We all become casuals eventually. My poor X-Box hasn’t been used in months thanks to house renovations and a new job. Adulting takes a lot of time and I don’t even have kids. Alas!  (PS: Is Nilus a reference to the doomed Spectre in Mass Effect 1? If so, nice!)

I enjoy that you accept the low stakes of your HBC dislike. So many folks on the internet are ride-or-die for some random rich person they see on TV or in movies and it confuses me. ‘How dare you besmirch the good name of our Lord and Savior, Sir Millionaire McFancySunglasses the Third, he has an OSCAR for goodness…

I think it will fill in the spot left by Castle. Charismatic non-cop protagonist solving crimes with romantic tension and plucky/annoying supporting characters. I’m okay with this- I enjoyed Castle more than I should have.

Just saved you- you’re welcome.

I’m from originally from northern Alberta in Canada, and I have only heard it as ‘kwa-sohn’; the ‘T’ sometimes gets pronounced when speaking in plural. This area is about as far from ‘pompous affectation’ as you can get, mostly farmers and oil patch workers. I think it stems from the fact that the French stereotype is…

I do- it sadly made me much more conscious of who I get close to, but I came out the richer for it. The friends I have now are ride or die, as the kids say. 

I had a ‘friend’ like this in university. After my first year of post-secondary I had a relapse of the leukemia I beat in high school. While I was in the hospital on chemo and a morphine drip, she KICKED ME OUT OF THE APARTMENT; only her name was on the lease (because I was young and dumb). Apparently she didn’t like…

When I was a kid I used to be able to pick up a station in Washington state all the way up in northern Canada; only at night and in the winter. At our ranch we had two TV channels and (in the daytime) two radio stations, so finding Art Bell felt like a clandestine pirate radio broadcast. I was accessing not only…

About half a year into my first government job (a small city in Canada). I used to work as a science sector contractor but now am in my first office job since leaving university in the late aughts. The pace is mind numbing. Not sure how long I’m going to last but at the 2 year mark employer pension contributions lock…

Besides the drowning risk, the bugs would be nasty. You are just floating around on top of a mosquito nursery. Also bears can swim. At least the mosquitoes won’t break any bones when they draw blood, I guess. 

I’ve seen the 1994 version so many times I can probably recite it back (not to mention reading the book over and over. When I was a tween, I was so angry about Amy and Laurie, but I recently watched it again and as a grown ass woman I am way more into academic Friedrich than flaky Laurie.

I worked as a contract geologist for various companies, often funded by venture capital. Some places I got paid bi-weekly or monthly, others it was sporadic, depending on their funding streams. I went two full months once, but I was in a camp so it didn’t hurt too much. It is certainly a gamble sometimes, but not…

This is why the Cup needs to come back to Canada. I promise we’ll be super polite. I’m an Oilers fan though, so.....  yeah. 

I stream on and off, mostly cosplay builds and leather working. Not at all popular and I am an average lady in my 30s. I get the same harassment I used to on XBox Live playing Halo 3, except now they can target their comments directly to my specific appearance.

Sigh. Sometimes I wear ‘revealing’ clothing because it’s summer and I don’t have AC, and sometimes I think my tank top is cute. I am NOT specifically wearing it to attract male attention. I have a larger than average bust and sometimes with stretch material, a top that is not necessarily meant to be low cut kind of…

Also agree- I haven’t been to Alaska, but I worked in fly-in exploration camps in NWT and the Klondike. I have had to ford a few streams when the helicopter dropped me off in the wrong spot, but dealing with a full-blown river in the north is an entirely different proposition. They need to blow up that damn bus and be…

Horrible story, but I definitely read the title too quickly and thought this was an article about ‘Doctor Who’. I’m glad the Doctor’s credentials are not suspect. Sorry, I’ll go back to io9 now.

Looks like the show they are nominated for are missing for Don Cheadle, Michael Douglas and Rachel Brosnahan. (Lead/ Comedy Series)

As a Canadian, I was bummed when the USA team beat our ladies, but as much as I hate to admit it, their win has put issues like equal pay in a much bigger spotlight than if any other team would have won, simply because of the stage they command. Kudos and congratulations.

As a lady human (and also a gamer by the by), I would not buy bathwater of a male crush. Men on average sweat more and have more hair so I just picture this soup of hairy sweat water. I don’t care how hot you are, that is nasty. Not to say I would buy ‘cleaner’ bathwater. The whole idea just kind of grosses me out,…