This is going to be such a glorious shitshow.

BB-8’s dorky half-brother.

Oh, wow. That’s so weird. I saw that guy in Vegas last night.

When the niners went 8-8 the front office was all over Harbaugh, making social media apologies to the fans. This year they’ve been, unsurprisingly, quiet.

The Tequila Merkin/Merlin is also fantastic. (I visited their brewery last weekend.)

In this time of upheaval, I believe that it’s good to stick to some traditions.

I miss San Jose because there were at least a half dozen fantastic pho places near my house.

Commentariats already fighting it out. The internets never change.

Not Captain America, but it’ll do.

I, for one, cannot wait to see how the announcers are going to make it through this without resorting to ludicrous amounts of alcohol or attempting suicide.

OKAY YOU TWO NOW I’M CRYING. You’re both the best.

I’m far too late but Annalee, thank you. For years you’ve been such an inspiration to me. Thank you for giving the world io9. Thank you for giving women a science/sci-fi/genre/history site run by women and with us always in mind. Thank you for everything. You know I <3 you. I’ll be sure to follow you to your new job,…

A year and two months ago, Annalee Newitz was the woman brave enough to look at some drivel I had written about Marvel superheroes and go “Hey, maybe there’s something not objectively awful about this.”*

It’s been grand. I wish you wouldn’t go, but change happens whether we like it or not. It will not be the same though.

Not surprising considering the courses were....

I used to feel that way, the absurdity of Jar Jar and baby Anakin make you think it’s the worst, but it still was trying to hold on to some sort of plot. After I went back and rewatched them, AoTC is a REALLY tough movie to slog through despite all the seemingly cool things.

<wanking motions intensify>