So even before the time travel, two of our future presidents were already British (Amelia Pond and Owen Harper). Or does association with the Doctor, however tenuous, overrule nationalities and / or the Constitution?

Are you "asses" in that couplet about Attike means "donkeys"? Because it would make a lot more sense if it referred to the Roman copper or bronze coin called the "as" (plural "asses"). A Roman might scrounge up 16 coppers but no one's going to be leading a string of donkeys around. And grammatically, translating…

Have there ever been long-term happily married superheroes? (Other than Reed and Sue Richards and Ralph and Sue Dibny, that is.)

I believe some Internet commenters — not DC, as far as I know — are going with "DCnU."

Slightly less crazy (not the least because it actually worked) is the Le Mat revolver. The cap-and-ball revolver was invented before the Civil War and had a nine-chamber cylinder above a shotgun barrel. It was actually popular with many Confederate cavalrymen and officers, including Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard.

The 600+ issues is starting from Amazing Spider-Man #1, back in 1963. Marvel has played with the numbering a few times over the last decade or so. The number of issues since the "Brand New Day" "relaunch" (read: slight continuity tweak while gearing stories to be slightly more new reader friendly) in 2008 is closer to…

So Yoda was right — fear does, eventually, lead to suffering. In this case, it doesn't seem to make any stopovers at hate or anger, though.

I'm with you there, although I find the Daleks hilarious. Each time they bleat "Exterminate!" at the Doctor, it just shows how impotent they are — because it points out what they are completely unable to do (vs. anyone who matters).

Dear Madam or Sir,

They've already done a "Snow White / Prince Charming in the present" show. It was called The Charmings. It was a sitcom. It lasted almost a year, from 1987-8, on ABC.

Remember: when the apocalypse comes, you'll want to be driving a Ford Focus!

I've never been able to hate in three dimensions before. But I'm willing to give it a try, with Jar-Jar involved.

From the Sinatra Group: "You don't scare me. I got chunks of guys like you in my stool!"

They were both nominated last year. "The Windup Girl" defeated "The City & the City" (and four other nominees) to win the Nebula for best novel.

@bob_d: Actually, it's neither a helmet or a hairnet. It's a large ham steak, which was the fashion to wear on the head at the time.

And whoever did the cover for Lois McMaster Bujold's Mirror Dance seems to have decided to rip off / homage Dennis Quaid's picture from the movie poster.