When the Blackfish walked out of the not-quite-Red Wedding to take a leak, I cheered. Here's hoping he gets to fire off a few more well-placed arrows in the seasons to come.

Isn't the husband usually there to catch it? Who let's a perfectly good placenta hit the floor?

…but Bosnian Rainbows was what we all got instead.

I know Amputechture can be a slog, but there are moments on that album that are among my favorites in their catalog. Or anybody's catalog, for that matter.

I don't know much about sperm songs, but I do know the grossest lyric to ever be sung is:

I'm a quarter of the way through Red Moon by Benjamin Percy and while it's been a fast and sometimes entertaining read, the writing leaves a lot to be desired. I've read some of his essays and short stories, liked those well enough, and so I was surprised to find myself wincing at his over reliance on the verbing of…

Okay, I have a question about Gone Girl.

I admire your patience and restraint! I think you should maybe let loose once in awhile and read two chapters a day.

One bit of Don-like behavior that left me smiling: When she sits down in his chair, in his office (because "that's where everything is") and turns slowly towards the window so that she is posed just like Don in the credits.

Curious about which episode was the last straw for you. I'm watching the show for the first time right now and just finished the fourth season. Almost gave up after "Mum" and while I know from the way people talk about the show that things are just going to keep getting worse I hope I don't have to endure too many…

Who's the puffy guy who's a big blurry sex machine?

If I wrap my car around a tree: Wipeout
If some cops shoot me dead: Fuck Tha Police
If I have a long happy life that happens to include a sex change operation at some point and one dark winter night, having drunk too much egg nog and neglected to take my Reminyl, I am struck down in the street, and the post-mortem…

Along with the classical theme: Messiaen's "Louange a L'immortalite de Jesus"

Might have another Jonestown on your hands in that case.

The wisest riff I'm aware of comes from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank: "Never show a good movie in the middle of your crappy one." More artists (I use the word loosely here) of all disciplines should heed this advice. Some examples: Lawrence of Arabia in Prometheus. Moby Dick in The Art of Fielding. Try a Little…

I want to see it fail because if it succeeds then we're gonna be in for yet another round PG-13 Horror Movies for the next few years.

Oh hai Marc!

I've forgotten a lot about the books, but was there anything in them like the moment when Bran and his crew tell Sam that Bran is the only one who can stop the White Walkers? The purpose of his journey in the novels has always been mysterious (sure, he needs to meet the three-eyed crow, but what this means in the long…

Very good point, hadn't thought of all this talk about highborns as foreshadowing, but this is right on. Speaking of AFFC plotlines, Cersei's dealings with the High Sparrow and the Faith Militant and all the other shitstorms she has to handle (or, in most cases, not handle) are one of the highlights of the series for…

Will Sasso as Kenny Rogers asks: How about in dog years?