Somehow, there's a wide spread idea where people think that if they aren't positioned to do what they consider fulfilling work by their mid-twenties, they won't amount to anything, ever. "If you aren't on trajectory like Steve Jobs, you're screwed", basically, where Steve Jobs can be replaced with any number of…

If I can ask a probably stupid question, what do you folks think about Malcolm's speech on the importance of leaking to a successful/stable/competent/whatever government?

If I can ask a probably stupid question, what do you folks think about Malcolm's speech on the importance of leaking to a successful/stable/competent/whatever government?

And now Cartoon Network has said that DC Nation will return in January.

And now Cartoon Network has said that DC Nation will return in January.

For God's sake, there are other fairy tales, folk tales, and allegories, Create merely competent adaptations of those and plenty of people will mistake your unoriginality for some kind of sophistication! At worst, they'll at least think you have a library of books, as opposed to one of Disney films.

For God's sake, there are other fairy tales, folk tales, and allegories, Create merely competent adaptations of those and plenty of people will mistake your unoriginality for some kind of sophistication! At worst, they'll at least think you have a library of books, as opposed to one of Disney films.

Ah, the joys of not actually having read that book. I wish I was like that.

Ah, the joys of not actually having read that book. I wish I was like that.

Wait, Da Vinci possibly being homosexual is obscure again? It was everywhere a few years ago, thanks to The Da Vinci Code (though it leaves out the "we're just inferring from stuff" bit).

Wait, Da Vinci possibly being homosexual is obscure again? It was everywhere a few years ago, thanks to The Da Vinci Code (though it leaves out the "we're just inferring from stuff" bit).

The transition from what feels like it starts out as a more River-centric story to one focusing more on the Reavers has always struck me as little too rough, though I understand why it happens. And that I likely overstate how important River is to the plot beforehand.

The transition from what feels like it starts out as a more River-centric story to one focusing more on the Reavers has always struck me as little too rough, though I understand why it happens. And that I likely overstate how important River is to the plot beforehand.

I'm really glad not to be the only person who thinks Serenity's plot isn't as smooth as it could be. Everyone I've talked to about it acted like I was a bit nuts for finding issues with that.

I'm really glad not to be the only person who thinks Serenity's plot isn't as smooth as it could be. Everyone I've talked to about it acted like I was a bit nuts for finding issues with that.

I would assume it's more "more serious subjects than trying to preserve the innocence of your child during the Holocaust", seeing as that's what he describes the subject as being about (and because I think folks deserve the benefit of the doubt when they imply that the Holocaust isn't at they very least ONE OF the…

I would assume it's more "more serious subjects than trying to preserve the innocence of your child during the Holocaust", seeing as that's what he describes the subject as being about (and because I think folks deserve the benefit of the doubt when they imply that the Holocaust isn't at they very least ONE OF the…

"Sin City" was Frank Miller's take on noirish stuff, right? So would this be like that one installment of Hitherby Dragons with the Care Bear prostitute and the world without color?

"Sin City" was Frank Miller's take on noirish stuff, right? So would this be like that one installment of Hitherby Dragons with the Care Bear prostitute and the world without color?

Media Enthusiast, if you don't mind my asking, how would you suggest that someone get around the sizable amount of book purchases needed to stay on top of even twenty year-old literary theory?