Slavery molded the South into a political entity just short of a country long before the war. The precipitating crisis was that the territories wanted to become states, the North wanted them free, and the South wanted them slave.  That was the South already thinking like a country with expansionist aims.  The actual…

Whedon has some humility.  He knows that his songs belong in his own narratives, and hasn't tried to make them outside those.  He's kind of like Tolkien, who was also pretty good with songs, but only used them appropriately.  I know we all have stains on our souls from genre writers who have attempted poetry or song…

Whedon has some humility.  He knows that his songs belong in his own narratives, and hasn't tried to make them outside those.  He's kind of like Tolkien, who was also pretty good with songs, but only used them appropriately.  I know we all have stains on our souls from genre writers who have attempted poetry or song…

If you guys are going to be extemporizing poetry on the Firefly review comments, I guess I'll be there, too, attempting damage control.

If you guys are going to be extemporizing poetry on the Firefly review comments, I guess I'll be there, too, attempting damage control.

Hmm.  Are we sure A.V. Club isn't a U.S. PSYOP?  Providing a steady stream of nearly encrypted criticism of geopolitical rivals while protecting the Homeland culture with a great, difficult to penetrate, cloud of geek snark?  If so, I don't have a problem with that. I just want to get paid.

Hmm.  Are we sure A.V. Club isn't a U.S. PSYOP?  Providing a steady stream of nearly encrypted criticism of geopolitical rivals while protecting the Homeland culture with a great, difficult to penetrate, cloud of geek snark?  If so, I don't have a problem with that. I just want to get paid.

I don't know if you're kidding or not, but for real, the second movie Ridley Scott made out of commercials was Alien.

I don't know if you're kidding or not, but for real, the second movie Ridley Scott made out of commercials was Alien.

Maybe on a wide, fairly well-packed, flat beach.  But not on narrow, rocky, sloping beaches, such as those we've been shown as King's Landing's.  There were always limited uses for cavalry.  Urban warfare was not a cavalry strength, either.

Maybe on a wide, fairly well-packed, flat beach.  But not on narrow, rocky, sloping beaches, such as those we've been shown as King's Landing's.  There were always limited uses for cavalry.  Urban warfare was not a cavalry strength, either.

In my non-personal, observational experience, from living and working in a crack neighborhood, as well as knowing some people who used powder. there is a real difference between powder cocaine and crack.  I don't mean a moral difference.  And cocaine abused long enough will drive anybody crazy.  But in the crack…

In my non-personal, observational experience, from living and working in a crack neighborhood, as well as knowing some people who used powder. there is a real difference between powder cocaine and crack.  I don't mean a moral difference.  And cocaine abused long enough will drive anybody crazy.  But in the crack…

Not sure she had to dig too deep for the drunk stuff.  I went to a Q&A for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles when it was coming out, and she was drinking a beer out of the bottle throughout.  I kid.  It was great and the poison scene with little Tommen was even more chilling.

Not sure she had to dig too deep for the drunk stuff.  I went to a Q&A for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles when it was coming out, and she was drinking a beer out of the bottle throughout.  I kid.  It was great and the poison scene with little Tommen was even more chilling.

Craig, we can be honored or annoyed, indifferent or angry.  And it probably doesn't matter.  I try to keep track of what I think, relative to all the other opinions that I try to listen to carefully, as best I can.  What else?

Craig, we can be honored or annoyed, indifferent or angry.  And it probably doesn't matter.  I try to keep track of what I think, relative to all the other opinions that I try to listen to carefully, as best I can.  What else?

He's always told to fuck off, yet I always appreciate some of his stuff.  This time, I'm doubting the interviewee's honesty on an equal basis as the crazy guy, because neither of them sound right.

He's always told to fuck off, yet I always appreciate some of his stuff.  This time, I'm doubting the interviewee's honesty on an equal basis as the crazy guy, because neither of them sound right.

It's a new word, spliced from "palatable" and "palpable", I'm guessing.  I await the revelation of its definition.