The last 10 years or so.

In my head, it always sounds like "robit".

I think it's likely that DS9 isn't meant to be representative of life in the 24th century for the average person. It is, after all, a military installation and most of the characters are career officers. It's entirely possible that they cultivate hobbies that are considered "appropriate" for their position.

For a second there I thought that was Jean Reno - damn near peed my pants. Ah well, such a thing would obviously be too awesome.

I got that experience at Evensong once: Up! Down! Up! Down! Up! Down!

Hm, never thought of people who try to impose their religious views on others as "meaning well".

Exactly. There's no reason to treat it like a trip to Mars - basic respect looks the same everywhere.

Said nothing of the sort. I mean, sort of a silly argument to have - it's right there, you can see for yourself.

Adele and Mumford & Sons: The New British Bland.

I don't really know much about the Grammys, but is LMFAO the sort of thing you would ever expect to be nominated? I thought they do more of a... well, party rock anthem kind of thing.

Agreed. She seems like a perfectly nice young lady, and I'm sure lots of people enjoy her work with good reason.

Often isn't. Where did I say anything about that, though?

I don't know, I guess I don't really agree that no one should ever get shit for their personal choices. Just because a choice is personal, doesn't mean it isn't terrible. Mind you, everyone's free to make those choices, but no one says you can't be called on your shit.

I never got what is so wrong about marrying rich and taking it easy.

Care to debunk it one more time? I'll even give you a dollar if it helps, you seem to know something current research doesn't.

The fact is sugar intake has not changed since the seventies

But to say its as toxic as alcohol is a little far out there, I think.

I don't understand the tone of this article. What are the scare-quotes around "packaging error" supposed to mean?

I'm not placing any bets on what outcome is the most likely, but I think you're short-changing the best-case scenario here. For all we know, Neanderthals are perfectly capable of socializing with modern humans (there's even some evidence to that effect), and "Andy" here would have a rich and fulfilling life.

I think you're jumping to an "evil scientist" assumption here. The 'experiment' here would be to clone a Neanderthal, place them with a foster family, and see how things go.