Yes. I find it totally bewildering. I'm not much for religion, but when a biblical epic comes out, I generally look forward to seeing it. There's no shortage of opportunity for riveting storytelling there.

Ever talked to (or more aptly, endured the blistering Facebook rants of) a religious person regarding Darren Aronofsky's "Noah"? I'd suggest avoiding it.

I suppose so. It feels slimier when Wal-Mart does it.

Telling of the way this organization feels it is completely immune to public opinion. People aren't going to argue with low, low prices!

Telling of the way this organization feels it is completely immune to public opinion. People aren't going to argue with low, low prices!

Unexpected company outrages me. That's about it, I think. Everything else goes into a mental landfill I find it unnecessary to visit (i.e., I know what's in there, and it's toxic.)

Apeshitnado!

I think I remember that one but it's been a while. I'll check it out. Just in terms of pure summary, I don't see much of a difference between attacking the Schiavo media circus vs. taking shots at the elitist mentality of Dan Snyder/the NFL.

I rarely laughed at this show (I think the one exception was when Cartman disguised himself as a robot to fuck with Butters), but I always thought it was pretty intelligent about what it did with topical stuff. I see a lot of people remarking that the show's gotten lazy about that. Can someone point me to a high-water…

As long as we get a line as great as "you're like the Michael Jordan of being a son of a bitch" I don't care who delivers it. Also, maybe get Gene Hackman out of retirement for a surly commissioner.

Look, I like Mallrats. Okay? DEAL WITH IT

I….but….how do they get financed?

This Bill Hader seems like a good egg.

Yeah, I enjoyed it too. I mean it was entertaining. I wasn't bored. I didn't shit myself in rage, which is a plus overall.

I read it in college when I was still pretty impressionable, and it felt like a revelation. Every once in a while I dip into it just to kind of marvel at its construction, but I don't know how much of the story itself would hold up. There were some gripping sections— Holloway's expedition was a highlight, if I recall.

I just added 2666 to my reading list. Where it will probably languish for a decade.

Reading Love in the Time of Cholera, marching onward through my self-imposed 45-book year. A third of the way in. It's beautiful but it's SLOWING DOWN MY AVERAGE. :)

Regarding Hitchhiker's, yeah, if it doesn't zap you from the start I might (tearfully) suggest you put it away for a while and…maybe try again in a few years? They are amazing books, but if they aren't your cup of tea, there's hardly any reason to go the distance.

Very true. And again, this is not to say that suffering a data thief is the price to play. Thieves should be prosecuted. But you also can't unring a bell; so if you don't want it out there, take steps to protect yourself, and don't count on Apple to do it for you.

This. A lot of this technology is still very new to the average consumer, and we are naively handing over the keys to our personal lives in new ways everyday.