I feel like I must be the only person in the world who started with Hogfather. I don't even remember why I picked it up at the bookstore, I just know that by the end of that week I had four more Discworld novels on my bookshelf. So while it might not be the best pace to start, doesn't seem like the worst either.

Weirdly, that is probably the Futurama line I quote the most.

How is it for blood and gore? I love me a good scary story but can't really stomach excessive viscera or excreta.

I highly recommend giving it a try. While the game doesn't have assigned roles, each Taoist Monk has their own unique power that can make for some interesting decisions on your turn.

I really hope someone got fired for that blunder.

Speaking of high-pressure cooperative games, have you given Ghost Stories a try?

I haven't played the board game yet, but the general consensus seems to be that the theme carries through well and there are some functions you'll recognize but the game play is very different.

Shit, yes, I did mean Holiday Inn. I was going to make a joke about how it was so racist the 50s decided they had to reboot it as White Christmas. Then I decided I was thinking too hard to make that joke work so I deleted it but left in the wrong film title. That'll teach me to try and be funny.

It was a decade later, (1942) but that Abraham number in White Christmas still shocks me every time I see it. Which, thanks to my wife's love of that film, is several times every Christmas.

Oh, then I need to clarify that my comment was meant solely for what we're discussing down here in the comments. I found the essay itself quite good and think it's exactly the type of thing you (and everyone else) should spend your time doing.

I don't mean to imply that you don't have every right to enjoy a movie despite it's inconsistent characterization, unbelievable science, complete lack of internal logic, and no satisfactory explanations to why anything happens or why anyone does anything. However, I hope you realize that those things matter to the…

Yes, clearly that is what I was saying! Surely I wasn't pointing out that it is unlikely that a supposedly serious movie is likely to be well received when its plot depends on "intelligent" people constantly acting like morons, "science" that is completely out of touch with reality, and a "script" that can't even…

That might be a good rejoinder if that was the only plot problem people have with the film. However, a quick glance at movieplotholes.com shows that they count 3 minor plot holes, 8 major plot holes, 7 plot contrivances, and 8 unaddressed issues.

Yeah, I read another study (I'm at work so I'm not going to add that Google search to the list of reasons IT is most likely investigating my internet usage) that said women who had a sexual encounter with a man (as opposed to just seeing them naked) overestimated his length by an average of 1" - 1.5".

That just makes sense! Obviously the vast majority of people drink alcohol* for the pleasant taste and not the side effects of inebriation.

Interestingly these songs come one after another on the album… or so someone told me… in a book… at the library.

I totally get waiting to read the new trilogy in one go. I read all of Hobb's previous Elderlings series one after another during a three month period just as she released the last book in the Rain Wilds Quadrilogy. Not being able to finish one book and immediately start the next one is a new experience for me. The…

Based on our shared love of Pratchett and Hobb (have you read Fool's Assassin yet? I think it's my favorite so far) I'm going to recommend two very different books.

Seeing "MUHARRAR" in all caps made me realize how much that name just looks like an evil laugh/chuckle as done by Jeff Goldblum.

Oh, man! I can say without a doubt the Oliver & Company soundtrack was the first album on cassette that I owned. I still remember that it was bright red plastic with a yellow label.