I really like that take on it, Campico. At first I thought the idea that the t1000 was the mansonator would seem unnecessarily interconnected, but making it part of her overall motivation would be really interesting.

Obviously, Gatorade is perfect for orange roughy

Noel -

Desolation Wilderness
For what it's worth, "Desolation Wilderness" is a real place, a nature preserve or some such in the Sierra Nevadas in California. It is pretty much what it's named - completely desolate wilderness, with dozens of little lakes, waterfalls, and peaks. It's awesome for backpacking, although in the…

Three words: Eat. The. Rich.

The giant chunks of skin under her fingernails were also a pretty good clue - I would assume next week he'll say Cameron wouldn't have had time to replace that much.

a) Nabin has been known to occasionally, by which I mean only once in a very great while, make use of exotic literary devices like facetiousness and verbosity.

The L&O guest star rule
"the most prominent, non-recurring actor in any given story is the most likely suspect"

I'm sure someone has a better distinction, but I always thought of avant garde as a timeless (and contentless) descriptor of a position that's always present. Which makes no sense, so let me try to use it in a sentence: At any point in the history of any artistic medium, there is always an avant garde, which is the…

I think PoMo would be more of a dock (to douchebaggery! zing!) than a gateway. I can't imagine you could narrow down the target material enough to provide much direction. Maybe within specific media, but even there I think only architecture would really be manageable, and, let's be honest, that's not really the kind…

I've refreshed three times and still no-one has answered you. That sounds awesome, and now I must know what it's called too.

(Wandering back on topic, only to wander off topic in another direction)

Fine, you caught me - I am miles from the beach, but still enough on the westside that I never notice smog olfactorily - it's only when the mountains in the east suddenly reappear after a rain that I realize there was smog blocking my view of them. And as for fires, those too are on the outskirts or (even better) the…

Yeah - I'm really not too concerned about LA dampening down Conan. I really think location only matters that significantly for childhood and (maybe) college-age shenanigans. Moving to the city of Los Angeles will no more make Conan less funny than moving to New York would make Leno less of a tool.

Seriously - when is Sh0ut! Factory finally gonna release the Buzzy Wares box set?

Finally working again
I thought I had a browser problem, so I was trying it on Firefox & Explorer, then decided to just go with it.

Also FWIW, random.org is the shiznit. I use it for all my randomizing needs (which I actually have, putting together 3-6 multiple choice exams a semester).

There's a sorta-kinda Christ reference in that he washed the feet of his disciples shortly before the crucifixion.

Another big theme in Ulysses is the Man of Science (Bloom), Man of Faith (Dedalus) angle. Well, Dedalus is actually anti-faith, but he's very much obsessed by it, and "Man of Science, Man of Atheism" doesn't really evoke one of the central character relationships the way the title call-back does. Basically, one…

One more wrinkle (that probably gets suggested further down in the comments): John's turning of the wheel was the window predicted by Eloise…