Agreed, I prefer Rain, too.

How strange...reinforces my idea that JT is a dim bulb, though. And seriously, the blonde actress? I think you can just write her name, dude.

Don't sweat it, sometimes you just have to rage. The first time I saw a comment from him I did the same, then I clicked on his comment history and realized what I was dealing with. If we don't engage, he doesn't get the reaction that he is looking for. On the plus side, I just got to dismiss a nasty comment he left…

Mr Mister is an MRA troll who shows up periodically, not worth your time.

Yup, that's good stuff. I also recommend New Holland's Ichabod Pumpkin Ale.

Cute. But things like rent, student loan payments, food, utilities, gas, clothes to wear to work, etc. are all "needs." Most people are not actually out there blowing their surplus on iphones.

If you're going to make an argument about someone's books, it does help to read them first.

Okay. My point was that the Dark Tower series has robots, AI, genetic engineering, futuristic nuclear power/bombs, and other "sciencey" things that are on exactly the same level as what you have in HG. For the record, I love both series and have read both multiple times.

Yes, I agree. I cringe every time Jez does this. And, coincidentally, every time they do this, at least one person brings up in the comments how much it upsets them. The Jez writers just don't give a shit.

Yeah her pregnancy thing was weird, to say the least. I'm a really big fan (like, huge, I've written critical essays about DT and The Stand for a couple college classes), so I'll admit that is very likely coloring my opinion on this. He's not perfect, but he does care about writing good female characters, and he…

Exactly! You wanna talk misogyny in popular lit, there are so many valid criticisms, but this is not one.

I get where you're coming from, but to be fair, his books have many female characters, and I can think of several off the top of my head that have female main characters (Gerald's Game, Rose Madder, The Girl who loved Tom Gordon). And Susannah from the Dark Tower is both a main character and someone who goes on an…

Ok...somehow I missed all the science in the Hunger Games. Care to enlighten me as to how it differs in any way from the "science" he uses in the Dark Tower series?

You'd think they would be against this, because it harms the children. And we all know that Republicans are all about the children.

Ohh, you're right. Well it comes out today :)

Ok, if you were to tell people your parents were bankrolling your grad school and their first reaction is to be nasty to you, well, then they are rude people. There's no excuse for being rude. Now, them being jealous, that's a different (and very understandable) story. As someone with quite a lot of debt from grad…

Sure do. It's one of my favorites. It's called Home Delivery, and it's in his collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes, which you should be able to find for about a penny on amazon :)

I think so, yes. Actually I'm pretty sure this is the second book he's written that's about the little boy from the Shining as an adult. I vaguely remember reading the second one, I think it was like a detective story?

I had know idea Tony Shaloub was from Maine. If it makes you feel better, I'll think of him as the official Maine mascot. Who doesn't like Monk?

I really like him, too. He's a nice guy and he does a lot of great things for charity.