We have three dogs and two cats who were all strays who really needed us, and who also daily shed enough fur for a throw pillow.  But yeah, it's fucking hard when they go.  I got a dog when I was eight and he died when I was 23, and while I thought I'd accepted it beforehand—he was almost 16, for Christ's sake—I was…

We have three dogs and two cats who were all strays who really needed us, and who also daily shed enough fur for a throw pillow.  But yeah, it's fucking hard when they go.  I got a dog when I was eight and he died when I was 23, and while I thought I'd accepted it beforehand—he was almost 16, for Christ's sake—I was…

What's really fun is when you have a cat who may literally be the spawn of Satan, or a witch's familiar, or at least a huge asshole who hates everyone in the world—except your spouse.  A cat who seems to have been plotting your death for the decade you've had him, but who lets your husband carry him around like a baby…

What's really fun is when you have a cat who may literally be the spawn of Satan, or a witch's familiar, or at least a huge asshole who hates everyone in the world—except your spouse.  A cat who seems to have been plotting your death for the decade you've had him, but who lets your husband carry him around like a baby…

Or, you know, you have a very narrow view of an ideological extreme that is neither common nor influential, which you've used to characterize a movement that is composed of various ideological branches.

Or, you know, you have a very narrow view of an ideological extreme that is neither common nor influential, which you've used to characterize a movement that is composed of various ideological branches.

That scene has some defenders around here.  In the comments on some recent article about horror fiction, I talked about how much I hated the preteen gangbang scene when I myself was an adolescent girl, and was told that it was actually about Beverly's coming of age and accepting her sexuality and it was a great way…

That scene has some defenders around here.  In the comments on some recent article about horror fiction, I talked about how much I hated the preteen gangbang scene when I myself was an adolescent girl, and was told that it was actually about Beverly's coming of age and accepting her sexuality and it was a great way…

By contrast, many of the comments here make me think a few of you are a real barrel of laughs when your TV-viewing companion voices displeasure with something. "Why would the CIA—" "GODDAMMIT JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE SHOW."

By contrast, many of the comments here make me think a few of you are a real barrel of laughs when your TV-viewing companion voices displeasure with something. "Why would the CIA—" "GODDAMMIT JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE SHOW."

Me too, @avclub-6b160289536b8a7a7a2c161a02014e7c:disqus.  I can only think that a lot of people become seriously disillusioned when they learn that Lennon wasn't always and forever the gentle ambassador of peace and love that he's been portrayed as since his death (Ono has certainly done a lot to perpetuate that…

Me too, @avclub-6b160289536b8a7a7a2c161a02014e7c:disqus.  I can only think that a lot of people become seriously disillusioned when they learn that Lennon wasn't always and forever the gentle ambassador of peace and love that he's been portrayed as since his death (Ono has certainly done a lot to perpetuate that…

Lennon didn't yell at the guy or call him stupid; he was pretty nice to him, I thought. Lennon seemed to be trying to let him know, in as gentle a way as possible, that hero-worshiping him for his songs—and certainly for songs he didn't even write himself—wasn't a particularly good idea. The whole encounter was…

Lennon didn't yell at the guy or call him stupid; he was pretty nice to him, I thought. Lennon seemed to be trying to let him know, in as gentle a way as possible, that hero-worshiping him for his songs—and certainly for songs he didn't even write himself—wasn't a particularly good idea. The whole encounter was…

God, his podcast is excruciating to me precisely because that's all Dan ever says, in that smug, halting tone of his, to Alan's very enthusiastic and interesting critiques.  Well, he also says things like "Yeah, so . . . that . . . happened" and "eh . . . I don't know . . ." or takes 5 minutes to parse a very minor…

God, his podcast is excruciating to me precisely because that's all Dan ever says, in that smug, halting tone of his, to Alan's very enthusiastic and interesting critiques.  Well, he also says things like "Yeah, so . . . that . . . happened" and "eh . . . I don't know . . ." or takes 5 minutes to parse a very minor…

I agree that it seems odd for everyone on the show to consider Brody an ace in the hole VP candidate, but after Sarah Palin, I think anything's possible in that arena.

I agree that it seems odd for everyone on the show to consider Brody an ace in the hole VP candidate, but after Sarah Palin, I think anything's possible in that arena.

I strenuously disagree with your assessment of Breaking Bad, but I agree with everything else.  On the one hand, I understand why fans of Homeland are getting kind of shirty with people who like to point out such implausibilities—good fiction can and does include wildly improbable events, and verisimilitude often…

I strenuously disagree with your assessment of Breaking Bad, but I agree with everything else.  On the one hand, I understand why fans of Homeland are getting kind of shirty with people who like to point out such implausibilities—good fiction can and does include wildly improbable events, and verisimilitude often…