Remember that the frats on campus were suspended for a while following the case. If they had to cancel activities and social functions they'd either spent money on or intended to raise money from, that's specific monetary damage right there.

You shouldn't read in a convertible. The pages blow everywhere and it's very distracting.

I think that label is something they started in the Jean era. Specifically, the Season 16 episode where Bart falls under the sway of a dastardly Catholic played by Liam Neeson. It's not great. According to wiki, it establishes them as belonging to "The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism." Yet another…

That episode has some fantastic gags, too. I especially liked the silly "American" restaurant and the ridiculously overpriced square watermelon that immediately collapsed into a round shape as soon as thy bought it. As a kid, I always liked these seasons because they were full of great visual gags and wacky premises,…

That later episode falls pretty squarely into the Shit Years. I vaguely remember the singing dragons, but what pissed me off about it was that they already did the "untapped maternal drive" plot with Selma. She decided she didn't want kids after taking Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens and got an iguana instead. Having…

Yeah, but it's unfair to judge a good episode for having elements that would be reused in later bad episodes, especially now that basically every classic episode has had its constituent parts rehashed and bastardized by later ones. If that were the way it worked, we'd all be talking about how awful "Lisa the…

Then why do they have tails, Bart? Why do they have tails?

I'd have thought someone with the word "hyperbolic" in his name would be able to tell when someone is exaggerating for emphasis, but apparently not.

Yeah, Neill Gaiman says that's how he avoids writer's block. It helps explain why he's written all those books of terrible short stories (Gaiman, I mean. I haven't read Wild Cards and such).

Jesus guys, he's fat, but he's not a pig beast from the planet Insatios.

The interesting thing is I've heard people have long arguments over which chapters are the skippable ones and what storylines create the most slog (the Brienne arc in Feast seems particularly divisive. I like it, lots of people hate it). In general, Feast and Dance benefit from a slower and more leisurely read. If…

The Dani chapters in the last third of the book are a big improvement, if that helps.

I don't think either of you really understand how writers work. They may be too lazy/bored to actually finish what they're working on, but they'll die before some ratbastard contract writer hack gets his hands on their baby. After they die though…

I know the feeling. I've tried to stay the hell away from the Great Twitter War, but I'll be damned if it doesn't keep showing up on my doorstep and pissing me off. I really should just stop reading these sorts of articles.

There sure are a lot of dickheads who never post here in these here comments.

You're sounding a little outraged yourself, actually.

I've come to the conclusion that literally everyone who uses the phrase "SJW" is an asshole.

Let's hope not for Patton Oswalt's sake.

I'm in the middle of Season 5 now and it's definitely showing a lot of slack. The first five episodes were all pretty good (including the two you mentioned), but then we got the nonsensical Brannon Braga episode where Wesley comes back and Riker brings an evil mind-control game that takes over the ship (because…

I actually liked The Loss, because it humanized Troi immensely. Riker was right, there was always something "aristocratic" about her and she did use her powers to stay detached and superior toward others. It was nice to see the writers actually acknowledge that and give her a little grief for it. Also, I liked the…