I didn’t have any good ones (grandma and grandpa), but one of my ex’s grandfather went by Cid. As in El Cid, not the Final Fantasy Character. I never got the story as to why he was Cid, but I always thought it was a great name for a grandfather.

Molly is too old and Gert is too skinny, but this otherwise looks pretty good. But it is frustrating-Gert is an opportunity for a larger actress to be cast in a large role in a big production and look good doing it. I liked that it was never commented on (at least the parts that I read) and it was just who she was.…

I was really excited about seeing more Charlie Jane Anders, but Clover is not all new. I don’t remember where I read it, but it has been previously published online. I’m pretty sure all her stories have been already published. Doesn’t mean I won’t buy the book, I want to support her writing. But I was really hoping…

My big question is will there be more Ron Perlman as Hannibal Chau? (took the name from his favorite historical character and his second favorite Szechuan Restaurant in Brooklyn)

I’ve gotten it once in my life- I was at a boarding school and the flu virus swept through it like a demonic wind. I ended up with a fever of 103, which was apparently mild. There was one girl there who had to be repeatedly submerged in an ice bath because her temperature kept trying to climb up to 107, which is the…

The microwave is a perfectly good way to steam veggies. It is the best way to get perfectly steamed asparagus.

Yep. You can still by Darkie toothpaste in East Asia. My fiancee got sick of me pointing it out every time we went shopping in Japan.

The film actually acknowledges this. The Shelby Foote historian character says that he knows that slavery is detrimental to the economy, but it is the foundation of the culture of the CSA. It helps define them. And they will not give it up.

I know that as guns became more popular, the saltpeter necessary for gunpowder became harder and harder to get or make. At the time, however, it may have still been common.

About that newsweek article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-global-cooling-story-came-to-be/

I think Ellis’s work holds up pretty well. It’s a product of its time, but, to take the best known example, Transmet is still great. The end of the feud with the President seems a little weird, but that’s because no one thought we’d actually elect a Heller.

That’s brilliant. Thank you.

It was not a commonly held belief. Read the article I posted. It is not behind a paywall. Then, if you have something to say, come back and quit lying.

What did they do to Adelson? I missed the news and I want to get in on that sweet sweet schadenfreude. News articles just say that he pulled his investment out.

Shit. I just got it. 20 years later and I just fucking got it.

I have tears in my eyes from the prospect of such a beautiful dream.

I don’t really care much about Football (the only good thing about Gillette is that it was built without taxpayer money), but as a fan of the Sox, I have to ask: why are Boston teams so shitty at cheating? They can never get it right. I’m waiting for a news story about how the Celtics were putting motor oil on their…

A tacit admission that he had medical bills to pay.

If she objected to rapists, she wouldn’t be working for Trump. I see this as an extension of that attitude.

There was no global cooling consensus during the 70s. There were some papers published about it, but the majority of papers published in the 70s were actually about global warming. Peer reviewed source, with citations and facts, not just a snippet from a newspaper.