I used to watch The 12 Tasks all the time when I was a kid. Could probably find it in my father's VHS collection today (he's such a pack rat). I loved that movie. As a child I don't think I comprehended that it was dubbed from French. I just remember the jokes. "No, this is the IVth floor, we want the VIth."

I still love your giant brain, Annalee. I'm going to quote your 2nd paragraph to everyone I hear talking about the apocalypse. Thanks!

Charlie, Thank You ThankYou THANKYOU for saying that Seasons 6 and 7 of Buffy aren't as great as the first 5. I've always felt that way, and often (somewhat snarkily) say that for me, the series ended with Season 5 and that the thing that came back for those last 2 seasons wasn't the real Buffy. But most responses I…

I'd say that Michigan is a state we should allow to secede along with Texas (don't let the door hit you on the way out, guys!); but I know some pretty cool people who live there—who would NOT be down with any of this nonsense—and I'd be sad not to be able to visit them anymore (in Michigan, that is. Though I do have…

Is that Edward or Bella in the screen cap at the top of the article?

That picture is just begging for a caption. Unfortunately, I got nothin'.

By the time I get to Dance with Dragons, I'll have forgotten whichever deaths happen in that book.

*ahem

Will you marry me?

This was my nephew at his first Halloween last year.

Psst, Robert: William MarstEn did not create Wonder Woman. She was created by William Moulton MarstOn, as Geoffrey Bunn's book title indicates. #typo

In this instance I prefer the Rankin Bass animated version. More pointy teeth.

Can the Son of Sam law be applied in these cases? I'm referring to the law that prohibits criminals from profiting from the publicity of their crimes: sure, it mostly means they can't make money by writing a book about themselves or selling the story to a tv movie of the week. But is there a way to apply it to…

When io9 ran the story about this girl, they included the picture of her surrounded by her parents and medical staff. I commented off-topic on the picture that the doctor was quite a cutie. A couple of people (mistakenly?) thought I was talking about the only man in the picture, who was actually her father. Of…

The scariest part of this video to me is watching the octopus change color just as it moves to attack. "Hey ho, I'm a shark, lazily swimming along looking for something scruptious to eat, maybe over here near this brownish looking ro—HOLY CRAP IT'S TURNED RED WHAT THE HELL IS THIS OH MY GOD IT'S GOT ME!!"

Good eye. Totally missed that. Thank you.

Ha. Of course, I was talking about the lady doc on the left. Though, yes the dad is a good-looking guy as well. Does it say anything that, when I said "Cute doc," a couple people assumed I was talking about the only dude in the picture? (Granted, it's possible—not knowing her—that the lady is a nurse; but since my…

Totally off-topic, but that doctor in the picture is cute.

In 2002 (God I'm old), DC did an Elseworlds one-shot called JLA: Shogun of Steel, written by Ben Raab with art by Justiniano that recast the League in feudal Japan. I enjoyed the story, and the art was quite pretty as well.

Who is Emma Stone?