I’m not sure I agree with that, but don’t think it’s provable either way. In any case, it’s an interesting point, to think about how/whether/why the lens may shift in relation to the surrounding world.

I know, it’s really just wishful thinking. I do find it interesting to have cultural touchstones turned upside down, but damn, I wish it wasn’t THIS one, you know?

Would love to see that manuscript.

I liked that quote when I was very young; now, on the far side of 40 (not very far, though!), I see it as terribly flawed. I do think there is a gradual rise in paranoia.

Yeah, my 71-year-old dad stews in a miasma of Fox News fear and hate, and has definitely gotten meaner in his later years. He was always conservative, but only since Newt Gingrich’s revolution has he turned so hateful. (I blame Newt for our current deep divide, nationwide.) But hey, I caught the liberal virus too! :)…

I haven’t even read the pre-release chapters, but based on this, I wonder whether there is some lesson about how people often get more conservative as they get older? How fear plays a part in that change, and people are vulnerable to influence? How there was a rise of protectionism as civil rights were recognized for…

Amen. Am tired of wandering through clouds of gamer funk on Day 1 of Gen Con, not to mention Day 4.

You deserve it! (It’s also available in red!)

I have this shirt and wear it often; it embodies me.

YES this is my key flying tip. Infinity scarf FTW.

7) FMK in that order: Tormund (ROWR! sexy ginger with meaty thighs), Tarly (good guy, probably makes a nice turkey chili, we probably watch the same shows), Jorah (he is so fucking irritating).

Won my school bee, went to regionals — the kid in front of me got “mailbox” and I got “ennui” — FUCK THAT. I WILL NEVER NOT BE MAD ABOUT THIS. I AM 42 YEARS OLD.

I still squee over Carson and Mrs. Hughes! And Mr. Bates, rowr, love him and Anna. Of actual people, I’m rooting for Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard.

Ditto on the snacks. I also carry an HDMI cable in my laptop bag, so I can run my Netflix to the hotel TV and chill out with a movie, without paying extra.

Their Robert the Bruce is a serious ass-kicker of a Scottish Ale, I highly recommend it.

Let this Colts fan be among the first to stipulate: “The Pats could’ve played that game with a pineapple; the Colts still got their asses handed to them.”

Persephone Boot (as I like to call her) is just a horrible, narcissistic, bitter person whom nobody should emulate. And she is just so LOUD about it. Ugh.

That top pic is BEGGING for a dirty Photoshop contest.

Now they need to get on releasing their salad dressing recipe, that stuff is amazing.

You’re doing the lord’s work