Similarly, The Handmaid's Tale. Forewarned is forearmed.

Lloyd Alexander's Vesper Holly series (The Illyrian Adventure, The El Dorado Adventure, et al.) are about a high-society adventuress with ""the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half a dozen languages and can swear in all of them."

I found the facts of her life more entertaining than "Goddess". Give me a history textbook any day!

I've spent at least that much time eating with a fork. The system works!

I like Gunnerkrigg Court (the art gets better!) and Cucumber Quest.

AV Club's bacon content is sponsored by Applegate. It's not quite an apple and it's not quite a gate, but man…

It can be two things.

This sounds like a Victory For Dandies.

Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

Pfft. I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it.

See also: tea water heated in coffee pots.

Ned the Dead in Green Bay.

The Cartoon Network online store and We Love Fine should have an official Steven shirt. I found mine at one of those.

Ahem!

You think he likes ham? Just wait 'til you see me like ham!

Flintstones is good. I was sad about Prez having such a short run, but this is a worthy successor. Good satire!

May?

The All the Wrong Questions series, which finished up recently, gives a pretty good look at the VFD from the POV of one of its final recruits.

This article showed up on my feed earlier today. It raises the point I tend to make at (very fun) parties: postmodernism is difficult to categorize today because it's so ingrained in how contemporary people relate to the world.

I'm looking forward to reading a review. Of this book.