Honestly I'm not sure. I've read very little of it outside the bat-verse, and most that I have has mostly not been good. People seem to really like Azzarello's Wonder Woman, but I had a hard time getting into it. I've also heard good things about Jeff Lemire's run on Green Arrow, although the early issues of the New52…

Not that I disagree, but 10 years from now Court of Owls will be one of the Batman arcs people reference as being in their favourite stories of all time.

They're both awful-to-substandard and shouldn't have made it out of the first round. BLUE CHEESE WAS ROBBED. This plastic-y abomination is going to win the whole damn thing at it's an outrage!

I'm surprised the grouped "beverages" together. You'd think Pepsi and Budweiser aren't really fighting for pieces of the exact same pie.

I've heard of exams getting cancelled/postponed due to snow in Montreal messing up the transit system, which I think is fair. Normal class? Pffff either explain it to the prof or just don't worry about it.

Doomsday!

I'd like to see a similar map from Canada. I have an environmental geology prof who keeps explaining how the Toronto-to-Ottawa region (where that orange bit seems to be pointing, along the Central Metasedimentary Boundary Zone) is far less "safe" from earthquakes than is generally believed.

"Mirror of silver, frame of black"

Regarding Amir Johnson (and setting aside the fact that you can dress LeBron at PF and sidestep this whole issue), I strongly believe his WP is being inflated by two factors, TS% and Blocks. (also maybe offensive rebounds, but the guys who maintain the WP stat are adamant that they value rebounds correctly so let's…

One thing to keep in mind is that there are two sides of the coin. While most of the discussion around issues like this focus on the (absolutely valid and very important) question of how girls perform/act. I don't mean to be all "what about teh menz" , but I believe that segregating boys and girls in formative years…

I have very mixed feelings about the washroom attendant. I mean, on the one hand, the poor guy's job sucks and he undoubtedly earns every single cent he gets. On the flip side, he provides essentially a net negative to the equation, making the whole thing much more awkward than it should be, I'd rather pump my own…

I wonder how the shape (skew and variability) of this data compares to other leagues. You'd have to imagine that a more popular less gate-driven league like the NFL would have a more even distribution right?

I'd also add that (unless you're setting up your character to be a complete villain) it is necessary to give some redeeming characteristics. You don't need likable, but you probably need at least one of likable or brave or charismatic or caring or funny or exciting or rational or so on and so forth. Going back to the…

The amount of data involved in sending a text is absolutely miniscule. Assuming you have a data plan, even a small one, (or even if you're paying by the kB in most cases!) you're still going to come out ahead over paying the 25 or 50 cents per text that Rogers or Bell makes you pay, which is downright highway robbery.

You could make the case for Fisher, in his best years in Ottawa he was a PPG player and a defensive beast. He's kind of faded into obscurity since going to Nashville though. Mike Comrie though? No. Not even close.

(Canadian) GST is charged on almost all consumer purchases, the three primary exceptions being "basic groceries" (eg. unprepared food such as fruit&veggies, milk, bread, most meats, etc), prescription drugs (but not OTC things like Advil), and medical devices (eg. hearing aids, crutches/walkers/wheel chairs, blood…

They planned for it in the twenties. The (relatively short) wiki articles on War Plan Red (US preparations for war against the Commonwealth)and Defence Scheme No. 1 (Canadian counterattack plan) are very interesting:

Yes I think we all get that. If I go to the airport right now and catch a flight, it doesn't matter how many times I've flown before or how many I will in the future, it does not affect the odds of a crash one bit. But if you went and caught that same flight right now, then did the same things every day for the next…

True, that bit was a bit of a tangent. My main issue is that the article seems to be asserting that flying more doesn't increase your risk of crashing, since each flight is an independent event. While the latter may be true, and a given flight is in no more danger simply because there are veteran flyers on board, it…

Sure, but the take-away point of the roulette wheel example was that on aggregate people lost money on 26/27 spins, even though they hit it eventually. Same goes with air travel, the number of previous flights you've taken has no bearing whatsoever on the outcome of your next one (unless you're the pilot I guess), but…