I was trying to figure out what '70s musician crashed the hardest in the '80s, and I think it's Steve Winwood. Bowie's a strong contender, but even at his '80s nadir he's still recognizably Bowie. I knew what Winwood looked like and am very familiar with his voice, but when I saw the video to "Higher Love" I was…

They're not both correct. The early versions that are recordings of actual Gullah speakers all use "Come by Here." "Kumbaya" didn't show up until the late 1950s along with some incorrect folk-etymology from Pete Seeger.

And, uh.. Oh! Cab Calloway died here, so there's that.

Heinlein fans are known for their sense of humor.

To be clear, I meant fascinating BECAUSE it's baffling. Definitely fascinating.

Oh, ha! No, I am not into Paltrow Man, but thank you for the vote of confidence! I'm several-years married to a Fergus mac Roich of my own. Which mixes up the mythology, but hey. Who wants to be compared to Ailil. My husband was a former "Don't like blondes" sort but I did, indeed, convince him that was dumb because…

Should've learned my lesson about Ulstermen from Conchobar mac Nessa, eh? But yep! Seven men or one Fergus mac Roich. Who, if memory serves, was also from Ulster. Yeah, Medb is super-interesting and about my favorite mythological character.

Sean Jungian - I've generally heard people say the type thing in a much more rigid way. The Paltrow guy literally claims he cannot stand the look of blondes, for example. And no, I don't have a set of traits I respond to fairly consistently. I suppose I'm the outlier on that. Even the "all other things being equal"…

I know you can't force an attraction if you're not attracted to someone, but do people really have these very narrow bands of people with extremely specific traits they can only be attracted to? I've known tons of people who claim they do, but I've never known anyone who actually did. The girl who claims she only…

On_2 -

That's true, but it didn't bother me in the other two movies even a little bit. I believe that's because this one actually thwarts an alien invasion by giving a huge speech about humanity's qualities, but it excludes women. Maybe not explicitly, but it's all "Humans just want to get loaded and have a good time!" and…

"Have Thom Yorke create his own streaming service"

William Morris, baby!

"a lot of the biggest problems are peoples predisposition, and their inability to realize it."

Madchemist - If by "he" you mean "Martin Barre," then yes on both counts.

La Pipe -  V.C. Andrews means never having to say you're joking.

Damn. I was afraid it'd suffer from being way over-advertised on a bunch of sites. It really is very, very good.

"Nantucket Sleighride" is not just a straight-up song about the Peaquod. "Moby Dick" was partially inspired by the Essex, a Nantucket whaling ship that got rammed by a whale and stranded, forcing three of the survivors to eventually shoot and eat the fourth crew member, Owen Coffin. The full title of the Mountain song…

No wedding I've been to has 22 discrete stories that always involve the same 5 or 6 people and would take 24 minutes each to cover. Maybe I am going to boring weddings.

"much better on average than the vast majority of comedy or TV in general"