Yeah, I was thinking I might get around to playing that sometime. Is it any good?

Good point there. I wasn’t exactly binging it - generally watched three or four episodes a week - but that was probably too frequent an occasion to spend time with Tom Haverford. (And even Leslie. I mean, could you imagine how exhausting it would be to be friends with Leslie in real life?)

This weekend I shall be finishing off Dragon Age: Awakening. I’ve done all the main quests and now am just mucking around with runecrafting before the final attack on Amarantine/Vigil’s Peak.

I don’t want to be overly critical of what’s basically a free (at this point) mini-sequel expansion pack, especially one which…

A shark can outswim you in the water but you can outrun it on land.

Yep. I’ve just finished Parks and Rec. It’s a good show, but there’s no earthly reason for there to be seven seasons of it.

Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

This year I’ve been catching up on Parks and Rec. I may have made an Andy-like expression of joy and astonishment at the Werner Herzog cameo.

Numfar! Do the Dance of Shame!

A worthwhile endeavour. Any good ideas on how to look up old features now that Feature Jump doesn’t seem to exist anymore?

The six year old would probably just scowl at me, but my “small” (he’s an absolute unit) almost two year old would probably go for that. Then try to eat it.

Hi Gameologeroos!

I shall take this opportunity to remind readers that, back when wearing an onion on your belt was in style, Wil Wheaton used to be an A.V. Club contributor.

Not only that...

Interesting you describe Messiah/Children as a duology, ‘cause I think of them as being in a trilogy with God Emperor, covering The Golden Plan. That would then have made the series as a whole a neat sequence of three trilogies, as the original novel is in three parts, but of course unfortunately Herbert died too soon…

“No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.”

I’m re-reading it now* from the perspective that all of the characters are stuck in a predestination trap from the outset (as evidenced by Appendix III and, well, the way it’s stuffed full of references to The Iliad). 

Just came here to post that it’s not me he needs to fight, it’s Bronson Pinchot. 

Today in rather strange posts directed at a stranger on the internet: could you pay out of pocket for a “home testing kit” (which is a rather euphemistic way to describe putting some shit in a box and sending it off to get tested for blood content)? Likely to be cheaper than a colonoscopy and may provide some…

Denied. 

Here’s her Random Roles from 2010: https://film.avclub.com/emily-mortimer-1798219849