Dammit, you beat me by an hour.

I think that was a reboot. Unless there's a Monkeyshines Cinematic Universe we've all been ignoring.

That is true, which is what's so interesting about that era. Politically there was much more to World War II than a primal struggle between good and evil, but the leaders of the day made a concerted, successful effort to present the war in those terms. It's probably the only reason that the name "Churchill" brings a…

Churchill (even more than FDR) used his speeches to basically mythologize the fight against Nazis in real-time. He was an ungodly skilled orator, and it's no surprise - reading his speeches - that we can still view the moral boundaries of that war as so clear-cut: that idea of the war was ingrained in the public…

It was the choice of Han dying or Han saying "fuck all of you" and flying away forever (and not in the Falcon, either). I'd say they made the right decision.

Well sure, I don't see what could possible go wrong with that…

They're laughing it up in Lynch Heaven with Log Lady. Or whatever people do there to express pleasant emotions… eat and sway gently, I suppose.

Isn't it kind of like farting in public? It's not that you're ashamed of your body, you just assume that in a polite society other people don't want to see/hear/smell your bodily functions?

There's an age/environment table that's easier to read, but basically:

Well, we have the basic "Fiesta" package, but if you're feeling adventurous you can pick up the "Sick Bed of Cuchulain" package. And if you'd really like a walk on the wild side, try the "Hell's Ditch" weeklong getaway.

Of course the real question is: Have you ever drunk Bailey's out of a shoe?

When my niece was about ten she would pester my brother to play her that really good song about the bells ringing out on Christmas Day. He'd played Fairytale of New York for her one time without thinking about it and then got terrified she'd remember some of the verses.

When I was in high school in the early 2000s the only store that carried Pogues CDs was Border's (of all places). I paid around $20 for "The Very Best," which was steep but there were no other options (and it had more tracks than any of the real albums, which were similarly priced). In college I visited London and…

Let's just say that all the booze didn't make him less funny-looking.

I do wonder how the Simpsons will age. There were Indian-Americans bothered by the representation of Apu decades ago, and I had exactly that conversation with a friend in college in 2003. At the end of the day, tastes change (they always have). It's very likely that as the opinions of people who grew up during the…

One of the things that will probably be addressed in the next ten or so years of gender and race theory is a more unified sense of how we interpret gender and race identity. Right now there are notable differences in the way we talk about gender and race, especially in terms of how "flexible" we consider the concept…

It doesn't matter - cooking spray will help with more complex carbs, but melted sugar is melted sugar.

I heard the AV Club went into a restaurant and ate all the food in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant.

Ow! Pointy!

It's actually kind of striking that this article doesn't delve into the Fu-Manchu stories being about the fear of foreigners overwhelming polite society with illegal immigration, gang violence, excessive childbearing, drug dealing, and use of non-English languages.