Which says a lot, really, as it started out pretty solid. And the writing is so good. The characters are so diverse and consistent. I like that most of them seem like individual zodiac signs, and that just made it all the better to hear someone refer to Perralta as a gemini when that's the one I pegged him for. Gina's…

Not to mention Andy Samberg who's just fantastic (he and I think his half/stepbrother in the movie are both part of The Lonely Island), both with the whole music thing and as an actor in general (gotta love Brooklyn Nine Nine)

My apologies as well, especially if it read as condescending, as there's no shame in being ignorant (by its very definition, we are all ignorant of some things). I also didn't mean to imply that it was a basis for reading as superior to other forms of media, though other studies show such (ie, reading 40 minutes a day…

Thank you, yes.

Every bit as shitty as you'd think. Idiots reign supreme and people in need go without in pursuit of "capitalism" and that almighty $$$. *sad, exhausted eyeroll*

Very fair. And yes, I'm one of those assholes who agrees with the legislation in multiple countries to ban monsanto's delightful GMOs because of the cancer problems. Actually, I would LOVE to see a comparison of cancer rates in 1994 to 2004, considering that GMO food was legalized here in 94. Actually... *wanders off…

Actually it's not: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1665100… there's a scientific paper on it. Here is a link on the new york times site on it: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opi… for you as well. As to that about sword fighting, no, I never said anything like that. But before you handwave away something you…

I never saw that in 3.5! Then again, I typically play magic classes and go with the good old 'mount' spell. :D

Thank god, indeed.

I think the most interesting of the presented items is definitely the apparatus of kwalish. It looks like a steampunk scorpion keg but can be a submarine. And that's just friggin' amazing.

While your point is, in and of itself, quite solid, there is a marked difference in reading and watching something. When you read something, your brain goes through the motions of living it. Not so when watching something. So while the knowledge itself may be of no more real world use, and it may still be fiction,…

Fair enough, fair enough. Part of the appearance of the proportion is due to angle, plus booty tooch, plus conveniently placed clothes, too. The angle of her waist, thins it as much as is possible, while the extra pushing out of the backside puts it off the angle, and makes it appear larger. There's also the matter of…

Yep. It just looks gross, like oily unwashed skin.

I gotta agree, and I can tell you what's "wrong" with Kim's ass. Nothing, really. But beauty is actually rooted in mathematics, and ratios/angles/curves in specific proportion and measure. (here's one source example: http://www.realscience.us/2012/04/30/bea… ) So the problem is not really that there's something…

Ah, are you talking about the last name from the list of the Priory of Sion? It was an interesting collection of points of information, but the book reads like stereo instructions in a way. There are a lot of parts that each cover a part or a thing, but they seem disconnected and there's not a compelling enough hand…

That, but with a joint instead of alcohol. Alcohol just makes me headachey/nauseous.

Also, chicken salad croissants from there. I don't know why, but they had the best chicken salad I've ever had. Seems they have Casey's' all over in Iowa, but on moving back south, there are none. >.>

Actually, cancer deaths have tripled since it was removed from the American Pharmacopoeia (in 1943). Funny, that.

A mix, really. You know I bought a water hose at the dollar store the other week, and only -after- filling a pool with it, did I see in the 7 pt font on the label that because it was made in California, they had to let the consumer know that any water that passed through it which was consumed or swum/swam in came with…

Thank you! I've researched the hell out of the topic, and while I agree that other more compelling evidence is also more tenuous (see the Nag Hammadi gospels speaking about him kissing Mary often and the other disciples' jealousy and her favored position), this is something that is unbelievably irritating to have…