My Jewish step-grandmother used to get worried that her six-year-old daughter felt left out, not having new toys on Christmas day like all the other kids in her neighborhood. One year, she put a doll on her bed while she was sleeping on Christmas Eve, just so she would have a new toy.

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I actually found it kind of boring. Not enough actually happened, and the stakes weren't high enough. Since the subliming was always looming, I didn't feel like anything really mattered, and I didn't care about any of the characters. The secret of the ship's message was correctly assumed about a quarter of the way…

In the Midnight Hour

They did. A woman abused antibiotics and killed her intestinal flora, so she needed a poop transplant from her husband Josh Malina. The money quotes was "Admit you were wrong OR I WON'T GIVE YOU MY POOP!"

Every time I see "first world problems" I want to throw something. 1- They have technology in other parts of the world too, and they also get frustrated when it doesn't work. Saying technology is "White people problems" is paternalistic and racist. 2-(and this is the big one) NO ONE IS COMPARING THE PROBLEMS. There is…

Was I the only one who thought of The treachery of images? Ceci n'est pas une fluer

It's not witch doctor stuff. If you alternate pressing on the roof of your mouth and the center of your forehead, you're flexing your vomer bone, which helps reduce swelling in your sinuses and promotes drainage. Science!

You know, I read a very good analysis of A Game of You that made an excellent point. The backlash against Wanda's death was that her death being the only one marked her as expendable, and less worthy of life then the cisgender characters. Gaiman's opinion on the subject was the following: "Wanda died because hers was…

"Hightower Gas and Electric: Light your way"