They actually promote the less sucky comment system as a "feature" of Slate Plus.

Yeah, I always found Meg very relatable … if the film can convey her POV.

You won't convince me that TCP isn't black magic.

I think Meg will be hard to get right in a film. She's mopey yet totally sympathetic.

I loved the Narnia books as a kid, but I also grew up in a non-religious household, so the allegory completely went over my head. I thought he was just a talking lion with super powers.

I was probably 7 or 8 when I read it. I was definitely reading Narnia in 2d grade and I, Robot in 3rd.

I think if Atari got itself into a situation where a single under-performing game could wipe it out, you can't really lay the blame on Warshaw. It's not like he authorized the $21M to buy the rights.

I liked the Flash Gordon series that Jeff Parker and Doc Shaner did.

It's my favorite YLT album, to me it strikes the perfect balance between freak-out-guitar-solo and melodic pop.

I rather like Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band

That assumes Lennon and McCartney would have gotten along just fine despite all their differences. And did Yoko Ono cause the friction between Harrison and the others?

the idea that Mark Rothko or Andy Warhol are controversial, hard-to-like figure

But at this point, % of the population in favor of something is basically irrelevant to whether that something becomes policy.

btw,

His two sidekicks are named Merger and Acquisition.

Ugh. I'm currently reading Spider-Woman, Patsy Walker, Squirrel Girl, and Angela and have little/no interest in anything Star Wars, Batman, Avengers, or Guardians of the Galaxy… well, at least there's Image.

By that logic you should have gone into finance, where the real money is.

True, if "asking women out" means (a) slipping into someone's apartment building and banging on the door or (b) Instagramming "I want to fuck your face."

Gary Panter but I see some Julie Doucet as well.

Usually I don't take any joy in the fact that someone I disagree with has died, but Scalia is one of those exceptions.