ITT assholes defending other assholes, because obviously it's not the responsibility of assholes to not be assholes, it's the responsibility of the assholes' targets to let assholes be assholes. What a bunch of assholes.

For someone who claims to "wonder" so much, you're a remarkably incurious individual. You bring up what could be a legitimate point. Why not go out and do a bit of research of your own, see it your theory pans out to anything, rather than taking a superior tone and complaining that no one will do your homework for…

Can't we do both?

The rules of baseball make it the fielders' responsibility to be out of the way of the runners, not the other way around. This is because the ball already moves faster than the players can run. If the fielders could impede the runners, every grounder with a runner on first would be a double-play ball. The rules also…

Ready Player One was on last year's list. There's a link at the end of the article.

I'm with you on both counts. I also have a warm place in my heart for Fool Moon, as it was the first case book I read. But Cold Days was definitely in the top 5. Especially after the relatively lackluster Changes and Ghost Story. Not that either was a bad book, but it was clear to me that Jim Butcher struggled with…

I kinda suspect that by "independent", they really mean "self-published". My charitable side figures they're just a devotee of self-published books. In which case, all I can say is that it's amazing how much stuff you can find to read when you lower your expectations that far. My less charitable side suspects they're…

My personal theory is the Doctor is trying to erase all memory of himself from history. The complication will come at Trenzalor. When the question is asked ("Doctor who?"), no one will know the answer. And that's what will cause Silence to fall. (Or, perhaps, prevent it from falling.)

no, certainly not. Not in a world that contains Octopussy, A View to a Kill, Live and Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, Never Say Never Again, and Die Another Day.

ZING!

When you do that kind of flambe, such as Crepes Suzette or Bananas Foster, the flames are entirely for show, and/or to burn off excess alcohol before serving. The food in question is already cooked at that point. Bear in mind that this is basically Sterno, which is a good, cheap heat source for keeping food warm (such…

I really didn't want this to be an origin story. I'm not sure if Snyder can be forgiven for Sucker Punch.

Be nice: we're dealing with a generation that thinks "Smallville" is canonical Superman.

"Cause no one, not a single person, does Superman's dorky fist-on-hips stance, but Superman."

And if thiomersal was contributing to autism, you would expect to see autism rates decline as the compound was phased out to its current level of none. That didn't happen. Rates actually climbed. You're not broadening anything. You're rehashing long since dealt with non-correlations and non-controversies. I'll give…

"Avengers got the actual physical brawl out of the way in an entertaining but brisk fashion, with Iron Man, Captain America and Thor battling in the forest."

Ron Perlman is a mensch.

Mercury poisoning symptoms are well understood, and not the same as autism symptoms. Autism rates have been flat or increasing since the removal of thiomersol, depending on how they are measured. The "fudging" is usually a result of diagnostic substitution (i.e. we used to call them retarded, now we call them…

1) yes, and it's safe and effective; honestly, do you think they pull the schedule out of a hat? 2) to minimize costly doctor's office visits, the avoidance of which increases the chance of incomplete vaccination. You can get the MMR in separate jabs, if you want. No studies have shown any difference in efficacy; all…

Only in flu vaccines. And even then, not in any given to children. Also, the dose makes the poison. Also too, mercury poisoning symptoms != autism symptoms.