Wasp Sucking Machine is a GREAT name for a band. Or maybe for an early Genesis album.

In the little universe that exists just for me, Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. is a smash hit on Fox.

Every single person currently voicing their dismay here will go to see it opening weekend. There'll be the usual teasers and puff pieces, and we'll all start to get sucked in; then there'll be some good word of mouth and we'll get tentatively hopeful— and then we'll see it and it'll be ... fine. Far from a…

I nominate Brakebills, the Upstate NY school of wizarding from Lev Grossman's novel The Magicians. It's like rolling Hogwarts into The Secret History, with a heavy dose of the exhausting discipline needed to learn magic in Earthsea. I don't know if there are any real secret wizard schools, but if there are, it's a…

This is exactly how I clean my toddler. I figure the citrus in the salt-made abrasions should toughen him up.

Tried this tonight, and learned three important things: 1)the basic technique works and is super easy; 2) DO NOT season with chili powder before putting in the bag- it gets weird and vegetal tasting 3)don't use a Foreman grill to sear it after the poaching— the steak hits medium way before it develops good grill marks.

@sardonicbastard: You said it, not me.

@sardonicbastard: Wow! You really are a sardonic bastard! How...literal.