A montage of scenes depicts this in the pilot, including a news report starring none other than Tom Cruise, standing outside a Scientologist church…

YES! I mean, I really really enjoy visiting NYC and I fully appreciate all of the excitement and cultural cache that it carries, but the cost of living there makes it completely unappealing to me (living-wise). I once helped a friend of mine go apartment hunting in Manhattan when she was moving there for grad school…

What facial deformity?

I’m guessing it was one where she’s wearing a bigger, foofier dress since that Derby party dress was pretty loose in the skirt.

Clearly you’ve never had a UTI … and you thank your goddamn lucky stars for that!

Also a wee bit of full frontal male nudity, just for kicks!

Come to Kansas City!!! I read this whole article getting more and more excited about an app that would facilitate me meeting new friends in this city, then crashed in disappointment at the end :’(

How much space do you really need for scrapbooking??! Sheesh. I have one room in my house that essentially functions as my “sewing room,” but that room also has a spare bed for guests and the sewing machine folds up into a side table lol.

I’m not an official book collector but I do have a lot of books. I’d love to make my guest room into a small library/office some day! Right now it just holds a bed though lol.

I’d just like to posit that “wanting a larger house/apartment” does not necessarily = “mindless consumerism” as many people here are quick to assume.

KC absolutely has more than 2 museums + pretty much constant cultural events (in KCMO and the metro area) + uncountable non-chain restaurants (so many new ones you can’t keep up) + many many residents with distinct cultures and nationalities. I’m sure there are few models hanging out here and there, although I’ve…

Thank you! I just bought a 4-BR/3.5 bath house in Midtown and it cost me < $200k. I live within walking distance to multiple coffee shops, bars, restaurants, shops, etc. and there are tons more interesting places to go if I want to take a short (< 10 min.) drive/Uber ride to Downtown or the Plaza. My mortgage is…

Very true. I think anyone of any race/gender can write great characters of another race/gender so long as you avoid bare stereotypes and pay respect to that character’s background and authentic culture. You really can’t go wrong with reading either of the Neil Gaiman books — they are fantastic in terms of…

Would these exposed bronze bits eventually develop a copper verdigris patina?

Have you read Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys and/or American Gods? You can’t go wrong with either one of those if you’re looking for a literary spin on some mythologies that don’t often get explored in mainstream fiction.

Blade would’ve solved this whole Master situation in, like, 2 nights of vampire rave massacres TOPS.

Hulked-out Jesus could def be a member of THE LORD’S FORCE.

My body is much differently shaped (I’m pretty straight-up-and-down, i.e., “boyish,” i.e., “athletic” looking), but I totally have the under boob fat, too! I always thought that was so weird/unusual about my body. It’s strangely comforting to know I’m not the only one! :)

Yes, because the #1 way to spur sales of … some nonexistent Loretta Young merch … is to tell everyone about how she was date raped by a coworker back in the 1930’s. That’s bound make her family some ca$h money!!!

Does WWE wrestling count as a sport? Because … uhhh …