Exactly my reaction. Every time I'm about to watch The Visitor, I think, "This isn't going to be as good as I remember it. I'm older and wiser now." And every time I wind up looking like this  ;____;

I'd have to dig to find it, but there's a wonderful essay floating
around about how genre writers misunderstood feminists call for "strong
female characters" to mean "[STRONG FEMALE] characters" rather than what
they were actually asking for in "[STRONG CHARACTERS] who are female."

I'd have to dig to find it, but there's a wonderful essay floating
around about how genre writers misunderstood feminists call for "strong
female characters" to mean "[STRONG FEMALE] characters" rather than what
they were actually asking for in "[STRONG CHARACTERS] who are female."

I don't know, Boba Fett. I don't know. (SPUTTERING SOBS)

I don't know, Boba Fett. I don't know. (SPUTTERING SOBS)

My most irrational moment of the year: The moment when an acquaintance on Facebook wrote that this year's Mumford & Son's album was not only the best album of this year, but the best album of the last ten years. And then seven of his friends liked the comment. SPUTTERING RAGE

My most irrational moment of the year: The moment when an acquaintance on Facebook wrote that this year's Mumford & Son's album was not only the best album of this year, but the best album of the last ten years. And then seven of his friends liked the comment. SPUTTERING RAGE

I like it, Just Fine and Dandy! (Raises fist in folk music solidarity.)

I like it, Just Fine and Dandy! (Raises fist in folk music solidarity.)

+1 to Noel for Lee Fields! That's one of the albums on my "best of" list
that none of my friends have heard of. But am I the only one in the
world who loves Anais Mitchell's Young Man in America? If I were more
hipstery I suppose I'd be happy that my tastes are so obscure, but
mostly I'm just sad that there aren't…

+1 to Noel for Lee Fields! That's one of the albums on my "best of" list
that none of my friends have heard of. But am I the only one in the
world who loves Anais Mitchell's Young Man in America? If I were more
hipstery I suppose I'd be happy that my tastes are so obscure, but
mostly I'm just sad that there aren't…

I wish I was taller.

I wish I was taller.

Sterling: As a jewess I must chime in. Jewish law states that kosher wine has no animal ingredients such as gelatin in it. Only Jews may make kosher wine (and not on the Sabbath), because wine made by non-Jews might be used for idolatry and it might make you goy. Judaism!

Sterling: As a jewess I must chime in. Jewish law states that kosher wine has no animal ingredients such as gelatin in it. Only Jews may make kosher wine (and not on the Sabbath), because wine made by non-Jews might be used for idolatry and it might make you goy. Judaism!

I want to know what Jasmine said before the edit. Was it "?"

I want to know what Jasmine said before the edit. Was it "?"

J.C.: "WHY AM I NOT GOING UNDERWATER?!?!?"

J.C.: "WHY AM I NOT GOING UNDERWATER?!?!?"

Great Mouse Detective >>> Elementary