freakout, and subsequent very cold decision, was influenced by the time she spent undercover at Hydra: The "fuck being nice, let's just save ourselves" attitude seems very Whitehallesque.

American, family is from south-ish, definitely heard it as a kid. Haven't heard it in years, though.

Nicely said!

Between this and those folks in Idaho who want the right to leave their kids' potentially fatal illnesses untreated, I am beginning to worry that "Unwind" may have been prophecy rather than satire.

Evans conveys absolute decency and honor without a scrap of priggishness. I agree it is a very nice job of acting mostly taken for granted.

Thank you for giving me an excuse to re-watch 2:26 of vintage Lady Soul alive and burning. No embedding, sadly.

You are over-simplifying the feminist perspectives toward depictions of sex in popular culture. Even feminists you would describe as "pro-sex" don't find every depiction of sexuality to be empowering for women; even feminists you would describe as anti-sex would be more accurately described as…

In Tanith Lee's "Biting the Sun," the benevolent AIs in charge of society required people to express certain amounts of gratitude in exchange for services. Big services might require a truly abject amount of gratitude.

My daughter's middle school had some epic rock bands and one year they had a girl win some pipes. They fucking OWNED "The Ocean." Physical Graffiti was never my favorite Zeppelin, but they convinced me.

Valhalla, I am coming.

Columba Garnica Gallo Bush. Even.

Maybe he confused the "linguine" and the "vongole" of linguine alle vongole? Other than that, I got nothing.

Hot buttered grog? Glauwein? Bourbon-and-hot-cider? Why do I know so many ways to serve hot booze when I live in California?

Virgin Irish Coffee: "Here is your Flat White."

I believe the technical term for that person is a "junkatarian."

"It tastes like Strega."

I can't believe no one has referenced this yet. (From PBS! When did they get all College-Humory?)