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My guess is that Disney has learned that it’s okay to fire someone in the middle of a PR-meltdown caused by alt-right kremlinbot trolls because later when things calm down you can re-hire him.

Maybe just that one episode where nothing happened.

Which, snark aside, I actually loved

I basically just collect these headlines to repeat them to my wife later. This month alone I have told her:

I think that’s an interesting way of looking at it. After all, even in our world the religious codification of what are basically survival instructions (don’t eat pork in warm climates because of trichinosis) become religious commandments, and thus the cultures that enforce those instructions are the ones that…

The thing is, I think Martin’s story steers away from simple prophecy-fulfillment tropes. If the Lord of Light’s prophecy has primacy, then what does that mean for the Seven, the actual gods of Westeros? Are they wrong? Powerless?

I wish in retrospect that I had done that. Instead I wait for each right Wednesday like a quivering junkie.

I mean ... yes on the polar bears. Kind of. I don’t remember much follow-up on the fact that Walt had seen polar bears in his comic book right before we saw them in the show. It gave it a kind of “It’s a good life” feel, which turned into a red-herring-y feel when they didn’t do much with it.

I really like all the education you’re trying to do here. Not sure if any of it is working, but I applaud you for being reasonably patient and making the attempt.

Well said.  I can’t believe I missed that.  Eye-dentity Crisis would definitely be worth a... look.

But I’d read the hell out of Ear Invasion and Eardentity Crisis.

But it was such a good one. Just about perfectly halfway between Wars and Earths. I really can’t decide which I would rather read. Secret Ears would probably give Daredevil a time to shine like never before, but Crisis on Infinite Ears would put Captain Carrot in the spotlight where, let’s face it, he definitely…

I would be so down for Secret Ears.  Maybe even more than for Crisis on Infinite Ears.

I echo your sentiment.  I will add that I am willing to be patient until such a time as Mr. Johnson and others are able to clear their schedule to work on these new films as they see best.  I expect the results will be entertaining.

A Quiet Fart. No wait: The Smellence. No wait Sniff Box.

Yeah, it was actually totally delibs. I spent a good hot minute thinking of what name made our timeline seem dweeby and foolish enough to have so much Trump in it.

That is definitely a good call about the baby-naming.  But since we live in the Melvin timeline, they’ll mostly grow up to be bureaucrats, accountants and quantity-surveyors.

Wait, is the universe a rounding error?

I like how you said stop harshing my buzz, and everyone came in specifically to harsh your buzz.

Can I include Celebrity Jeopardy in my answer?