No offense, but you clearly haven't accounted for the possibility that SatelliteInternetIsSkynet could end up becoming an astronaut and on the day after departing on a single-person mission to Mars nuclear war breaks out and eradicates all human life except for SatelliteInternetIsSkynet, who subsequently makes "Bowie…

I too only watched this because of Brewster, and I too thought it was awful. Didn't laugh once throughout the whole thing. Pretty much every single joke was cliched and lazy. Like the scene that opens on just Stamos monologuing about how what a shock it is to learn he's a grandfather, only to have the camera zoom…

Why is 29 red a good roulette…slot(?, number?, thingy?)?

I'm planning to start working "That is grim, and I have played Monopoly alone," into conversation when possible. Because it's true. I have. Played Monopoly alone, that is. And I'm pretty sure that just like every time I play Monopoly with other human beings, I managed to lose the one time I played Monopoly alone,…

There's a lot of super quotable stuff from SCTV's soap opera parody Days of the Week, but "[It's] no more dangerous than sticking a baby's head through a buzz saw" sticks out as brilliantly dumb.

Out of curiosity, how much control have MRA types taken of the Hugos? I've read a few stories about all the "Sick Puppies" nonsense, but don't know a whole lot about the Hugos in general, and wasn't sure how much of an impact their misogynistic crap is having.

Is your friend the ghost of Emily Dickinson? If so, you'll probably enjoy that collection; she was pretty great at poetry.

I think Anansi Boys could cross said metaphorical twee tripwire, but American Gods is easily his best novel. Honestly, I think the best of Gaiman's short fiction and his comics are far better than his other non-kids novels.

I'm still reading Neal Stephenson's Anathem. Enjoying it, but it's super goddamn long. I've also been rereading Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, which is possibly my favorite book which is short enough to regularly reread without feeling like I should be using the time to read something I haven't read instead.

Provorov's gonna be great. If Hanifan hadn't been available at 5, that's who I'd have wanted the Canes to pick.

Provorov's gonna be great. If Hanifan hadn't been available at 5, that's who I'd have wanted the Canes to pick.

Ooh, I don't know either, but let me guess. Rutherford gave up a 2016 1st rounder, Brandon Sutter, your top offensive or defensive prospect, and for some reason agreed to retain half of Sutter's salary? Am I right???? Or did Jim Rutherford make an even worse deal?

Ooh, Ansari was on This American Life this week. They played a clip of him at one of his shows with some sociologist guy who'd been doing some study of of romantic texts, so I guess that's just something he's doing now.

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I'd assume that an Australian flying the Confederate flag was a racist in much the same way that I'd assume an American wearing a jacket bearing a Rhodesian flag was a racist.

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So the Blackhawks have won yet again. I was supporting the Bolts, but I'm happy for Timonen at least.

I liked it well enough. Although with all the change that the show's been preparing us for, I feel like they maybe restored things to the status quo a little bit too much, to the extent that the change references felt a bit like a cheat. But I am interested to see where they go with things in year four; I'm kind of…

Shit, I'm sorry to hear that, Waffle.