Why would the North Koreans need to use a nuclear-armed missile on South Korea? Seoul is within artillery range of NK.

The team name is Giants, that’s why. In English. You can write it ジャイアンツ in katakana if you want.

No, it’s Kewpie.

Who the heck can afford that??? My private university was a third of that when I attended... some time ago.

What, did fake banana suddenly cease to exist?

The Leaf is Japanese, and Japan just does not make cars that last. They never have and probably never will from what I can tell.

I like them so much, I bought them for everyone on the jury!

I’m also in my 40s, and hell no I am not going back to pre-internet days. Cannot do.

I wouldn’t say that a sports writer couldn’t answer such a question. There are a lot of very insightful people working in sports journalism who could have handled such a story well.

I used to get upgraded all the time, like 7 times out of 8. I was a gold member on Continental airlines and they used to bump gold/platinum members automatically if there were seats available. Got addictive.

I think everyone goes through the grieving process a bit differently. My dad (who I was very close to) died about 10 years ago now, and the immediate weeks after his death were in most ways much easier to deal with than the months and years later when you realize you just can’t pick up the phone and hear his voice…

At this point there is little that can be done other than changing the venue. It’s too close to the games.

These properties are part of the zeitgeist

It’s not up to you, don’t you see that? If I am an artist I own my creation, and I can decide for myself who has to pay what - if anything - to access that creation.

That’s lovely, but can’t you see that others trying to make a living off their creations aren’t exactly happy with the idea of people not paying for the art they produce?

I’ve done it more than you have, but not in 20 years. I drink a lot and eat in a lot of challenging places in a lot of countries, too. I know people who do it practically on a weekly basis, though.

Utter nonsense. I’ve lived in several countries with universal health care and that is simply not true.

I haven’t read Xenogenesis yet, but I recently read the Parables books for the first time and was blown away. What a powerful writer.

I just wish they would make another Dynasty Tactics game in any language! Loved those games.

The problem with that is it requires all governments to be in on the plot. Why would a country with socialized medicine like Sweden want to keep a lid on a cancer cure? It’d save the country a lot of money.