Look, just because I’m being silent doesn’t mean I’m being silent. It just means I’m being. Silently.

Rumor has it the cheerleaders were also part of a pyramid scheme.

Kavi is Sanskrit.

What kind of name is Brien?

Trump’s lawyers have asserted that the White House is not an “agency” as defined by the law. I don’t think it’s a completely indefensible position either; the White House is very different than other agencies.

Again, this has been a story for months, and it is enraging, but it isn’t some new thing with Ivanka putting her role on the books.

Everyone involved knows but just can’t outright say the deal was she gets to have as much power and stick her thumb in as many pies as she likes because she’s the only one who can handle her dad when he’s sundowning, right?

How to break US law in three easy steps....

Aunt Hillary tried to get custody, but some arcane child custody precedent precluded that. It’s not your fault, James. Barack still loves you. Maybe if Aunt Hillary had custody he’d be hanging around. Maybe it hurts him to see you in the hands of someone like evil stepfather.

I feel like we the American people are the children of divorce and the court decided to give custody of us to our insane stepfather, because he has money, and daddy Obama just abandoned us instead of fighting for us and now he’s totally forgotten about us and is off with his new family :( Someday, I’m gonna make…

I’m living for the casual obamas.

Everyone hates on Val Kilmer, but my kids and I loved him in Top Secret and Real Genius, and *sacrilege!* he’s our favorite Batman.

I’m sorry that tweet is hilarious.

Exactly - they would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids ...

Comments like this are why I love io9!

Mr. Munro, I suspect you and I may have similar interests. I’m line developer for an alt-history steampunk tabletop roleplaying game. Drop me a line at andrew@fasagames.com, would you please?

The term used back then was “playing the ghost” - basically, disguising yourself as a supernatural being in order to terrorize your community.

I think the difference is defined by social sanction and consensuality. The “ghost impersonators” of the 19th century generally seem to have been either out to raise some hell, or using a supernatural disguise to commit an assault; the scenario is always non-consensual insofar as the “victim(s)“ didn’t choose to take…

So I have three kids, and when each was a toddler I would pretend to be a monster and chase them around the house. I’d always be mindful of not pushing too far. They’d scream and laugh at the same time. Also, prime tickle spots are the neck and belly. One day it occurred to me that I was instinctively teaching my kids…