I do have a crush on Nana Visitor, but alas I am not a genetic superman.  I'm pale with thick glasses, a few cousin marriages short of a tail, really.

I have a photograph of my sister holding my nephew, while her husband and their Swiss mountain dog look on beatifically.  I added it because my co-workers were getting the disgruntled loaner vibe from my part of the office.

So they're giving you the old "forced perspective", eh?

I have a recurring dream where I'm a spy trying to smuggle people across the Berlin Wall, and my superiors muck things up and I end up watching my agents and their families get shot.

My bartender is kind enough to make me those by the (small) pitcher, so I don't have to keep adding beer and tomato juice as I drink.

I tend to mix and match.  When I strained a muscle doing nothing particularly athletic, I said, "SonofaBITCH-Motherfuck-Hell-Damn-Ass!"

Speaking of stripped-down prose…

If only…

Michael Lonsdale's Hugo Drax is a quality villain in a subpar film.

Was the Masterpiece remake of "The 39 Steps" any better?

Sell them to me… sell me your children!

Oh, definitely.  I just meant that piousness is no defense.

@avclub-b9a25e422ba96f7572089a00b838c3f8:disqus : If I had to guess I'd say it's because one's status as "Jewish" traditionally had less to do with belief than ancestry.  The status passes along matrilineal lines, meaning one is Jewish "automatically" if one's mother was Jewish, even if mom never practiced and the…

Also, don't we all ready have a national police force?  Is the FBI too patriotic to violate civil liberties at the whim of a powerful director/dictator now?

I prefer Aaron Burr, but I've always been a fan of Golden Age crazy VPs.

Nah, we were worried about Cheney.  Not without cause, mind you.  He looks like Mr. Potter and sneers like the Penguin.

In our present reality? Very little.  But it was in 1947 that their nation was forbidden any traditional military, and from engaging in any international military actions.

Calls for a "remilitarization" have been growing of late, with some cause; the Japanese Constitution and the Self-Defense Force are stuck in the geopolitical climate of 1947.  It's discouraging, but not surprising.

I've got badges for 6, 2, and 1.  I cannot imagine wearing the "1" badge.

Also, Professor Harold Hill in space.