I starred your comment and the little number went up two times instead of once.

Then I’m delighted to have played my small role in bringing you happiness today! :)

Everyone does.

“Shoot for the stars,” they say—No! Shoot for realistic, down-to-Earth goals

Thank you so much for that explanation and context.

THAT is the game I’m buying the SNES Classic for.

Have you ever read Dreaming the Eagle, by Manda Scott? I only read the series (4 books) once, when each was coming out, but I remember them being really great.

OverDrive has been improving, but also find out if your library offers Hoopla, a relatively newer digital streaming service from Midwest. They offer a different model: all items are unlimited simultaneous borrowing, but the library sets a monthly limit on borrows instead. This way nothing is ever checked out. Hoopla…

I just burst out laughing when I got to the end of your comment. Thank you for that.

Should have taken the bus...

I was so into that in FFXI. It kills me that FFXIV’s Lalafells drop the gendered conventions Square used for Tarutaru while still emulating the non-gendered ones. I assume every Lalafell I see is female because they almost always use names that in FFXI wuld have signified a female Tarutaru. At least they kept the…

I was glancing through the comments on a WaPo article (because I hate myself, I guess), and someone kept referring to him as “Don the Con” and I found myself thinking, “Huh! So this is what it’s like to not be disgusted by the use of one of those stupid inflammatory political nicknames...”

Oh my god this is amazing. Thanks so much!

San Myshuno?

I only disagree because I thought Rage Wars was better. - Only me

Really good point. I hope when Radiolab’s More Perfect comes back for another season they cover this hypothetical situation. I’d love to listen to an in-depth discussion of it.

Aww, I wish they still disemvoweled here.

God I miss that show.