Looking at the table of contents, it looks like 5/10 stories were already published in The New Yorker. I enjoyed reading them in the magazine, but I’m not going to buy a book that I’ve already read half of.

Finally, a comment section where people can complain about other peoples’ obnoxious children in restaurants! How refreshing!

A friend recently gave me some 1960s-era blended Scotch, which sat on a grandparent’s shelf for decades. Not the best whisky I’ve ever had, but there was nothing wrong with it. And now I can tell people I’ve had 50-year-old Scotch, as long as there are absolutely no follow-up questions.

Max has a quasi-psychedelic vision while having his testicles inspected by a judge

Just trying to keep that AV Club spirit alive.

Disqus roots? The AV Club existed far before Disqus, and the commenting system was better before Disqus too. People hated the switch to Disqus as much as the switch from Disqus to Kinja.

We’ve seen the officers of the 99 in danger plenty of times before. They’ve been kidnapped, had guns pointed in their faces, been severely injured in the line of duty, etc. So it was a little strange for everyone to be so worried about Rosa; they’ve all faced similar (or worse) situations before, without anyone…

Coach’s Jim. It’s a Ruth’s Chris situation.

I’ve been frustrated with this season. There’s no plot, it’s never clear what’s going on with Paperboi’s rap career or Earn’s management of it. The characters are all opaque; nobody seems to have a clear motivation or ever show any emotions. The last few weeks have been a series of single-character side quests, which…

Sounds a lot like King Missile’s “Detachable Penis”, only about a head.

I like the kid. But I freely admit that it’s because I have a daughter around the same age, so I’m especially susceptible to jokes about naps and preschool.

Is he still saving himself for the future Mrs. Crisp?

I like when the show occasionally remembers that post-apocalyptic life is supposed to be hard. I can’t remember the last reference to where these people get their food, wine, electricity, clean new clothes, etc. It would have been nice if Gail and Melissa had some reason to not go on a supply run besides laziness,…

I’m severely lactose-intolerant, and I drink beer all the time without problems. Assuming Livestrong is an accurate source, https://www.livestrong.com/article/440147-maltose-vs-lactose/ says that the body uses different enzymes to digest lactose and maltose. Being lactose-intolerant doesn’t mean you’re also…

You see the irony, but they don’t. Look at the comments for any comic that mentions Facebook or Twitter. You’ll see GoComics commenters patting themselves on the back for not wasting their time with social media, as they post dozens of comments per day about newspaper comics.

Mostly, the people who comment on GoComics are incredibly boring. 90% of the comments are a lame attempt to restate a comic’s punchline, or a description of some event from 50+ years ago that’s somehow related to the comic. Insane would be an improvement.

Johnny Galecki seemed awkward as David. Maybe he’s not used to delivering his lines in a normal voice. I hope there were some takes where he could nasally whine about Star Wars, to make him more comfortable.

The biggest missed opportunity: Drunk Becky didn’t call her sister Larlene or Dardene.

In one of last week’s episodes, Dan says that all the bathrooms are full so he had to pee outside. This week, Roseanne threw her granddaughter out of the shower because she needed to use it.

DJ was the subject of some quality boner jokes. That episode justified his existence on the show, though it occurs to me that he wasn’t actually on screen much.