Why, thank you.  My old pic worked pretty well at the 300x300 resolution.

And I'll be the first to recognize the irony of my icon being the iceaxe used to murder Leon Trotsky.  My defense is that I'm not using it to gloat over his death, but to point out that I'm a Trotsky Icepick fan.  But I'll heed my own advice and get rid of it shortly.

And I'll be the first to recognize the irony of my icon being the iceaxe used to murder Leon Trotsky.  My defense is that I'm not using it to gloat over his death, but to point out that I'm a Trotsky Icepick fan.  But I'll heed my own advice and get rid of it shortly.

an act of digital self-sacrifice it hopes will serve as proper penitence
for this thing that is, after all, very, very important. As reported
yesterday, the network already pledged to remove the offending blurry
1/16th of a scene

an act of digital self-sacrifice it hopes will serve as proper penitence
for this thing that is, after all, very, very important. As reported
yesterday, the network already pledged to remove the offending blurry
1/16th of a scene

That was an amazing moment:  I couldn't figure out which was worse:  the line itself or the delivery. 

That was an amazing moment:  I couldn't figure out which was worse:  the line itself or the delivery. 

"Realistic" isn't quite the goal (although I think I get what you mean) — truly realistic dialogue would have so many "um"s and "like"s that outside of a documentary it would actually seem stilted to a viewer.  I guess what I'm saying is that after a few episodes, the manner of Sorkin's dialogue is so apparent that it…

"Realistic" isn't quite the goal (although I think I get what you mean) — truly realistic dialogue would have so many "um"s and "like"s that outside of a documentary it would actually seem stilted to a viewer.  I guess what I'm saying is that after a few episodes, the manner of Sorkin's dialogue is so apparent that it…

I recently rewatched the entire series on Netflix Instant, and it didn't hold up for me as well as I thought it would.  I haven't watched The West Wing or Studio 60, so I don't think it's a case of me being Sorkin-ed out.

I recently rewatched the entire series on Netflix Instant, and it didn't hold up for me as well as I thought it would.  I haven't watched The West Wing or Studio 60, so I don't think it's a case of me being Sorkin-ed out.

If she had disclosed upfront who she was, rather than referring to
'Winstead' and 'the author' and not even mentioning that she's in a
comedy troupe with the woman, I wouldn't have mentioned it.  That's why I googled her and filled in the information that she left out.  If she feels that that was unfair of me, she's…

If she had disclosed upfront who she was, rather than referring to
'Winstead' and 'the author' and not even mentioning that she's in a
comedy troupe with the woman, I wouldn't have mentioned it.  That's why I googled her and filled in the information that she left out.  If she feels that that was unfair of me, she's…

All of those things and she's not smart enough to use a fake name when posting a defense of her friend's book.

All of those things and she's not smart enough to use a fake name when posting a defense of her friend's book.

My bad — carry on, then.

My bad — carry on, then.

I don't understand why you are yelling at me.

I don't understand why you are yelling at me.

I was going to ask that myself.