i took a linguistics class in college and found it fascinating. unfortunately i don't remember any of the terminology, though. i do still remember one session we had that explored how you can always predict where the word "fucking" will be inserted into a word, and how it ALWAYS comes after an unstressed syllable,…

or get Leonard Nimoy to repeat Welles' lines in a forced baritone at a later date, then modulate the vocals heavily and hope nobody notices.

my Canadian friends say Mexican food funny. they say "tack-o" and "chimi-Chang-a". in general, i think Canadians have a tendency to pronounce vowels closer to the "longer" form ("Mare-io" vs "Mahr-io").

i'm making my way through the original series and i just had to stop and take a break halfway through "Miri". the way Kirk won't stop touching this little girl on the cusp of puberty, constantly talking about how beautiful she is and basically acting like he's "in love" with her and can barely stop himself from…

one eight seven seven cars for kids,

Oreos are the McDonalds french fries of cookies.

well, ground beef on its own is probably not going to be a taste explosion very often, sure, but there are LOTS of burgers out there that taste great without having to utterly drown them in condiments. McDonalds condiment usage is absurdly excessive because the burger itself is terrible.

Yeah, I know. I feel like it's the same people in charge with the same hatred in their hearts though.

Their politics are deplorable but yeah they do make a great chicken sandwich, and I appreciate the waffle fries for breaking away from convention.

That reason is boiling ground beef in salt water isn't exactly a recipe for tastiness. There's a reason they put so much ketchup and mustard and onions and pickles and shit on there. The beef is barely edible on its own.

So am I. Do I sound like some kind of health nut advocating for better French fries?

McDonalds fries are the most stupidly overrated object on planet earth. They suck and I feel bad for anyone who touts them as the pinnacle of anything. They are thin, hollowed out grease sticks. They convey almost zero potato. They distinguish themselves in no meaningful way from their competitors at Burger King…

i wanna clarify i don't mean to call a little girl gross. i think it's gross that our culture teaches and reinforces that to a little girl!

that is gross!

nah, the most recent awesomeCon was her first con. we're noobs.

My daughter, who's 8, went to AwesomeCon last spring and entered the (kids) costume contest. she went as Chell from Portal (her favorite game), and her costume kicked ass. she even had the Aperture Science undershirt, which we made by printing the logo onto an iron-on patch, and she was sporting the long fall boots,…

calling bullshit on your implication that "fervent liberal protestor" is some larval stage of (or somehow inferior to) "realist".

it's not a stupid argument. signing to a major label absolutely cedes at least some control and in most cases a great deal of control over the creative output. at the time, a superficial reading of the lyrics by a lot of people bred a lot of disappointment — they seemed to go from singing about serious political…

It's natural selection. Most likely anyone overly curious or demanding of answers to Gem questions, or seeking to use gem tech for their own gain, ended up dead thousands of years ago. So you get a populace genetically far more predisposed to taking it in stride.

(even though she's perfectly capable of reading it herself at this point)