This whole thing saddens me. I've worked a lot with women in STEM programs, and I and many others put a lot of work into encouraging interest in science and math. However, anyone with experience in this area knows that it's not some sort of right-wing fantasy that differences in preferences for various fields exist…

Yes! I read travel guides often, checking them out from my local library. Armchair travel is great (though admittedly not as good as the real thing.) I especially like snippets of reviews of restaurants, and wondering how I'd fare as (for example) a vegetarian in Ukraine.

I was thrilled to be able to take my 11 year old to a screening of the Original Planet of the Apes. He didn't know anything about the movie, was genuinely amazed by the ending, and loved it. Despite its cheesiness, it's really a good film.

Even ignoring the awfulness of beating someone: Clearly, $800 was not sufficient to persuade anyone to move to a later flight. So then why not increase the amount? At some point, the money will outweigh the inconvenience for _someone_. (It's hard to imagine there would be no takers at, for example, $4000). Whatever…

This Dolly Parton song reminds me even more of Stairway to Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/wat… [Edit: Wrong link the first time!]

Sri Lanka?? It doesn't even make the top 50. http://www.opendoorsuk.org/…

It's eerie how much I agree with this article, and have had the same experiences as a parent.

Yes — this is why I stick to the Netflix disc service too! (Where else could I get so many old French gangster films?)

Maybe I should just feel old, but I really do love my DVDs-delivered-by-mailman Netflix subscription. The selection of films is excellent. What else would I need?

Whenever I see something like this: http://www.theonion.com/art…

I loved Original Pirate Material and loved A Grand Don't Come For Free even more. I listened to Everything is Borrowed, which was awful — treacly and insipid, things I never would have expected from The Streets. Has anyone heard Computers and Blues?

There have been millions of Simpson's-related choking deaths — the story the liberal media doesn't want you to know!

I loved "Crazy from the Heat," and I would pay good money to see the 1200 page original…

David Lee Roth's autobiography, "Crazy from the Heat" is awesome — bizarre stream-of-consciousness rambling, but it's also clear that he's an intelligent, and even thoughtful, guy.

I'm glad the Roots' "And Then You Shoot Your Cousin" made at least one appearance. Yes, it's not their best, but it's still brilliant and haunting. I've listened to it countless times, and it never dulls.

Today's fun fact about North Korea: the fearless leader announced that he, Kim Jong-un, can be the only Jong-Un in North Korea. No one else can be named that, and people who already had that (not uncommon) name have to change it. http://www.nytimes.com/2014…

The new Delta videos are actually funny (for example, https://www.youtube.com/wat… ), even though I've seen them several times. They also move quickly, and avoid schmalz. What I can't stand are videos with treacle about how the airline is a happy family that values me.

I think the second book (The Year of the Flood) is the best of the 3.

My 9-year-old adores Star Trek — we started off with Next Generation DVDs from the Public Library, and I used a combination of my memory and AV Club's excellent reviews of the series to pick really good episodes to start out with (i.e. not season 1). He's watched a bit of DS9, and more of Voyager (seasons 5-6), but…

Having a kid who avidly reads Sonic the Hedgehog comics, I can only hope that the movie isn't as dumb and poorly structured as the comics are. Please?