So pat yourself on the back if you said the biggest problem with Prometheus was the fact it didnt have the alien in it.

Oh man, you definitely should have gone with Candide. It’s the Best of All Possible Books.

I read it recently and clearly got the impression that Jules Verne had just gotten a big illustrated book of ocean critters and wanted to show off how smart he was. It’s the only Verne book I’ve read, and I’m not sure I want to try another; the guy had great ideas, but man that book was tedious.

I love “greengrocer’s apostrophe”! I’d steal it for use here, except absolutely nobody would know what it meant, so they wouldn’t know if/when they’re being insulted. I mean, where’s the fun in that? (Moron’s ruin everything....)

It’s not enough that Kirk Cousins took RG3’s job, now he’s rubbing it in by taking bad knees as well?

CNN did an article where British historians are now questioning the validity of the football stories and now see the truce as much less a good will to men event as much as a chance to collect and bury dead and repair defenses. Although my favorite Xmas cartoon was the letter of Capt Edward Hulse when you read the…

True that :)

Have a feeling this is what its going to feel like when I have to cheer for the Niners next season.

when i first read this article- that book was the first thing that came to mind. and she did quite a bit of digging into the book, the appendix, maps that both jrr and son did, she pretty well plotted out just about every step of the trip - i still have my 1st edition hardcover of that book- i remember when i first…

Well those errors are fixed, but calling worker bees “mindless robots” still seems reductive and...species-ist? It’s not the “hive mind” of science fiction aliens where every individual is controlled telepathically by the one queen. Workers in a bee colony have just as much mental agency as any other bee, or any other…

I don't want to admit it, but you are right. I say I haven't finished Raising Steam because I'm not ready to close the last page on the last proper Discworld book (I know Tiffany Aching is in Discworld and has the Witches, but she is also her own thing). And, that is partially true, but part of why I haven't finished…

My thoughts exactly! I've tried hard, twice, to read those books, but I just can't stand being around the people in them.

She's lucky... most kids with congenital achromaticity usually don't grow out of it.

Alright, douchebag. Would you like me to say "I WAS LOOKING FOR A LINK TO PUT IN MY COMMENT THAT SAYS DISCRIMINATION LIKE THIS WAS ALREADY BANNED BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND IT ISN'T ACTUALLY LIKE I THOUGHT!!!"