I took my current tech support job largely because my shift starts at 10 am. Not only can I sleep better, I don't have to deal with rush-hour traffic.

"they don't do me a lot of good" != "they shouldn't make them"

The One Shots are nice in theory, but I don't have a Blu-Ray and I didn't buy a big-ass television so I could watch stuff on my laptop, so they don't do me a lot of good.

And while Siskel and Ebert provided thumbs up or down, they also discussed and analyzed the films they watched. The thumb didn't replace the review. (I have several books of Ebert's reviews because I love the way he writes.)

Does it count as a part if your role doesn't even have a name? (Call it the Stan Lee Rule.)

The woman who asked nicely for help pronouncing "spaghetti" got a kind answer from her server. The woman who was insulting about the "bread rolls" — who had supposedly eaten them before but failed to detect any non-bread elements — hasn't earned any kindness.

Early reviews are encouraging.

My theory: Maru is the incarnation of the Buddha.

Which leads to the question, why isn't he capable of evil? He's a narcissist, people aren't terribly real to him, so why can't he just crush them when they're inconvenient? He just sort of doesn't think of it being necessary, as far as I can tell. Or perhaps he just really likes having an audience.

I think the real lesson for #10 is that even the strongest directors need an objective editor. (Hellooo, Mr. Jackson!)

I'm not entirely sure I want to see May's "Cavalry" story. It's like Budapest — fun when it's left to the imagination, but there are just so many ways it could turn disappointing when it goes "official."

BTW, showrunner John Rogers is posting about episodes (and answering questions) at his blog: kfmonkey.blogspot.com. He does have rules, which essentially boil down to "don't be a dick." Very informative stuff about television production. Turns out they had only FIVE WEEKS to get the series up and running, which…

"I never said anything about a funeral." Because only your words can influence whatever point I care to make.

The argument being made is that a funeral is somehow necessary for "closure." In my experience, it is not. Also, I suspect that you are being too general about what my brain can or cannot possibly resolve.

I have, in fact, lost both my parents, and I really don't get the "closure" argument. She's gone. A funeral doesn't change that. A funeral doesn't say, "Okay, you can start being sad now." A funeral doesn't say, "Okay, you can start getting on with your life again." My father died and was cremated in January; we…

I think this comes down to our need to believe we are in control of what happens in our lives. We need to believe that we can make someone cough up this information. We can't tolerate feeling helpless.

The protest regards the way the university treats their students who were raped and their students who were accused of rape. University policy is, pretty much by definition, the responsibility of the university. It is true that the university is not responsible for responding to rapes of people who are not their…

So the only crimes that really matter are the ones which are most numerous? If not, then what exactly is your point? Other than misplaced pedantry?

Y'all are such infants... Hill Street Blues 1981 - 1987

It's interesting that police forces are trying to adopt military models, when the military needs to learn from traditional police methods when engaged in urban settings.