The UK Village-ian!  He is a U-of-I at Chicago student who makes ends meet by being an international dealer in contraband!  (It isn't as much fun as when he was tending bar at Estelle's, but the hours are better and the clientele is much less demanding.

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There is a theory, popular in all the services that are not the Navy that the resistance to commodore is that commodores wear only one star, like brigadier generals.  All rear admirals wear two,  even though an RA lower half is the same pay grade as a one-star general.

There is a big difference between a senior Captain leading an ad hoc squadron for a single mission and an officer commanding a large fleet action involving hundreds of ships, planning major offensives and coordinating with a number of fractious allies in an alliance that includes both true allies (the Klingons,…

… That was very mean. That was one of my better rants.

Oh dear fucking god.  I was really much happier while I was blaming paramount.  They both work, both Navies that they might base the discussion on have both used and abandoned Commodore as a the lowest flag rank repeatedly over time, and both the USN and the RN (from which starfleet ranks are largely drawn —…

Spoilers (though general)

It always just breaks my heart to be reminded that Sheen and Asner have become 911 Truthers. For a long time they were my favorite "political" entertainers.  I have agreed and disagreed with them both, but they always seemed thoughtful, committed and consistent in their politics.  The truther stupidity, like its…

It is just barely possible I got carried away with my dubious threats and delusions of being Bond villain/househusband.  Once one launches into a plan to clone an army of AVClub commenters, once cannot simply stop.  An experience I'm sure everyone has had, at one time or another.

What the hell do you mean "At some point" Zack?  I've been waiting anxiously but patiently for the DS9 reviews to resume. It is bad enough that we are into the last two seasons and so nearing the end.  Worse still that since you review them two at once, our time with the show is going to be even more shortened.  (The…

I know the feeling.  I was in London for several months for a prior employer.  (Also, is it England or Britain or the UK?  No matter what I chose I inevitably offended someone).  I'd heard the quip that goes "American's think a hundred years is a long time.  The English (or Europeans) think a hundred miles is a long…

Hell.  For some reason I am held for moderatoin, but this is what I was/will (have) be(en) trying to say.

Ah hell.  Scott, I cannot say you are my favorite AVClub writer, but this is only because I refuse to rank the AVClub writing staff at all; you are all my favorites.  Especially when I think you are drug addled fools lacking in the slightest hint of critical judgement.

Interestingly, that link led me to another, vastly more important thing that can be found on the internet:

But:

But:

I must have missed the announcement that this is being covered this summer.  I'm so glad to see it, SN remains one of my favorite shows.  And since I missed the announcement, I didn't go on a nostalgia binge, and so I can watch along.  After the reviews, I think.  I've never done that, and I think it'll be a fun…

I must have missed the announcement that this is being covered this summer.  I'm so glad to see it, SN remains one of my favorite shows.  And since I missed the announcement, I didn't go on a nostalgia binge, and so I can watch along.  After the reviews, I think.  I've never done that, and I think it'll be a fun…