I think one of the reasons I find Devoe boring is that he’s too much the all-knowing internet troll we’ve all seen too many of.

I loved Ralph’s scheme, but all the judge had to do was say, “Okay, Devoe, you’re right: you’re not dead. But somebody’s dead! Find out who!”

And once again, Barry fails to use his super speed to reconnoiter, something Green Arrow taught him, I don’t know, three seasons back?

It feels like they filmed the first few episodes and then somebody had the nerve to say, “This really isn’t working, is it?”

Be interesting if Devoe’s ultimate plan is to acquire Kryptonian powers, and everything he’s doing to taunt — but not kill — the Flash is just a way to bring Supergirl to town.

So did Warden Wolfe have all the workers who built his off-the-books secret meta-prison killed, or did he just build it himself, nights & weekends? And how much “excess” does he have in his budget that he can pay for a thing like that?

Agreed. And even worse, Devoe is boring.

“People of the Black Circle” has some solid supporting characters. A wizard rebelling against his masters at the instigation of his lover, a Conan-era equivalent of a dry-witted Russian spy, a young queen on a throne who wants to use Conan to gain her revenge on the wizards who killed her brother. They could expand…

Actually, Howard wrote about twenty Conan stories. One or two giant snakes. He was as racist as the average Texan of his era (1906-1936), but nowhere near as bad as Lovecraft. As far as hackwork goes, depends on your definition. He was writing to make a living, and that means if you want to get paid, you get it done…

Not arguing the point, but asking out of lack of knowledge on the subject: would even chemical castration remove the urges? Or is there a possibility that he might simply redirect them?

People who guess on Jeopardy! are people who lose on Jeopardy! Kudos to the contestants for their silence.

This is a a thing? Godalmighty. I’m now picturing idiots leaning back over the coffin, hovering over the corpse of dear Aunt Gertrude, trying for one last shot. Yuck.

This reminds me of eating a hotel lobby breakfast in Toledo some years back. They had their lobby television on one of the morning “news” shows — full volume, naturally — and apparently the entire show was sponsored by some breath-freshening gum whose new slogan was, “CHEW ON THIS!” repeated in a shout five or six…

This is one of the dumbest tv commercials I’ve ever seen in six decades of watching far too much television — and I love it.

He paid them. You think anybody would marry a poor Trump?

There are dogs who would sign a non-disclosure concerning Trump if they had fingers.

Be more fun if she started openly dating some luscious millennial.

I’ve always wanted an altimeter on my dashboard.

Watching a documentary on the 1918/19 epidemic while having the flu? Good lord, that’s terrifying. I’d have run screaming into the street.

Influenza and pneumonia are the eighth leading cause of death in the US. Just saying.