Every time I see the Tardis actually moving through space I just wince and get sad. Seriously, is the idea that it makes that noise, then materializes in outer space, travels, and then...teleports loudly back to the ground? It’s both logically and aesthetically terrible.

OF COURSE I paid $17 for it about 3 weeks ago.  OF COURSE I did.

This seems like it wandered in from The Onion of years ago, and I’m all for it. (For all I know Gwen once wrote for them.)

My least favorite is “It’s a disease with a 99% survival rate”, which they say because they figure 99% is the biggest percent there is that’s not 100, right?  And then also believe that we should “just let everyone get it”.  So, 3.3 million dead Americans?  Uh, hold on, gotta make that percentage even bigger...

The Hat was never wrong, as such, but was unable to say “You’re asking the wrong question”.

Juno’s-Dad J.K. Simmons, or Whiplash J.K. Simmons?

I think there’s a good chance nobody on the set knew what the final thing turned out to be.  I don’t even think the characters know about it, now that I think of it. 

It would be a dramatic big band sting, as heard on The Goon Show.  [Example hard to find before my laziness took over.]

Which just raises the question, how did those tanks appear without the wife noticing?

Available January 4

“Blockbuster ignored Netflix’s streaming service until it was about to put them out of business, by which time it was too late. Why theaters don’t develop streaming platforms is beyond me.”

It isn’t (wasn’t?) universal, but I’ve seen reserved seating that disallowed leaving one empty seat between your seat(s) and somebody else.

This is my epiphany about the way the first several books rely a lot on mysteries with big solutions; they’re books for people who have not (yet) read a lot of books. Which is fine! (Having said that, #4's big reveal is pretty good. The “skeeter” thing telegraphs itself about 1000 pages in advance though.)

If you were married to Scarlet Johansson you would be telling everybody in every possible medium too.

I was going to say “There’s a subreddit for that”, but it turns out there are TWO:  r/YourJokeButWorse and r/samejokebutworse, although it’s possible the second is a brilliant meta-commentary of a sort (only one posting).

Also, Lavery changed name in stages. He became used the old first name with Danny/Daniel and Ortberg, in various combinations; “Lavery” is from marrying Grace Lavery and taking her last name. So that’s a non-typical case.

It is helpful, and thanks.

One sad thing that was reported when Lander first announced his MS: as he began to lose his coordination, he allowed people to think that he was an alcoholic, because he figured nobody would hire a guy with MS. But a drunk? Plenty of working drunks in Hollywood.

Congrats on getting content out of writing about a 30-second video.

At least in part, because it’s less development work; you don’t have to decide where the camera should be.  (And how often have people railed against the camera in games?)