We’ll see where it all ends up, but I suspect the faulty points system is going to be a dig at the concept of dogma = morality.

The only bit Christians of that ilk pay attention to in the New Testament is the whole thing about being forgiven for everything so long as you believe Jesus was the Messiah. They conveniently disregard everything else he says in the Gospels.

Somewhat off-topic, if you haven’t read it already Jennifer Lee’s The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food is a really fun exploration of the history of Chinese food in the US.

Echoes of Hugo Boss and not in a good way.

I’d remember seeing her on NMTBuzzcocks, which I’d link here but apparently has been scrubbed from YouTube unfortunately.

This is the series where I finally really like Prue. I wanted to—it’s not her fault she had to follow up Mary—but I feel like she’s found her voice and worked out her own rapport with Paul. I’m still not as fond of as many of this bunch as I generally am at this point, but even so, it’s still the purest TV show out…

This plus how often has a Britcom been successfully translated for the US? The Office is the only example I can think of.

Also Phyllis Smith from The (US) Office—she was a casting assistant. They liked her line reads so much, they created a role for her.

Good on him for going on record and even more so for getting to a place where he can be. It’s never easy and _will_ help people.

Oh god, it will be something like “Tiny Twee Houses” or “Build a Birdhouse for Your Soul” or some shit like that.

I don’t know why, but I’m still not quite feeling it this season. I enjoy and will watch the entire thing, but there’s a missing spark for me this go-round. As much as I loved Mel and Sue, I was happy with the selection of Sandi and Noel—they make a delightfully odd couple and they both have experience taking over for…

If my father outlives my mother, this is going to be him and it’s something I’m already low-key worrying about. Sending you good wishes!

God, I slogged through the entire first season of Disenchanted and it’s not even 10% as good as Tuca and Bertie

Eh, I grew up in the Bay Area and live on the East Coast now and I promise you there are plenty of appalling elite West Coast men as well. Different kinds of appalling, but equivalent. Actually, maybe the West Coast version is worse because they know the right words to say, but do or remain silent on the horrible…

As someone who worked with old-school Classics prof (50+ years) on an etymology course, I love this comment very much.

I have an irrational dislike of Taylor Swift, but if she can act at all, I think she’d make a great gender-swapped Flagg.

I first read the (unabridged) version a pre-teen Catholic kid and honestly, his version of God seemed pretty on-point to my theological education at the time. (I’m now an atheist because I refuse to believe that should God exist, I agree that’s pretty damn near what it must be like given the general fucked-upedness of…

Eh, it struck me as very obviously a certain flavor of Christian, tying together Free Will and Old Testament-style tests of faith and sacrifices of the faithful (i.e. we can choose how we respond to things that happen and it is our duty to do so righteously, but sometimes God’s gonna take his pound of flesh and you…

I don’t love the Hand of God thing, but I don’t completely hate it either as I feel King laid enough groundwork for it (in the unabridged version at least, which is the only one I’ve read...but read like 10+ times when I was a teenager).

I will always associate peplums with Designing Women