I always thought that Eternal Champions had one of the best story-lines of any fighting game. Maybe just because it was that rare Sega Genesis game whose docs were written in clear, compelling, mistake-free English…

My top 5:

"I need a calculator."
"Bender, you ARE a calculator."
"I mean a GOOD calculator."

My prediction: Charlene.

That was my favorite as well, because of Stephen's panicked reaction: "Don't SAY that, Bill! Because if you're an act…then what am I?"

Frustrated Rick trying to track down the serial killer's next victim: "Why can't I find a woman like that?!"

I retain an uncharacteristic fondness for the whole Tao album, in fact.

Despair.com does it better. http://www.despair.com/wort…

It turns out that in an academic context, existing words can be given new meanings that make mere dictionary-sticklers upset, without actually being incorrect. It's allowed! The same is true for a legal context, where a literal and measurable standard exists for terms such as "reasonable" and "preponderance" which…

Meaning two seasons of a basic cable drama would have taken half as long to marathon, maximum. I've become accustomed to 12-episode seasons since the majority of what I watch these days is on basic or premium cable — 23 episodes a season is starting to seem absurdly long to me. :)

I started by watching The Flash first too, but I'd already decided I was going to watch Arrow once I saw how many actors from Spartacus were in it. Then I decided "I should really watch Arrow from the beginning, it's only the third season so I can catch up b—forty-six episodes?!"

I expected the show to give Oliver a little bit of a win, by having him drag Ra's over the cliff with him (he said he'd do whatever it took, right?) but I guess they decided to go with full-on boo-hoo tragedy instead.

Incidentally, the same argument (or one very close to it) is made by one of the protagonists of the film Dear White People, so it's out there in the world, not just one dude's idiosyncratic rambling. Black people (and presumably other minorities) can be prejudiced and even bigoted, but not "racist" as those terms are…

Superior Foes of Spider-Man deserves an honorable mention at least for being the most consistently hilarious comic I've read since the Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire run at Justice League International. As the kids today say, I LOL'd.

It's a word whose coolness far overshadows its usefulness, so I wasn't about to waste an opportunity to dish it out. :)

No, you are not alone. Frankly, Marvel created nothing worth remembering between the Fall of the Mutants and the early 2000s. As far as I'm concerned, Deadpool, Cable, Bishop, Gambit, and the rest of those Dork Age characters should just get drowned together and never be spoken of again.

CW-niverse Waller is shockingly irresponsible, even bloodthirsty, compared to DC Universe Waller. I can't imagine why anybody obeys her orders after some of the crap she's pulled. It's like she's getting points for collateral damage.

I think each half of the crossover contained a moment that was a breathtaking synecdoche for the show it was in.

Just Alzheimer's at this point, but there have been some signs that dementia might be on the horizon.

He's also been hanging around Cougar Town, riding a horse and dispensing folksy wisdom to Courtney Cox & co.