I like Belle in her pre-Beauty mode, personally. The pretty farm girl who's got her nose in a book.

We had a CIO come in at my last job who put the foot down hard on long hours. He was this seemingly meek dude who talked about work-life balance and we all went, "Yeah, cool story bro" because every suit says this and it's always bullshit. This guy meant it. And when he realized how long his managers were making…

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If I could star you again, I would.

I agree. (Mind you, I generally find that people who come down on one extreme or another are pretty much batshit insane but it's a conversation worth having for sure.)

He would be amazing. I would buy that for a dollar.

True, he's a pretty charitable guy. He does use his wealth for toys quite a bit but I suppose I can't blame him. We'll use Roman Abramovich instead.

Absolutely agreed.

Traditionally, there are two kinds of super rich dudes - philanthropists and egoists. They are embodied in dudes like Bill Gates with his ultra-charity, and Paul Allen with his ultra-yacht.

Yeah, when you see a pink troll, please leave it pink.

You and I were separated at birth, I think.

This touches on one of the things I found the most interesting in Stargate SG-1. The way SG-1 approaches the galaxy is quintessentially American. Sure, there's the dichotomy between the scientists and the military dudes, but they're basically on the same page, which is a very American page - a black and white, good…

Haha, I came here to talk about how Stargate is a quintessentially nationalistic piece of military science fiction. ;)

I totally agree. At the risk of sounding new-agey, the truest art shows us as we are, not as we'd like to be.

The world is like that, and, personally, I like it that Martin acknowledges that.

haha, this show just sounds so awful. However! Slightly less awful this week than last!

I would be worried if you DID have an interest in following. I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that.

That's fairly hardcore.

If nothing else, I feel like this guy sums up precisely why I dislike China Miéville's work. It's a bunch of dudes I don't give a shit about doing things I don't care about for reasons I can't make myself interested enough to understand. Which, I guess, makes it super cool and literary? I dunno. It's just never…

I never had any interest in Carson Daly until I started watching The Voice and he seemed like such a nice guy. Then I read some of his quotes and realized that he... wasn't. Alas.