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No love for Dr. Pulaski? I seem to recall she was kind of a menopausal Doc McCoy who saved Picard's you-know-what at least once.

simultaneous lots of things are difficult to accomplish.

Can we pinpoint, using canon Star Wars material, the exact date when the manufacturer's warranty on R2D2's rocket boosters expired? Because two things: A) "out of rocket fuel" cannot possibly be the explanation and B) if astromech droids fix and maintain spaceships, why aren't there any "astromech-mech" droids to…

well said.

Do you need a short refresher course on "rule 34?"

Kind of made Luke into a very transparent Christ figure, didn't it?

Call me when they get looking like these rats from classic Dr Who.

"That's not true!

I remember that somehow Luke is killed in this story, and somehow the force-crystal thing resurrects him. That's really all I can remember about it.

You must not know Rob. Spelling and grammar errors are his hallmark. And meaner people than you have called him on them.

Oh, sure but it would have been OK to call him Squidward, right?

you say that as if internet rumors are not reliable news sources...

Reality shows aren't a new plague on mankind. When I was a kid we had Circus of the Stars, Real People, That's Incredible, and Superstars, where off season NFL players made a few buck running an obstacle course in Hawaii.

Dear God. It's like someone watched Short Circuit and thought "how can we make this dumber?"

I prescribe one hour of listening to NPR as a remedy.

Soon to be featured on NCIS or Person of Interest. It'll make an interesting "villain makes the narrow escape" scene.

Bravo, sir.

I don't think Texas has that rule.

Hey now. I'm a fat guy myself and I think it's pretty revolting too.