I feel your pain—no, I mean literally, it sucks that after a couple million years we still haven't adapted fully to walking upright! In my case, I kind of split the difference, because the knees are not quite as flexible now, either!

Well, you win this round, kalaeth—my laptop has a touch pad and I have to turn half its functionality off 'cause I can't use it correctly with my fingers!

The best I ever did was pick up a half-full coffee cup (not without spillage, but I managed it). Yeah, it's more along the lines of "party trick" than anything useful, but dropped change and fountain pens are no problem.

Well, I'm no Hank McCoy, and it isn't as easy in my fifties as it was when I was younger; but, yeah, I suspect it's a matter of practice (my siblings and I used to do it all the time as kids). The gap also makes my feet relatively wide, and I've always been more comfortable barefoot. In fact, the first thing I do when…

This is more of a biological atavism than a vestigial trait, but I have prehensile toes—my big toes are separated from the rest by a bit over a 1/4-inch gap, and the next and middle toes are relatively long and flexible. In my family we call it "monkey feet" and it's fairly common—in fact, when I was a kid I thought…

Jerry Siegel wrote this one. Yes, the Jerry Siegel who created Superman. And he wrote a lot of stuff like this.

I actually had this story! (Not the original comic, but it was reprinted in an 80-Pg. Giant, possibly the one that had Jimmy on the cover as Giant Turtle Boy.) Between stuff like this and Rainbow Batman, it's a miracle I got out of my wonder years sane!

I had the issue of "Lois Lane" that had Lois falling in love with Satan! (Actually an alien masquerading as Satan masquerading as a foreign dignitary. His name was "Satdev"—his real name, mind you.)

You know, some headlines are just so perfect that reading the actual article would be a letdown.

Agree on both points! The opening was one of the few things I've ever seen on television that actually gave me chills.

Since all the obvious "black" jokes have been done already, I'll just say that when I saw the title of the article, I immediately thought of "Bordered in Black" by Larry Niven. Not likely on a gas giant, I'll grant, but...

Oh, that's right, thanks! I'll have to remember her when they do the YA list!

Umm, re: Good Omens - are you saying you were disappointed Armageddon didn't happen? Deus Ex Machina was kinda the whole point, wasn't it?

Damn. I completely overlooked Jones when I sent in my original suggestions! Now I feel bad...

And when you inevitably betray him, he usually still lets you keep the Power Cosmic. Pretty sweet severance package!

Cool! Now somebody tell me how to make a Blue Shell I can actually use on the freeway.

Thanks again, all of you! I never got to play any of the sequels, just Pool (I wasn't kidding about the power supply dying, and—geez, this will date me—try finding a Commodore 128 replacement power supply post-Amiga!)

Wow, thanks for the tip! I think I've even seen the diamond edition as a downloadable (on Steam or Impulse or both)!

Bit off-topic here, but I wish someone would remake the SSI "Gold Box" Edition games—I literally played "Pool of Radiance" till my computer's power supply blew out!

Sorry, should have realized that; it's like telling someone not to think of an elephant! Ye Gods, hentai is messed up! People, whatever you do, do not Google "Pinkle"!!