I was waiting for this to pop up at io9, but I thought you'd be more critical. First, the female human body has a finite number of ova with which to reproduce. Is Prasad suggesting that evolution will suddenly begin selecting for women with an infinite number of ova? No. Because that would be like selecting for…

I was speaking more of "Man of Steel," out this summer. I'm sure there's overlap between fans of Kent and fans of Kyle.

Way to ensure goodwill among your fans right before your big expensive movie release, DC.

Personally, I think Rene Belloq already perfected the "put her in a nice dress and treat her to a fancy dinner," move, but that's just me. (Although given Kripke's penchant for geek references, I was waiting for Nora to say: "Seriously? Raiders of the Lost Ark? That's the best you've got?" Which I think would have…

So, does this mean that Marlene Dietrich is the inspiration for Constance Rattigan? (Damn, I need to re-read those books.)

I can't be the only one who thought of this, right?

Yeah, it seems like phageous nano clouds to me, too, and likely a nod to Old Smokey.

At our house, we're always wondering why someone hasn't developed mustard seed or chlorine gas in the Revolution scenario. It seems like it would be much easier to create in a homespun lab, and the effects would be lethal without being contagious (although they would still be hard to control). Has no one in the Monroe…

2.0 was actually pretty uplifting. But I didn't hold out much hope for 3.0 maintaining that note. (Don't spoil me, though; I want to feel my own angst.)

For days when you want to remember that it could have been worse.

Just popping in to comment on how much I loved the excerpt from the Hobbit at the end. They finished on how the hole in the ground was neither dank nor dry, but was a Hobbit hole, and meant comfort — a direct reference to the boys' own hole in the ground, their Men of Letters basement. It was just a lovely grace note…

Thematically, it was a great idea for Grandaddy Winchester to give the boys the stability their own father never could, and that he could never give their father. Passing them the key gives them what they've never had — a home base that's their own, that's literally been in their family for generations. The…

Oh, sure, they're all over this severed head problem, but Christ help you if you want your luggage to survive a layover.

Kenji Kamiyama's not directing? Dai Sato's not writing? Is Yoko Kanno still doing the music? Because I'm having some reservations about this.

There's actually a really good reason for these: gravity helps babies turn head-down, and mothers who have been upright before birth are less likely to have breach births. Contemporary textbooks still encourage nurses and other medical personnel to keep mothers upright and walking for as long as possible, to encourage…

It's actually really cool to see someone so impassioned and informed about local issues! Thank you for that.

I try.

This might help: http://www.ocadu.ca/programs/graduate_studies/mdes_strategic_foresight_innovation.htm

If by prescience you mean precognition, then no. It's more about taking a long hard look at the landscape of a problem, and figuring out ways to solve it or avoid it.

So, "Naughty or Nice" is basically one long Christmas episode of "Death Note"?