Ruskin had clear tendencies and hangups though whether he acted on them is a pretty big question. He wouldn't consummate his marriage with Effie Ruskin because she didn't look like the idealized paintings he admired (read: she had body hair) and he and his parents tried to convince her she was crazy. She eventually…

I get really tired of the "we're not all like that" bleating that goes on whenever a group like this is discussed. All it does is derail the conversation onto a sidetrack of petting and soothing the person who really doesn't want to deal in any way with the issue except to make sure he isn't tarred with the same…

Oooo, I love it. A really high-end take on the classic designs.

Obvious nutjobs who hold several seats in Congress and are almost entirely responsible for the ongoing gridlock.

And yet California passed Prop 8 in spite of San Francisco and many other such enclaves, and Austin is surrounded by Texas. Complacency doesn't prevent extremists from getting power.

Dude, you need to let this go.

So this is your approach? Assume assholes looking to gain political power are lunatic fringe and ignore. Tell everyone "we aren't all like that" and really focus on that instead of taking any actions to counter group in question's aims.

Congratulations. That is a better retcon than they probably will come up with on their own.

Anyone who dismisses The Incredibles with "I guess I just don't get it" has nothing to say about films that is of any interest to me. And filibustering is not going to change that.

Yeaaah. I guess I'll be unsubscribing from your movie review mailing list then.

To be fair, Cars didn't have much Pixar magic to begin with, and since that's the only other theatrical sequel they've done for one of their major properties aside from the two genius sequels to Toy Story, I'm not convinced as to the validity of your argument.

I swear when I was a kid, my Easy-Bake oven was blue. I have a very clear memory of that.

That is the most childish straw-man I've ever seen, dude. That is a straw-toddler.

Because they are incredibly boring and ponderous? I slogged through the first one where nothing happened, got to the end, demanded of my Huge Fan friend why if the world was about to end they kept stopping for tea with the elves every time Frodo got a hangnail, and was encouraged with the phrase, "It really picks up…

I think that depends on what came before too much for it to have real impact without a lot of exposition. I think Morrison's Hyperclan White Martian arc could be more easily streamlined and work as a team origin story.

This reminds me of the truly awesome (and totally sincere) misspelled graffiti that was near my house until about a year ago: "The Raptor Is Coming May 21"

I hope so because that level of concern about other people's clothing choices is kind of gross. In polite society, you avert your eyes if someone's fly is down and inform them sotto voce so they can correct the problem. In impolite society, you scream and point like a spoiled child and blame the person who's had a…

Well, I think the biggest argument against this as even an Idiot Plot is that teenagers are kind of notoriously dumb when it comes to bad things happening that they then try to cover up and just get away with. Merida was written as believably self-involved and flawed which was really nice. You rarely get really flawed…

You're hilarious.

What the hell are you talking about? It's a courtesy title. It doesn't *apply* anywhere, but it is an honorific he has been granted and it is perfectly acceptable to use it no matter one's geographic location. We refer to foreign leaders by their titles even though they aren't leading us and vice versa! Using a title…