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That . . . would be epic. Of course, given that he is committed to at least two more Avatar films, I doubt we'd see anything like that soon. It's more likely we'll never see it though. Directors throw those kind of comments out all the time to get people primed for it, thereby putting studios under pressure to make…

And that's what we call Dawson-casting. ;-)

Heh, sweet! And those 70s action toys weren't the wussy toys these kids have today. Those things could do some damage. Ah, shooting your siblings in the eye with spring-loaded missiles . . . good times.

This guy. His name is Mazinga and he is one of the original Shogun Warriors. I had this toy when I was a child and it was simply the most bad-ass thing in my entire toy collection, bar none. Wish I still had it.

Hmm, okay. Well, I might try eating a gluten-free diet for awhile, but if it sucks I am going back to my normal diet. It might be poisoning me, but hell, you only live once, and I don't think I really wanna live to be 80 or 90 anyway.

Ah, well okay then. I suppose I could've looked that up.

Yeah, so basically the only things we can eat anymore are vegetables, preferably raw, and occasionally chicken breast or fish, baked. Ya know what? Screw the health food industry. I will eat what I like. I am blessed with a high metabolism anyway; I can eat pretty much anything and not gain a lot of weight, which,…

Heh, yeah. Except I sought out the greasy car parts to use as toys. I had actual toys too, in case anyone gets the idea that I was deprived. I just added to what I had by whatever cool things I found lying around.

I used to play with old spark plugs by pretending they were star fighters, as they already sort of look like some kind of ship. My grandpa was a mechanic and there always tons of them lying around his garage. I had a whole squadron of them! Other abandoned parts made different ships, bases or buildings. If you're…

Well, for one thing I think this a false dichotomy. Even if divergent sexualities aren't traceable to a single gene, genes can still be influential, and moreover, even if genes aren't solely responsible for divergent sexualities, that doesn't mean it is a choice. Our brains begin fairly malleable in childhood, but…

I have long suspected that the 'gay gene' was problematic. I have done quite a lot of research on the issue of divergent sexualities, and my conclusion based on the evidence was, it's way more complicated than that. I have maintained that these sexualities could not be explained by anything so simple as a single…

A hobbit is a mixture of a horse and a rabbit, heh heh. That's actually a pretty good guess if you aren't familiar with the characters. I wouldn't be surprised if that was how Tolkien came up with the name. These things are often serendipitous. I mean, L. Frank Baum came up with 'Oz' by looking at a filing cabinet.

Oh yeah, I can totally see Bane as a Health Nazi.

Well, I try not to discriminate, but I just so happens that my top sci-fi and fantasy works of all time are almost all by men. However, in terms of the non-genre stuff I have read and loved, I believe more women have taken the top spots than men. It is just how things have worked out.

That's exactly what I was going to say.

I've read a little bit about her life, as I am quite interested in her as well. This book is a must for me; thanks for recommending it. I know that she hated school, found it very stifling, and that the adults in her life had fairly low expectations of her and thought her dull-witted. She showed them up by writing…

I didn't really get bullied much in junior high and high school, but six grade was a bastard (this was back when 6th grade was still part of elementary school)—I just never really fit in anywhere. And having a highly visible disability, I was mostly just shunned in elementary school rather than bullied. My abuse,…

Yes! I'm in.

Yeah, I get the same impression. I hate to be the guy from the last generation who complains about this generation, but it seems like young people are way too cynical about everything and quick to jump on anything with the slightest hint of a possibility of a smidgeon of (perceived) imperfection. I thought it was us…