True dat. My grandfather was an abuser who left my grandmother high and dry. My dad on the other hand always supported and always loved us. He didn't continue a cycle of abuse and deadbeatedness; instead, he was constant, loving and dependable.

That was a thoughtful and interesting addendum to the review. You've now convinced me to get one of these for my parents. So you're in trouble if they don't like Christmas. Otherwise, thanks.

I just did a quick perusal of their 100 exclusives. About eighty of them are already available (albeit as single issues) on the Comixology app on iPad and Android. This whole thing seems like a tempest in a tablet to me.

Well done. You're using your words correctly. I hear what you have said here. You used the first two, and the third one, too, to great effect and it didn't adversely affect your meaning.

I'm going to call this #corrections, but it's not exactly. More just a little bit more information. That exclusive? It's not exactly exclusive on all the items. For instance, if, like me, you've been buying Y:The Last Man and The Sandman on Comixology for the last while, you've still got it. Inconveniently,…

Whoah. That looks cool. I don't have any more places left in my inventory. Perhaps I should drop my "medal of being a sucker."

Nothing new there. People on the internet have been laughing at me since dial-up.

Saw five in theaters. Bought one. Didn't pirate any. Do I win anything?

As an addendum to all of this, I've blogged about this wonderful thread. Thank-you for starting it. I now want to make a neologism of "beckon call." [wp.me]

Just for the record, the word is "powned." It comes from an eighteenth-century chess use, and originally was spelled "pawned." The expression refers to what happens when one's opponent sneaks up a seemingly powerless pawn and then places one in checkmate with it. One has then been "pawned."

Yeah, I've heard that "intesive purposes" one before. If I'm allowed to enter other people's fumbles into the contest, I've got a kind of home-field advantage: I'm an English teacher. For the most part, I don't approve of teachers making fun of their students, but I can't resist one of my faves: the student who…

Apparently you and I are friends. Please stop posting about me.

This is my favourite incorrect correction of all time. Thanks for the smile. I think it was the high-toned superiority that made this so enjoyable to read. Now that your incorrect correction has been corrected, any chance of your giving us some full disclosure? How long have you thought that "beckon call" thing? …

Good article. I'd like to see more like this. And another pun you didn't mention? What about the title? Come on ... The Handmaid's Tail?

It's a curse. But it makes winking at myself in the mirror a lot more fun.

The only reason I went for an Android phone was the larger screen size. I love my iPad, but the iPhone's screen is just too dinky for me. I think that as Apple engineers age and get old-man/old-woman eyes like mine, we'll see them finding value in larger screens.

Yay! I can read apps of the week again. Much thanks.

A terrible loss. My android phone, my Windows PC and my iPad should all be in mourning, as they all share some of his DNA. There will be fewer good new ideas out there, just by a little, but definitely fewer, now that he's gone.

Which means you cooked it up at night.

All of us. Every single one.