Fantastic article. Thank you, Albert. No kids yet, but I want to save this for that day.

LOVE Kate Beaton’s work, and this was a great interview. Thanks!

I highly recommend checking out the comment section on Fox News’ coverage of this story. Comments are coming in so fast it’s basically become a twitter feed for right-wing tears.

Respectfully disagree. We hear so many overblown, superlative, cosmic descriptions of genius that eventually a lot of them start to fall flat. It’s worth remembering that genius takes many forms. I’m more interested in Ornette’s art knowing that he did have some areas of music that he wasn’t able to fully understand,…

Corgi owner here, and you’re right about the energy level. They are truly great dogs — friendly, intelligent, social — but they are NOT lap dogs and need lots of exercise. For me that’s actually a benefit (I am naturally lazy so it’s good for me to have an exercise commitment) but they’re not a good choice if you…

There’s definitely some nuance.

Beat ‘em Bucs!

Understood. And no, there’s nothing wrong at all with spending money on the things that are important to you. Sorry if I was unnecessarily bitchy, your story just hit me the wrong way. I also enjoy learning about and experiencing good wines and craft beers, but the reality of being a twentysomething in 2015 means that…

It’s funny because she’s poorer than you!

I wish I could afford $28 wine, that would be nice.

Hardly the worst fallacy here, but why/how could you “reignite the embers that are burning inside?” They’re already burning dude.

it’s almost as if she has employable talents beyond being pretty!

This is talking about keys, not individual chords.

C major is generally regarded as a less guitar-friendly key than G. If you’re playing largely open chords, switching to the barre position for F & Bb can be nonideal. It’s nothing that would deter a professional musician, but in an “all else being equal” situation, it…

I agree with you in principle. I also think that the lazy pace of baseball is a strong point. I like that I can put on a game, walk around the house taking care of chores, and be able to basically keep up as long as I pass through the living room every ten minutes.

That being said, I also want baseball to stay relevant…

It's acceptable to leave a baseball game early, as long as you understand that if you routinely subscribe to this practice, at some point karma will dictate that you miss your favorite team's most-unbelievable-9th-inning-comeback of the last twenty years, and you will hate yourself for it. That's never happened to…

Trout via Harang is basically a stoned Joey Tribbiani.

99% of io9 Commenters Don't Understand Concept of "Subconciously"

They take photos and text whatever they are doing with everyone they aren't doing it with, thus, they are not actually living in the moment. They have shackled themselves to others that are not "there".

Came here to post this!

Oh man that reminds me of one of my favorite childhood stories.

How does "Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel" make it into the top ten? Slow, ponderous, and just repeats forever. Glad to see love for "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Good King Wenceslas" though. Love those Merry-Olde-England tunes.