Didn’t they publish some stuff by James Baldwin too?

I actually first heard of Playboy and Hefner via Arthur C. Clarke’s short story collections and the news about Clarke making a telepresence appearance at one of Hefner’s birthday parties sometime in the nineties.

I think the $2 million was adjusted for inflation so TNG was still more expensive.

Someone made the comparison with TNG season two below (I think it’s something like $2 million vs. $1.5 million—can’t check because disqus is being all crashy)

I’m not sure how useful a budget comparison is, actually, since a comparison with late nineties Trek would include shows with larger main casts that ran a long time (nine regulars with seven years’ worth of raises adds up). I’m pretty sure Trek was way more overhead-heavy. And the comparison made below with…

And the Bolians only exist because Berman wouldn’t let Captain Rixx be an Andorian!

And his neck! Don’t forget Alaimo’s amazing neck!

I can’t read Megabus without thinking of this post by the late Scott Eric Kauffman.

Might it be related to the self-diagnosed germophobia?

Failing AV Club doesn't mention Trump in an article! Hasn't done a Primer in months, either. FAKE NEWS!

The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.

The owls are not what they seem.

Have you ever had fries from a steakhouse that were as addictive as McDonald’s fries?

I think there’s also a decent case for not giving him more attention, though, which seemed to be the main goal of his scheme (and, in an odd way, I still think the obit’s fitting because E. Buzz the persona really is dead, arguably even more so now that this has been revealed).

Links for the lazy:

Looking forward to next week—my parents kept the little booklet that was handed out with their screening of Quest for Fire (probably because my Dad finds human evolution fascinating and my Mom finds Ron Perlman fascinating) and it’s how I first became familiar with the movie, something like a decade before I actually…

So I’m watching Twin Peaks for the first time, prompted by the Miguel Ferrer obit—just started the second season, so the scene that made me think of watching (Miguel Ferrer explains his philosophy to Sherrif Truman) was in the last episode I’ve seen. Such a fascinating confluence of philosophies here—really love the…

Hadn’t heard of Echoes (but sounds fascinating—in a lot of ways Bokassa’s the most surreal African dictator but also the most honest, setting himself as a clear emperor literally adopting the trapping of CAF’s colonizer), and narrowly missed Lo & Behold’s theatrical release last year and have been wanting to catch up…

The Dissolve articles on High & Low are worth a look if you haven’t already glanced at them (they were my introduction to the film and it’s become one of my most frequently-recommended ones):

Luckily I’m getting the impression resistance is killing prevaricating BS (hell, I’ve been out protesting and it is not really my nature; I know the same’s true with many others).