While it's still one of the greatest movies ever, I always think about this whenever watching the conclusion of The Fifth Element. The giant ball of evil is nearly as big as the Earth and comes to a screeching halt 62 miles above the surface of the planet. There's no way that can end well.

You made me happy by posting Maureen from GWS!

Should it bother me that even though I didn't watch Heroes past the first season AND I don't watch Vampire Diaries I STILL immediately knew who you were referring to as HRG?

I came to the comments looking for this. Thank you for not disappointing.

Wrong! This is the best song about zombies ever... ... ...right?

Wow, his stuff is excellent, too. Bravo to your brother!

Ahh, okay I got it now. You unwound me, friend.

"Some kid"?! You wound me, friend.

Without committing to participation in the argument here (I'm meek and don't enjoy disagreements) interested parties may want to look up the work of Robert Trivers, an evolutionary biologist at Rutgers University. The study of reciprocal altruism in light of evolutionary theory was his baby, and he remains an…

That looks like a combination yo-yo / murder weapon. It's also a multi-tool!

Based on anecdotal experience (for whatever it's worth) I agree, and would guess persistence also plays a role in affecting the amount of trash talking in MMOs versus other games.

Well somebody has to link it.

Well done. I laughed heartily and hearted you!

"Right? Guys? ...Hello?"

Clever. Well done!

Esther's science pieces for io9 are the highlight of any day. Just wanted to say thank you.

This is the best anecdote ever.

Paul didn't become evil, but he did run straight into the "terrible purpose" from his visions he spent so much time trying to avoid (his twelve years of jihad that kills 60 billion people). And then he fights the corruption of Alia's regency as the Prophet.

Maybe she didn't because the Earthsea Cycle is so much better! *Anger!* I scoff at the "brilliance of Hogwarts"!