check out Patton Oswalt's bit "The Slob Avatar." You may find it helpful! :)

*sigh*

...........oh helloooooo! you rang???

That's the most adorable version of the Exorcist I've ever seen.

Excellent commentary! I'd place myself in the latter of your three categories, since I'm horrified by the violence in the books/show but feel it's a valuable portrayal of medieval politicking; I'm therefore more horrified to read about it in history books and see it in pictures of medieval skeletons than in a fantasy…

Thanks! We could've chest-bumped like the super bowl and then marched on in righteousness to our respective gates.

Capital idea, my friend!

I know, I've heard that it might have been Thomas Jefferson, or that Franklin might have been quoting someone else entirely. But thumbs up indeed.

Eh, I got a few stares from other passengers, and TSA people avoided eye contact. A few people nodded along. I would not call it my most triumphant episode of public speaking, but I'm glad I at least got to annoy some people.

TSA seriously chaps my ass with the invasive searches. The last time I had to go through airport security, I started loudly paraphrasing Ben Franklin's gem "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

I actually agree with lunchcoma and wish that you weren't so hostile in your reply.

Agreed wholeheartedly, and I've read all of the books.

Yeah, but the point of the books is to show the lack of humanity that so many of the characters have. The scene with Littlefinger and the two prostitutes was to show how effectively sex can be used as a tool and a metaphor, not merely to titillate. If I want to see some gratuitous male nudity (and when do I not,…

Agreed! This isn't HBO's deal, it's George RR Martin's, and I frankly found the misogyny refreshingly realistic in his books because it's always been a part of wartime and of patriarchal societies, and it's often minimized or trivialized in popular television. This is particularly the case in medieval style narratives…

That's actually a gibbon (which is an ape, not a monkey). SUPERNERD STRIKES AGAIN!

Totally true! That was part of my shock.

Well played!

Do NOT insult Lucille Bluth with such an ingenuous comparison! (clutches pearls in horror)

Dear Barbara Bush,

Jesus Rollerblading Christ, when did the neighbor lady from There's Something About Mary get elected to public office?