Can't reply in the appropriate place either.  And honestly, I knew lots of kids who were abused and so lots of parents who abused their children.  Before I had a kid of my own, I felt like it was understandable, although completely wrong.  Now that I have a kid, I don't think it's understandable at all.  I am…

I wanted to like this, like, 100X.  I mean, I don't begrudge Mr. Z. his moment of new-parent wonder, but I'm sure his life as a new parent is like a funhouse-mirror version of mine and my husband's experience of it.  Why, if their daughter ends up having health problems, they can hire TWO nannies to help them care for…

Bet you'd quit swearing awfully fast if you had to do that.  Either that or never pay a visit to the Pitt-Jolie home…

I don't think ranting about the evils of movies you used to love is really called for, but once you are married, you really should have a different view of extramarital affairs.  I have taken a handful of loved movies out of my personal circulation since marrying some years back.  I'm not a douche about it or…

That is correct, but we also have this problem because we as a society don't really have the will to end child abuse.  So some kids get sexually abused and thus have distorted ideas about their worth and sexuality and many others are abused physically and emotionally and so feel unloved and want to run away from their…

I just wondered who this Kim Novak person was and why she had a problem with someone using a musical score that she doesn't seem to have written.  I don't think I got that she starred in Vertigo until I read the first few comments.  I mean, I've seen it and all, it just wasn't sufficiently important to me to remember…

How does he do this?  I put lots of thought into my own semi-coherent internet ramblings and this Tarkovsky fellow comes along with an article-length post of nothing that is composed entirely of actual, grammatical sentences that are clearly not random.  Brain lube indeed!

I had heard of, but never listened to The Grey Album by Dangermouse until I got it for my husband for a Christmas gift last year.  It is all kinds of awesome, and if anyone had told me I'd appreciate an album that is effectively by Jay-Z and the Beatles, I would never have believed it.  To say that it's more than the…

Oh, my goodness, I had to wait and watch these clips at home and my two-year-old sat and watched some of them with me.  I learned a few things from this exercise: My kid does not care if a puppet show is high-quality or not.  He actually watched most of these clips with me, paying rapt attention and learning more…

I think on the whole you are correct.  But I'm going to defend their-non-defense of the singamajigs.  I have a toddler, so I've seen the advert for these things (the ones with the babies attached) and I have no idea how they sound, but they sure do look creepy. 
 I don't think it's fair to fault the childless AV Club…

"…sausage machine approach of today's studios…"
Thanks for this analogy.  It brought a smile to my face

I believe you may be overthinking it.  I'm an accountant, so my work involves making no one happy, unless you consider not pissing people off to be making them happy.  However, you can make yourself happy by doing your work accurately.  It's cool because other than your supervisors, you are the only one who cares.
Well,…

"Brutal 85 degree summer days"?  You had me.  You lost me.  85 degrees is a cold front during our summers.
Oh… that's why the ice factory is up there.
I'll just show myself out…

Now I wish I was half Betazoid.  That would be a truly useful job skill.

So you're saying she's a terrible officer as well as a terrible therapist?  Totally agree on both points.  And shouldn't the Federation's flagship have, like, the BEST therapist available, rather than the boobiest? 

Yes!!!  I was just going to add that.  She lets her patient bully her for drugs and then she sleeps with him.  That's lawsuit-worthy behavior.

Ahem!  I believe the phenomenon under consideration is the natural result of adults' (inappropriate in my opinion) interest in teenagers' sexuality.  When society, the church and kids' parents tell them it's really important that they not have sex, but neglect to teach them how to deal with their own feelings and…

Erm, isn't this happening right now?  Well, I mean the part about waiting in long lines without so much as a Nintendo DS to keep you occupied.  Those were dark days, I tell you.

Do you have some kind of a blog where I might follow you?

I'm glad to see this feature come back, and while I can't claim to be personally interested in Ms. Jackson, I do think this article was needed for the sake of completeness.  Thank you for educating us about the perils of mental illness and blatant child abuse.
Having said that, back when he passed away, I heard there…