Everywhere in the US I’ve ever lived. The first thing I do when I move into a new town is find the local library to get my card. Do they charge a fee where you are? Where’s that (so I can dodge it)?

Excellent point.

And a library card is free.

Oooh! That is fun to say!

rapier, rapid-fire questioning

Potentially unpopular theory:

States have different laws when it comes to lottery anonymity. In some states (mine included), you can’t collect anonymously. Not sure about CA.

Balls.

Balls.

Why do you think I mentioned it? ;)

CGI, forced perspective, stilts, high heels...

I was watching the hearings this morning and I thought, “if they make the movie of this one day (directed by Oliver Stone, natch), they should get John Barrowman to play Comey.”

No doubt.

Mission Impossible

...a peak peek into her humble abode...

I don’t think the whole point of Shakespeare is for the audience to will their suspension of disbelief. I’m not sure where you get that. You might say that as a necessary adjunct to all film/theater/tv, but I don’t think it’s “the whole point,” and certainly not when it comes to Shakespeare.

...they should participate in the same open competitive process as the rest of the applicant pool.

I mean seriously...they need to emboss the word ‘sword’ on their guns and zoom the camera in?

A Knight’s Tale drifted anachronistically both visually and in and language/culture (and it also borrowed from a wide range of time periods/styles)

I concur.