I would have flunked. No hand-eye coordination or fine motor skills.

Interesting how they got more cartoony and less realistic.

Dude, you are so right. And there was just as much talk (proportionally) online about both "Twin Peaks" and "X-Files". Possibly even more. I am old enough to have been one of the talkers.

LOST set out to talk about a bunch of characters who seemingly had nothing in common and showed how meeting each other changed all their lives forever.

I totally want the Captain's chair. (I can sit in it if I'm real careful)

I love the Washington Post's annual contest. It's one of my favorite spring internet things.

And now what do we have? Kids in anime outfits and good-looking women all covered up.

My avatar. It laughs at you.

That was my thought — nobody would ever have wanted to dress like Adric!

Scalzi's blog is at whatever.scalzi.com — he has links to everyone's comments.

Different guy. Pretty sure this guy would rather commit seppuku with a rusty nail file than do a comic book.

Wow. That is a srs bzness statement. I am impressed by everything about it.

It is a fabulous phrase.

No, it's a jab at creationists. Which doesn't describe any Christians I know.

+1 for your old-school references.

That's exactly how I feel. It's too damn literary, which I suppose is why he gets all the prizes — "I don't understand it and there's pretty words, so it MUST be great!"

Priest sounds like a guy who's whining (or whinging) about how everything was better back in his day and the kids should get off his lawn.

Man, I love those things too. They cost so much more, but they're so worth it.

My husband and I still say "No! Not this way! THIS WAY!" all the time.

Known plenty of dogs that claw couches; none that can fall that far.