Bah! I'm a professor with a .edu address. So close, and yet so far away ...

Who here is excited for the Bella birth scene in vibrant 3D? I can't decide whether that's the best thing ever or the worst thing ever.

@Snow leopard: I fell in love with the idea of James Frain for Littlefinger while watching the last few "True Blood" episodes. But Aidan Gillen will do nicely, too.

@SupaChupacabra: Exactly my thought. I get that Edward Norton wasn't easy to work with on the set, but Joaquin is batshit. How is that trading up?

@Greasy Thumb Guzik: The Wal-Mart flier for this show is hilarious. It has tips for having a family movie night, including such thoughtful suggestions as buying pizza, popcorn and candy for the fam to enjoy. Pizza and popcorn? For a movie night at home? That would never have occurred to me. Thank you, Wal-Mart.

This reminds me of the Dan Simmons book "The Terror." Based on actual events, with spoilers waiting for any ol' person to Wikipedia it. But I didn't know the history of it, so I was rapt all the way through. Of course, Simmons took plenty of liberties with certain aspects of the story.

@GaianOrlanthii: I think in this scenario, I'm probably Uncle G. (Well, Aunt S.) On the plus side, I won't get asked to babysit anymore!

@GaianOrlanthii: Wait ... isn't "be prepared" rationale enough?

@astrogea: Oooh, definitely. Good point!

@jennysparks: Yeah, it's that scene that keeps me from truly loving the book. Ick.

Your point about the dissolution of "sisterhood" in the face of job competition reminds me of an observation Anna Julia Smith made in the late 1800s about the difficulty of deciding which waiting room to use at a southern train station, the one marked "Colored" or the one marked "Ladies." It shows how divided women's…

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: I know, I know. I tend toward the idealistic. It's nice to hear your side of things, though, especially since parts of your field are pretty highly gendered.

@rixatrix is the girl who lived: I bet you'd find a lot more women over the age of 24 than you think — certainly more than 1%.

@WookieLifeDay: Did you just equate women to ants?

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: You are KIDDING me. That is wrong, wrong, wrong. I thought it was bad when I was the sole purchaser of our house, yet the title company insisted that my husband co-sign the paperwork. Your story is so much worse.

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: I agree that this is a problem. So we change the laws to provide longer paternal leave, too. That way, looking at any 25-year-old produces the same thoughts, regardless of gender. We encourage and promote the attitude in our boardrooms and executive retreats that family leave is valuable and…

@drk_cyde: Back atcha!

@drk_cyde: That story embiggened my heart.

@Eldritch: Call him a girl, call him a boy, just as long as you call him, that poor unemployed sap.

@FrankN.Stein: Actually, didn't the trailer for the first one also show that single moment? I remember waiting for it when I was watching the movie. When I realized it was almost over and I hadn't seen it yet, that sort of took away the element of surprise.