The public was just distracted by the fact that he had suddenly transformed into a pirate. The original issue just sort of fell by the wayside.

Protesting? Informed voting? Contacting a representative? Signing petitions (of the non-online variety)? Giving money to a worthy campaign, charity, or interest group?

I'll just file this little event away in my Proof That Twitter's Fucking Lame folder, which is pretty thick as it is.

That trailer was… disconcerting. The effects of the falling buildings looked pretty good, but the CGI sequence of them going down the mountain looked like something out of Kangaroo Jack or Jack Frost (or some other piece of shit Jack movie from the turn of the millennium).

I usually wouldn't give Wall Street that much credit, but it looks as though they actually remember the speculative bubble before last.

"Creationists are those who believe that the origin story of Genesis is literally true and God created the universe in seven days."

It's kind of hard to respond to these critiques because most of them are sneering, substance-free barbs that could mostly be boiled down to "Altman does X; I hate X".

It's looking more and more likely that the last book(s) will never be finished, and that sole resolution will come through the TV series. I'm actually OK with this because…
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I love owning lots of books. They make me feel superior 95% of the time. The other 5% I'm moving to a new place, and then I curse the existence of the written word.

Mediate upon the incalculable immensity of space and time, then BUY SOME FUCKING SAMSUNG PRODUCTS.

"You can only bring nuance into the story by talking in overround generalities, or by bringing in the a broad history of the church over hundreds of years. The concrete example remains."

How long until there's an NDT Twitter gimmick account that nitpicks all the scientific inaccuracies depicted in the new Cosmos?

I know we could sit here all day pointing out how the original Cosmos did it better, but I think it may be illustrative that the reboot chose Bruno for the personal segment of its first episode, while the original chose Eratosthenes. The former got burned to death because he wouldn't recant some educated (and…

Religious conservatives will probably focus on the part where he says the exact origin of life is "one the greatest mysteries in science"—ignoring, of course, the fact that every other moment in the episode completely refutes their literalist reading of the Bible.

When, exactly, was the Academy supposed to have stopped caring about craft? Was it when Gandhi won for Best Picture in the 80's?

Now that's a slow-motion action scene.

In one short post, you managed to both create an exclusive, impossible-to-define group of "real music connoisseurs" and stick your own opinion in their collective mouths. That's pretty impressive.

One of the main components of any youth or counterculture group is attire.

I came to this page because I knew the article would be written by O'Neal.

The "Oh yeah, we have a sword" moment was when my dislike for that movie morphed into utter loathing and revulsion.