The formatting doesn't show it, but there's a link in that stray observation that proves the point.

There was a screener this week, which is bizarre — I don't think there's ever been one for a mid-season ep before. Usually just finales and premieres.

There was a screener this week, which is bizarre — I don't think there's ever been one for a mid-season ep before. Usually just finales and premieres.

We've trained our kids not to bug us to buy them things, by and large. But I promised myself as a new parent that I would never refuse to buy them a book.

We've trained our kids not to bug us to buy them things, by and large. But I promised myself as a new parent that I would never refuse to buy them a book.

I knew it presaged doom, but not whose. I was completely shocked when it turned out to be Wash.

I knew it presaged doom, but not whose. I was completely shocked when it turned out to be Wash.

Oh, it is. But Noel adopted it for himself before I did, and mutters it to himself far more frequently than I mutter it at him.

Oh, it is. But Noel adopted it for himself before I did, and mutters it to himself far more frequently than I mutter it at him.

I actually like this idea.

I actually like this idea.

Yeah, I hated the whole yell-at-the-camera bit, especially with the pause for breath. Didn't makea note about it, so by the time I was well into the review I'd blocked it out.

Yeah, I hated the whole yell-at-the-camera bit, especially with the pause for breath. Didn't makea note about it, so by the time I was well into the review I'd blocked it out.

Thank you for the very kind compliment! K. Thrace does a lovely job (and from a much more Firefly-knowledgable place than I occupy) delivering on your request, in her comment above.

Thank you for the very kind compliment! K. Thrace does a lovely job (and from a much more Firefly-knowledgable place than I occupy) delivering on your request, in her comment above.

Existentialism doesn't have to be an atheist philosophy. The father of existentialism was Kierkegaard, a very Christian philosopher. His mid-twentieth-century rediscoverers were atheist, though, and so that was the version that was popularized.

Existentialism doesn't have to be an atheist philosophy. The father of existentialism was Kierkegaard, a very Christian philosopher. His mid-twentieth-century rediscoverers were atheist, though, and so that was the version that was popularized.

Ahahaha … fixed.

Ahahaha … fixed.

I'm an LSGer, too, but only lurking. Tell her hi from Paksenarrion.