Wowsers. I hated that part of the book, and assumed that it was how his wife had left him (I don't know the details of his relationships, and don't care to). This info puts a different and creepy light onto that bit.

Wowsers. I hated that part of the book, and assumed that it was how his wife had left him (I don't know the details of his relationships, and don't care to). This info puts a different and creepy light onto that bit.

While I think the feelings of the adoptee are paramount here, one also has to consider the implications for the adopting parents. I'm adopted and knew it from an early age. It wasn't a secret. Decades later my birthmother wanted to get in touch. I decided "sure, why not?" My parents, though, freaked the fuck out. As…

While I think the feelings of the adoptee are paramount here, one also has to consider the implications for the adopting parents. I'm adopted and knew it from an early age. It wasn't a secret. Decades later my birthmother wanted to get in touch. I decided "sure, why not?" My parents, though, freaked the fuck out. As…

I rather liked "Where theres a whip…"

I rather liked "Where theres a whip…"

Christopher can be a bit of a prat sometimes (okay — much of the time) but he has actually done quite a bit of work with regard to collating and organizing and getting his father's scribblings and odd grocery list doodles out there for LoTR obsessives to obsess over. Thanks to him we have The Silmarillion, Unfinished…

Christopher can be a bit of a prat sometimes (okay — much of the time) but he has actually done quite a bit of work with regard to collating and organizing and getting his father's scribblings and odd grocery list doodles out there for LoTR obsessives to obsess over. Thanks to him we have The Silmarillion, Unfinished…

Not bad, but needed a more dramatic pause.

Not bad, but needed a more dramatic pause.

I don't care.

I don't care.

So we go all the way through this and no Lost Boys?!? AV Club, I am dissappoint.

So we go all the way through this and no Lost Boys?!? AV Club, I am dissappoint.

Plus the herd of moose trampling a Volkswagen in slow motion. SYMBOLISM!

Plus the herd of moose trampling a Volkswagen in slow motion. SYMBOLISM!

"I shovel well. I shovel very well."

"I shovel well. I shovel very well."

Indeed. The most consistent thing about Bashir's character has been his utter seriousness about medicine. It's often been hiding in the background, but it's there.

Indeed. The most consistent thing about Bashir's character has been his utter seriousness about medicine. It's often been hiding in the background, but it's there.