I mean, my family told me that I'm descended from Jonathan Edwards, crazy preacher (my mom's maiden name is Edwards, and there are actually some records). A girl I knew in high school claimed to descend from William Wallace (her last name was Wallace). I've supposedly got German from both parents, and maybe English…

I still enjoy remembering someone (review? comment?) say that they were disappointed the show was never going to actually call Gary "autistic."

I still enjoy remembering someone (review? comment?) say that they were disappointed the show was never going to actually call Gary "autistic."

Yeah, "applied sciences" jumped out to me as a step too far, too.

Yeah, "applied sciences" jumped out to me as a step too far, too.

Wait, seriously, the movie doesn't spell it wrong? [Scrolls] I . . . don't know what's real anymore.

Wait, seriously, the movie doesn't spell it wrong? [Scrolls] I . . . don't know what's real anymore.

Is that a fair reading of Reality Bytes? I just saw it a few months ago, and I don't think Stiller did the editing. Moreover, he totally got what was wrong with the cut version. I didn't think the way the movie treated him as a jerk really made any sense.

Is that a fair reading of Reality Bytes? I just saw it a few months ago, and I don't think Stiller did the editing. Moreover, he totally got what was wrong with the cut version. I didn't think the way the movie treated him as a jerk really made any sense.

My point was that, whatever it looked like, on this show there's no way she stumbled into that position. At minimum, she played the reluctant CFO to get the job (of course she's probably actually a ninja).

My point was that, whatever it looked like, on this show there's no way she stumbled into that position. At minimum, she played the reluctant CFO to get the job (of course she's probably actually a ninja).

That was exactly as specific of a detail to never show up again if it's not convenient or necessary.

That was exactly as specific of a detail to never show up again if it's not convenient or necessary.

Dilshad Vadsaria, and I didn't look it up, and I haven't seen it written in months, if not years. It's just a great name.

Dilshad Vadsaria, and I didn't look it up, and I haven't seen it written in months, if not years. It's just a great name.

She's the twenty-something CFO of a major company that thinks it desperately needs her. That's all the evidence you need that she's a major power-player.

She's the twenty-something CFO of a major company that thinks it desperately needs her. That's all the evidence you need that she's a major power-player.

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"This telecast is copyrighted by the NFL for the private use of our audience. Any other use of this telecast or of any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent, is prohibited."

I remember when they blew up in the late-90s, early-00s: it seemingly went from one day googling lyrics to a song and ending up at some band-specific fansite, to googling a song and getting a list of dozens of shitty lyrics sites that all had adware, if not outright viruses. It was astonishing how uniformly shady…