I don't hate the Cubs as such, but I got really tired about hearing about "long-suffering Cubs fans". Chicago has enjoyed more than it's share of championship sports teams over the past few decades, and most Cubs fans were alive for only a fraction of the franchise's drought. The reality for most sports fans in most…

In any given cohort of people, you start seeing a consistent increase in deaths around age 50 or so. So yes, this year was probably just the tip of the iceberg. All those chronic diseases are going to start to take their heavy toll real soon.

Maybe #2, but the rest? Yeah, not even first world problem problems. First-world-blogger-surrounded-by-an-echo-chamber-of-like-minded people-problems.

Americans didn't live with constant fear of attack… but just look at the news yesterday, plenty of people around the world have that exact problem.

Another article on another website pointed out that yes, more celebrities are dying. But the major reason is that, quite simply, after the Baby Boom and the accompanying explosion of popular culture and mediums to make someone famous, there were more celebrities than at anytime in the past. And now that the Baby…

If you're going to include politics in the list, then be prepared for the comment section to point out that a lot worse things happened in 2016 than a bunch of ultrafans not liking the new Ghostbusters movie.

Exactly my thoughts. This year began with a horrible series of terrorist attacks in Belgium, and just yesterday, a truck plowed into a Christmas market and the Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot dead at a public gathering. But… Tilda Swinton played a character who was Asian in a comic book that probably 99% of…

I actually remember the first time I heard Bohemian Rhapsody. My brother popped the cassette into the car tape player (remember when those were still a novelty?) on some long trip to see a relative. I was instantly blown away by the seamless integration of different music styles. My dad was a classically trained…

And of course, she made many inquires what was happening in her absence…. oh, wait, no, she did none of that.

That's one read… my read was "Oh sorry, I can't be bothered to actually govern, I'm having my own problems today, you guys all fend for yourselves while I'm gone."

To be fair, most of the protagonists of the majority of Disney films aren't any kind of royalty. It's just that the company has marketed the hell out of those who are.

"The movie takes care to show her charged with actual administrative
responsibilities on the island beyond behaving herself and respecting
her elders, and it’s touching to see her wrestle with the fact that she’s good at being an island princess; "

Yeah, we actually read the Gospels of Thomas and Mary in class. There's a very good reason the early Church kept them outside of the cannon. Let's just say the Gospel of Mary is to the Gospel of Luke as Dan Brown is to Leo Tolstoy.

Even if it's not a very good movie, I'm glad to see Sidse Babett Knudson get some exposure outside of Denmark. She and the entire cast of Borgen were amazing on that show.

Best Ebert takedown of a movie ever? His response to Rob Schneider complaining over another critic's savaging of one of the Deuce Bigalow movies: "Your movie sucks."

And what small fraction of that time have you actually been alive?

For any one given team, championships are a rare occurrence- most fans of any team will never or very rarely see their club win it all. And Chicago, you've been blessed with several champions. If the Cubs win, enjoy it for all it's worth. But please, spare us this crap about how you've been uniquely suffering all…

Sorry, I feel not one ounce of pity for those poor, suffering Cubs fans… simply because most of them are probably also Bulls and Blackhawks fans. Chicago, you've had no shortage of sports championships over the past 20 years. Stop whining because one of the teams hasn't won a championship in forever. Try being a…

I was too old to have any interest in them (in university at the time). But I remember thinking, why are all these adults so fascinated by these stupid little things? Should I, nearly a full adult, share in the same obsession. Thankfully the answer was a definitive "No".

"embroidered Eeyore sweatshirts". You could not possibly have given a more specific description. Yes, I know exactly the type.