…All seem to say 'ding dong, mkay'

They refer to being snowed in in Tokyo, right?

They refer to being snowed in in Tokyo, right?

HELLO DEAR FRIEND,! I am currently a solder in Battalion Squadron and have come across a large amass of cheap party favers and toys for the child in Afghaniston and would like very much to bring them home for my wife and new boy baby. Could you help me dear friend to bring them to US America?

HELLO DEAR FRIEND,! I am currently a solder in Battalion Squadron and have come across a large amass of cheap party favers and toys for the child in Afghaniston and would like very much to bring them home for my wife and new boy baby. Could you help me dear friend to bring them to US America?

Lord Palmerstank!

Lord Palmerstank!

But why would anyone be nervous about playing with a cheap Chinese toy that consists of breaking open small vials of mystery chemicals that mix to cause a foul-smelling reaction?

But why would anyone be nervous about playing with a cheap Chinese toy that consists of breaking open small vials of mystery chemicals that mix to cause a foul-smelling reaction?

And then, again— suicide is right there (and painless, if I've learned anything from MASH) and, again, he lets someone talk him back into his miserable life. Have some agency, George!

And then, again— suicide is right there (and painless, if I've learned anything from MASH) and, again, he lets someone talk him back into his miserable life. Have some agency, George!

It was that moment, that enraged act of liberal violence against capitalist job-creators, that flipped him for good.

It was that moment, that enraged act of liberal violence against capitalist job-creators, that flipped him for good.

At least you always had somewhere to keep your pencils.

At least you always had somewhere to keep your pencils.

God is watching us…

God is watching us…

In Alien they (I believe Kane) explain that if a crew ignores evidence of extraterrestrial life / fails to respond to a distress (I'm not 100% on which it was) the crew fully forfeits their shares.

In Alien they (I believe Kane) explain that if a crew ignores evidence of extraterrestrial life / fails to respond to a distress (I'm not 100% on which it was) the crew fully forfeits their shares.

I liked the film, but only in spite of Lindelof's awful freshman philosophy musings and poor characterization (and I think I'm only one of a handful here).