Frankly, 5-6 seasons is the sweet spot for an ongoing series. Many series fall off a cliff in terms of quality after that.

I love how painfully British it is. “We won’t be so gauche as to outright state why, but we are sure everyone knows why, so we won’t try to pretend it is something else, so let’s not talk about it.”

Also, can we pause for a minute to appreciate the absurdity of a man who willingly identifies himself as "Goose" lecturing others on the concept of dignity?

On days when I telecommute, I don't change until about a half-hour before Mrs. 0fNothing comes home, so she'll think I've been productive when she gets home.

This year has been kind of bonkers. Right now, the top 4 consists of Leicester City (who seem to keep winning in spite of themselves), Tottenham Hotspur (who, if it wasn’t for Leicester, would also be a big success story), Arsenal (who, in spite of being in 3rd, seem to have a weight of doom and gloom hanging over…

And the thing is, they aren't that old.

First Cruyff, then Shandling? Today is a miserable day for celebrity deaths.

So anybody have any ideas about who those mysterious men in black were that were trying to make sure Frank didn't wake up? My theory is that Frank saw something that could have blown a Hydra op on one of his tours, so Hydra put a hit out on him and his family to keep him quiet. If so, that would be quite the cinematic…

I think one of the things that worked better for the Hogwarts-based world-building in the Potterverse is that it allowed most of the details of wizarding history to emerge organically over the course of the story. These read more like the seeds of a reference that she might write to think about motifs and themes - a…

And most crucially they played locally. I still can’t get behind the Thunder.

I grew up in Corvallis when Payton Sr. was playing at OSU, and he was already a local celebrity. Just after he graduated and was drafted by the Sonics, our family moved to Seattle, where he was even bigger. Those Payton/Kemp teams were some of the most fun to watch, and it looks like Payton II has that same flare his…

I recently picked up the first game on the winter Steam Sale, and boy does it have problems. It’s never a good sign when the set piece that was the signature moment at announcement feels more like moving furniture while being bothered by mosquitoes.

McQuarrie is a national treasure.

Sounds cool, but with the astronomical cost of even in-state tuition, I fear that this will be the program that even philosophy majors mock for being economically non-viable.

Rey is many things, but a Mary Sue is not one of them. She is a legitimate protagonist in her own right. An easy clue? She actually tries to ignore the call to adventure in a way that no Mary/Marty Sue/Stue ever would.

Itgets even weirder when you have outlets that essentially act as mouthpieces for clubs, like Marca with Real Madrid, where the unsubstantiated rumor is just another tool in the club’s arsenal.

No argument here! The X-Wing books packed more fun into each page than any other Star Wars books out there. While Stackpole’s books were generally decent, Allston could really cut loose and play with the bonkers side of the Galaxy Far Far Away. All of them are worth the price of admission, and that price is letting…

That’s kind of criminal, really. One is a beloved national treasure, and the other is a dude who lives on Mercer Island.

Yeah, Eberron has been one of my favorite settings for a long time. I think the things they would need to include in a proper 5th Edition Eberron book are:

Probably the worst part of Gotham is its criminal underuse of Donal Logue’s Harvey Bullock. Seriously, his one-liners are absolutely perfect.