Cloud Atlas was a goddamned masterpiece and I will never again make the mistake of deferring to film critics where science-fiction films are concerned. I regret my decision to not see it as it was meant to be seen and feel like I owe the Wachowski's an apology.

Should I be watching this show? I know literally nothing about it, but I keep hearing it mentioned by people with good taste in television.

Anyone who puts that many words into a horoscope is bound to get a few things right. She's a genius.

I adore Safety Not Guaranteed as it is, but it would have been even better with an ambiguous ending. It was such a wonderfully manipulative film the way it presents him as a lunatic and then slowly takes you through this transformation where you're scared of him, scared for him, feel sorry him and then ultimately…

People like Paltrow should be mocked mercilessly when they open their mouth and let the stupid out because they have entirely too much influence on society. Their celebrity gives them a soapbox and an audience willing to listen, and sometimes that ignorance kills people. The anti-vaccination crowd, I'm talking to…

I take it you haven't played the Brave New World expansion? The vanilla Civ 5 was widely panned, but BNW finally gave us the Civ we had been waiting for. The culture system and trade route system are brilliant additions to the game. Trade routes especially — adding the routes to the map forces you to make all sorts…

Should I be jealous that your closet has a window? I feel like I should.

I can't be the only person who hates the 59Fifty flat-billed mid or high-crown hats (cop magnet!) so I just wanted to mention that New Era finally released a low-crown, infinitely more tamable hat, for those of us who prefer a proper baseball cap.

Which just goes to show that the government doesn't have a monolithic world view. From the State Department's perspective, Tor is a powerful tool used by friendly minority groups operating in countries that are hostile to US interests.

Tor is open source software. I have more faith in the wisdom of highly technical crowds than I do in the technical competence of the federal government. The NSA gave contractors nearly unfettered access to their entire network infrastructure and did so with no way to effectively audit what they were accessing and no…

All You Need Is Kill is a truly great title, and it says a lot about the way movies get made that they didn't realize this during production. It's a mistake that reeks of group-think skittishness and over-analysis; the kind of soul-sucking process that results in the idiotic overuse of colons and never-ending reboots…

One man's pejorative is another man's sexual prime. They look pretty fun to me.

I doubt anyone will read this since I'm so late to the party here goes nothing...

I salute your boyfriend for crafting the perfect response to an inane line of questioning from a friend. Witty drunken wisdom that instantly ends the conversation with a win is a rare gift. Truly.

Testosterone envy is unbecoming.

I like to pretend my legendary-filled Control Warrior deck is the result of countless 12-0 arena runs, never missing a daily quest, and logging 30 wins a day instead of the $200 I've dropped on packs. The difference between me and the people you know is that I'm not ashamed to admit I've spent money on packs.

The best gaming desk isn't actually a desk at all, it's a utility table. Simple, deep, sturdy and with plenty of leg room. My preferred table is the HON from Costco:

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The Tinkmaster nerf will cause Druid dominance to recede a bit and since removal will be more difficult. If anything, the Tinkmaster nerf should probably help control decks quite a bit. Personally, I love to play a Control Warrior deck based on the Salvation build but with Wild Pyro and I can't wait to see how these…

I'm in the process of moving after living in the same house for over a decade and I can assure you that printed books will be a thing of the past in a few generations. The idea of having a study with wall to wall books was a romantic fantasy of mine that I more or less achieved. The process of packing and moving such…