As  along-term Seattle resident, I can assure you, real estate deals are all we talk about! Well, that and coffee and 20-year-old grunge references and how awful it is to see the ex-Sonics in the NBA finals, but mostly it's just real estate.

The excised stuff on the link was pretty entertaining, especially the last part:

The excised stuff on the link was pretty entertaining, especially the last part:

That includes the price for actual cable. I assume. How much does going from zero to HBO cost? The people I know who have deluxe plans always seem to claim they pay much more than that, but I know a lot of bullshitters, too.

That includes the price for actual cable. I assume. How much does going from zero to HBO cost? The people I know who have deluxe plans always seem to claim they pay much more than that, but I know a lot of bullshitters, too.

Man, we're never getting to Nationals with comments like these. Pick it up, people!

Man, we're never getting to Nationals with comments like these. Pick it up, people!

I am always impressed that for HBO - for all their shows - how much media penetration they get with what really aren't particularly impressive viewing numbers. It's a different model of course, but they always rope in name casts, decent F/X and high-quality technical aspects all for numbers that are dwarfed by…

I am always impressed that for HBO - for all their shows - how much media penetration they get with what really aren't particularly impressive viewing numbers. It's a different model of course, but they always rope in name casts, decent F/X and high-quality technical aspects all for numbers that are dwarfed by…

This was the first episode I saw, well, saw part of, made it about 15 minutes, turned it off and never looked back. Not sure what annoyed me the most - the Lost Cause aspect (yeah, been done to death, but without any pre-existing information it seems ridiculously clear to me), Inara (rare to have character instantly…

This was the first episode I saw, well, saw part of, made it about 15 minutes, turned it off and never looked back. Not sure what annoyed me the most - the Lost Cause aspect (yeah, been done to death, but without any pre-existing information it seems ridiculously clear to me), Inara (rare to have character instantly…

I'm getting the impression that a movie about the creepy rollerblader might not be any better, really, but at least would've been worth trying. This sounds like some kind of bizarre twee technical exercise.

I'm getting the impression that a movie about the creepy rollerblader might not be any better, really, but at least would've been worth trying. This sounds like some kind of bizarre twee technical exercise.

The fugue state part, where he talks to the shrink, giving him the "official" story, finally coming clean. Of course even though everything he said was true, he was still carefully, deliberately lying anyway. To me, whatever interest he had in turning back from the abyss ended there. By laying out his life to the…

The fugue state part, where he talks to the shrink, giving him the "official" story, finally coming clean. Of course even though everything he said was true, he was still carefully, deliberately lying anyway. To me, whatever interest he had in turning back from the abyss ended there. By laying out his life to the…

I haven't seen it, but what I've read makes it sound like a good candidate for tomorrow's list (more time travel - really?).

I haven't seen it, but what I've read makes it sound like a good candidate for tomorrow's list (more time travel - really?).

I have the exact opposite opinion (yeah, well all have them). The later "message" stuff just lands with a thud to me, while the crazy, not-quite-thought-this-through anarchy stuff really makes me laugh. It's like Airplane the movie - yeah, there's a lot of dud jokes, but they come so fast and they're willing to go so…

I have the exact opposite opinion (yeah, well all have them). The later "message" stuff just lands with a thud to me, while the crazy, not-quite-thought-this-through anarchy stuff really makes me laugh. It's like Airplane the movie - yeah, there's a lot of dud jokes, but they come so fast and they're willing to go so…

I never liked the terms for different reasons - it always had that weird feel like girls were pretending to be soldiers. "Hee-hee, I'm fighting, like a marine!" or some shit - it seemed to shine a light on a weirdly condescending, tunnel-vision type of viewpoint where they simply co-opted someone else just so their…