Unless you're British, saying anything other than "I went to college" is bizarre.

As long as I'm allowed to fall down and bang my head on the concrete after I leave the bar, I'm good.

I love how they pitch that as a "Chinese delicacy" when it's actually cheap Chinese street food that not many people actually like.

Not doing it for me. Not a big fan of the general shape or that logo on the front.

I see no reason to buy a console until it has an awesome catalog of games ever again.

Yup, sounds too much like the character for death. However, I was certainly happy to enjoy that fourth day off. I celebrated by sleeping late and playing Diablo.

Ugh, just crossed over to overexplained.

For me, there are big diminishing marginal returns on graphics. I prefer gaming on the PC for variety of interfaces and the variety of genres and play styles that engenders.

Totally agree, Evan, and can I just say that your hair looks so lustrous today!

No kidding. I don't think I want to play a game where I have the wonderful option of complimenting her hair or her clothes.

I suspect it will do very well. Among the people in my office, tons of them have Xbox 360s and PS3s, and most of them aren't exactly rolling in the cash. The grey market versions of those are a bit cheaper than $500, but they do very well.

Elevates any project he becomes a part of . . . except Dune.

Ser Pounces contract demands were completely unreasonable.

His articles are amazing. I doubt I will ever cook again in my life, but I love reading his stuff.

Other than the Halo series, that actually sounds like some pretty interesting stuff. Especially with Simon Chinn working on it, the documentary series sounds very promising. Man on Wire and Searching for Sugarman were both excellent. The soccer series also sounds pretty great as far as reality fare goes, as well.

For your first point, are you perhaps referring to Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka? Please tell me you are.

Chinese dramas make American soap operas look restrained, at least in terms of acting style.

They're all over the place. Young people generally don't care for them much, but the old folks are pretty into it. If you do a quick Google search, you can find articles on the actor who plays pretty much exclusively Japanese soldiers and gets killed by Chinese troops a hundred times a year.

Even after eight years here, I find Chinese ideas of what is cute or romantic completely unrelatable.

Based on the guy who does this outside my old office (not sure how he made any money, as there were no phone stores within a reasonable distance), they're pretty good at doing it without bubbles.