All of it will depend on who they actually get to play Barbarella. If they decide to make it some kind of "joyless dystopian apocalyptic reimagining"...

It's pretty interesting, because I don't really like opiates either. Morphine had the effect of making me jumpy and uncomfortable, not relaxed. Same with Percocet. Vicodin was wonderful, though.

Neat. I'm giving it a try with a language I know absolutely nothing about—German. I might go back and do Spanish later, but since I know French rather well, the shared Romance language connections will probably make it easier. I'm really curious to see how it does with learning a completely new language from…

Former U.S. President John Tyler still has two grandsons that are alive, and he was born in 1790. It's really interesting how stuff like this happens!

Around 10,000 years ago, this area would have been buried under glaciers. I'm thinking it's just a very large rock; one that would have been heavily eroded by the movements of the glaciers over millennia and glaciers are more than capable of pushing a rock that size on a "clear seabed track" like that. And now it's…

Quite the opposite, really. It was an even larger post-glacial freshwater lake 10,000 years ago. It would have been buried underneath a glacier prior to that.

This really isn't going anywhere, so we're just going to have to agree to disagree from here. All the best.

Honestly, if you believe that the beginning and end of Michigan's problems are with the 2011 legislature, have you been burying your head in the sand the entire time? Michigan's anti-gay "Defense of Marriage" amendment, for instance, has existed since 2004!

The Ontario side of Lake Huron is absolutely stunning, plus small lakes and trees are absolutely everywhere, so don't think you have to give up the lakes and trees. They're better over here I say, as a former Michigan resident who actually went through with the exodus!

Michigan's politics have been bleak for longer than 2011. Sure, there was a Democratic governor for eight years, but the GOP-controlled legislature has been there for ages. And a lot of us progressive, educated folk fled the state, because the state's economy has never offered us much unless you're a doctor or an…

"New Gawker" has started to have a bit of a problem with this, due to the more "open" nature of its commenting system (to try and put it kindly). There are still plenty of people who try and shout them down, though.

I argue they're all precious snowflakes unto themselves, and thus, you really can't choose a favourite. "Chocolate Yahweh" seems to be especially great, though!

Neither do mine. They give me funny looks when I laugh at this stuff, so I keep it to myself now...hah!

No. With all due respect to the author, there's this tendency to think of the "Anglosphere" as homogeneous when the cultural barriers are actually quite immense even in the absence of a language barrier. Even a detailed look at Canada (which I've often heard called "America, Jr.") would reveal a very different…

Replying to approve, but also because I'm a fan...hah.

If it's anything like Jiz, I'll be the first in line!

It's Michigan, so I'm thinking most of the population would have Ontario as an outlet for abortions if all else fails. Of course—and as always—those who are poor or have criminal records that forbid them entry into Canada would be hurt the most.

Nope...you're not a horrible lazy person. And I know the kind of gyms you're talking about; they're terrible. I'm lucky to have found a gym that's "meathead-free" and full of people of all kinds of fitness levels from beginners to exercise junkies.

My apologies...I earnestly meant no offence by my reply, and I most certainly wasn't trying to "lecture" a physician. I was merely reciting my own knowledge of the subject. I thought you were correct before, and...well, I still think you're correct!

I dunno...I spend approximately an hour and a half, four days a week at the gym. I think a lot of people might consider that "living at the gym," but then a lot of people will spend three or four hours a day watching television or eight hours a day sitting at a desk. When I look at it that way, I consider it a…