Personally, I am not asking for a 'lascar merchant' segment. Others might. As you said, a lascar face, a few turbanned personnel in a wide shot wouldn't have killed anyone. It may not be enough for others, but it would at least be a start. Tokenism isn't good, but not being present at all is worse.

That was an interesting rabbit hole of links in the Guardian article, learning about non-white troops on both the British and French sides (as well as a book review of a history of German massacres of black French troops).

Wait, could you unpack that last statement a bit?

According to the BBC tonight, LA wrangled some additional monies out of IOC - not for building new venues, but to pay for sports and arts programming/education at public schools. Can the city get away with hosting an Olympics without building a bunch of new stuff? By gosh, that would be cool. It got away with using…

I thought it was called 'gravy' on the East Coast?

Having lived in Seattle for a while (which has a number of Swedish and other Scandinavian descendants), I gotta wonder just how spicy the taco seasonings and salsa are.

Mexican (usually meaning Oaxacan) cuisine was limited to a handful of southwestern cities.

It is. That's my point. Wonder Con used to be an independent, scrappy comic book convention in Oakland, CA. CCI bought it, moved it to SF while making it big, then moved it again — to Anaheim. Other cons have sprung up to fill the void in the area, but not with any apparent help from CCI. So, while I like, even loved…

Spoiler alert!

Likelihood of confusion!

'Con' is truly generic - DuckCon, WisCon, Dragon Con, WoldCon and dozens of small, medium and large sci-fi/fantasy/genre conventions have used "Con" for decades. Whether 'Comic Con' has acquired enough cachet and renown that people who hear it associate it with San Diego Comic Con (or its affiliates) may well pass the…

They've tried. Ask former fans of Wonder Con.

Okay, I want one of the face-off tournaments to vote on the worst summer series of '17. Zoo vs. Midnight, Texas! Salvation vs. Still Star-Crossed! Let's get ready to rumble!!!!

No one tell Alex about Zoo, ya hear me?

Both statements are correct.

And I still haven't heard it! TAKE THAT!

Doggone it, just that snippet of Bowie made me all sniffly.

Sympathies to your great-uncle and your family and loved ones. And you, of course.

You are not. That was my first exposure to Martin Landau, and at the time, I loved the show more than Star Trek (TOS or TAS).

Saw Baby Driver at the Alamo Drafthouse in downtown Austin.