Yup. It's often referred to as the "prosperity gospel", & is arguably the most spectacularly misguided interpretation of Jesus' message ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Thanks! I—
wait a minute….

The back of the paperback Dance With Dragons has a preview of The Winds of Winter, & it's a chapter with Selmy as the POV character. I'm about halfway through Dance With Dragons, so I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think Selmy is a POV character in the fifth book.

I agree—I started reading & commenting here almost 6 years ago, & I never get tired of it (though Disqus does its damnedest to drive us away). The funny thing for me is that this was the first site I got into reading comments (& eventually commenting myself), so I had the impression that this was typical of the…

I'd join you, but I'm a little uncomfortable about this "ass bottle" of which you speak.

Seriously—who's the asshole who down-votes THIS? What possible joy or satisfaction could that bring? Equally seriously—go fuck yourself, down-voter.

Yes, if you're doing it right.

"Five…
Golden…
Rings…

At my school for the last day before Christmas break, Santa comes riding in on a floor-cleaning rig (affectionately dubbed "The Little Mule") near the end of our Christmas Mass. I've been teaching at this place for 14 years, & every year it's been the same guy playing Santa, one of the maintenance staff who also…

Thanks, kid!

Are you kidding me? This baby is off the charts!
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

"it's a dude and a computer - how polished did you want it to be?"
I think that's the problem right there. Maybe just a dude & his computer isn't enough to make this worth doing. Reggie Watts can pull off this kind of thing, but not many others can, & certainly not this guy.

OK, so maybe they should have re-shot that. It's not like all of these have been super-polished or anything, but he clearly wasn't ready to perform. The mic cover mishap put me over the edge.

The more you know….
*shooting star graphic*

IT'S A PUT-ON!

Yeah, I thought the first one was better than the press it got suggested. Honestly, for my money, I just love the world Jackson has created with these films, so I'm all for spending as much time as possible in it as I can. And maybe if the A.V. Club asks real nice, Jackson will put together a streamlined…

PRAYing mantis, not PREYing mantis. Looks like it's "arms" are folded in prayer, you see.

Heartily concur. Most folks only know "Come On, Eileen", but the entirety of Too-Rye-Ay is pretty great.

Being American, I had never heard that song until very recently. But now I wish it was a holiday standard in the states, too. Can I assume you've seen Kate Nash's cover of it here a few years back?
http://www.avclub.com/video…

It's pretty great, but their version of "Up on the Housetop" is even better: http://www.youtube.com/watc…