I had no idea that fireflies were synchronous like this. I spent almost every summer dusk of my childhood catching them, putting them in little jars, and then letting them go en masse at the end of the night. Good times, those. Also, my brother told me he saw a blue one and I never believed him, so there you go. Joe:…

I like your list. It could also be (with the exception being 18th Century England) the "Hey it's cool here till you die universe" I'd want to be on Dune, personally.

This makes me nostalgic for my 'ol 1990 Ford Taurus. It was an ugly beast and I was too cheap to do this to the headlights!

This makes me nostalgic for my 'ol 1990 Ford Taurus. It was an ugly beast and I was too cheap to do this to the…

R.I.P. Caprica. Gone but not forgotten.

My Dad got chicken pox from us (his kids) when he might have been 35. It was a god awful week for him. My memory of it (I was a child) was that he was covered in the small bumps that my sisters and I had a few of, if that many.

I'd be really entertained if he overlaid his Alan Rickman impression on his interpretation of Dr. Strange. Think of it?

Dear Ethan Hawke,

The mere mention of FORTRAN makes me happy— I still have some punch cards.

Ghostbusters scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Even the Stay-puft marshmallow man did! Of course I was six years old so... and Slimer made me not want to eat hotdogs for a while.

Love it!

Awesome. I linked your comment on my twitter. Hope that's okay. Also:

I love everything about the post. I flippin' clicked it for the headline alone. So thank you for continuing to make my Monday awesome! (Seriously there's been a strange confluence of events that have made me have a great morning. On a Monday! On a holiday week! I wish I could pack this morning up and give it to…

You know what? If I totally wasn't very, very south of this location I just might. But there'd have to be alcohol involved this time, not coffee.

And neat and neat and neat and neat! Earth science just getting me all excited this morning (also, coffee, lots of coffee). Cannot wait till Littleswimming is older so we can dork out together! (or she can run and hide from her Mom, whatever.)

I looked at the picture and thought "how cool looking" and then read how we've decided to mine it. And then I felt nauseous.

Didn't we also lose the house that Fitzgerald sort of based Jay Gatsby's house on? Long Island somewhere, I think.

Of course it shoots a minotaur in the balls. I can think of a few better uses of the Minotaur in modern culture though, House of Leaves.

I lost my virginity to a guy who immediately said afterwards, "hey you wanna go play some computer games."

Actually I have one even better. The ending will be choose-your-own-adventure-style and your answer will always be wrong. The dragons and white walkers will be cut due to time restraints (that his very own fans have placed on him, you jerks). A Greyjoy will rule from the Iron Throne.

Actually I have one even better. The ending will be choose-your-own-adventure-style and your answer will always be wrong. The dragons and white walkers will be cut due to time restraints (that his very own fans have placed on him, you jerks). A Greyjoy will rule from the Iron Throne.