Hey, look! Ayn Rand has a Burner account!

Can I just share my serious brush with Ollivander greatness? I went to high school with (and remain friends with) the toy designer who designed all the wands sold in Ollivander's. My daughter got the hand-made mock-ups of ALL of them (the ones used to make the mass-produced ones) from my friend for her 11th birthday…

I'm a writer and have worked food service in several different roles, including server. (Also done a shitload of other jobs; got a lot of stories.) The WORST day writing is 100 times better than the BEST day serving. That's why I never tip less than 20% EVER. If the server slaps the food on the table and disappears…

Oh boy, you definately have a charming way to tell the internet you never get laid.

I wonder if the parents are grown-up versions of these kids and are making it a status symbol/competitive thing to see how can spoil their kids the most? "I got my kid the new iPhone." "Well, I got my kid six of the new iPhones." I kind of think it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring back the guillotine just a teeny tiny…

If he were American, I'm sure that's the way he would have gone.

this was largely moralistic. I work in opera; the LGBT presence in our field is and has always been massive. I could go on about how opera houses were like Gay bars before gay bars existed, but the point is, when this story hit, everyone in the opera world collectively lost their shit.

Hmm... this seems so familiar, I can't quite put my finger on it...

The irony there being that one of Sirius Black's few redeeming qualities is his distaste for hate speech whereas Gary is evidently thinking "I mean who HASN'T wanted to just yell 'mudblood' aren't we ALL secretly thinking it?"

Very many things are worse than sitting through Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, that movie was great.

why sirius why?????

What some people sneeringly refer to as "being politically correct" is what others refer to as being respectful of others. Radical concept, I know.

Oldman Yells at Cloud.

During the 2010 Cup I was in Italy at the time and I saw a lot of the games in bars where a lot of people were just getting drunk and only vaguely paying attention to the games. You know, like people always do when watching any sport. Sports and drunkenness go hand in hand, buddy. You're not making a shocking…

This is why I actually enjoy flying Southwest. The attendant said every piece of relevant info they needed to, in a way that people actually pay attention. Some of you may chastise their style, but I guarantee you that more people listened to this delivery than if they gave a dead pan "by the books" safety speech.

Sure, it's full of jokes, but he still gives every piece of information you need. And people are probably more likely to listen if it's interesting.

"Libtard"... "sodomy"... "double standard".... I got Troll Bingo!

What happens at the end of your pipe dream when the GOP sweeps?

From an idealistic perspective, Clinton is not fantastic. From a realist perspective, which compares her to whom she would be running against, Clinton is amazing. From an abstract, ahistorical perspective, what she did then was not cool. From a historical, pragmatic perspective, she did what was required of her and…