There's some of that, though not as much as in A Dirty Job.

It is common usage. Copy editors are more interested in common usage than antiquated rules or adhering to silly, nit-picking stuff just because it's the way it used to be. The point is to get information across clearly. In this case, "prequel" does exactly what I want it to do.

By far my favorite Moore. I must've read Lamb a dozen times.

I mean, if it's the characters you didn't like, Secondhand Souls has the exact same cast, so probably not.

Too easy.

I considered stomping on it, and gassing it, but stomping seemed more cruel somehow, and I didn't really know how to gas it without baking it to death. I also cut the heads of hundreds of fish when I worked on a ranch one summer, so I guess that's just my go-to animal killing method.

Gracious, this thread made my day.

Yep, tags are the way to go.

Oh, good one.

Oh, good one.

mm-hmm.

Totally. One thing (of many) I hated about the Twilight series was that no one of import died in the last big battle. Made the whole thing feel very low-stakes.

Thanks. It's been a while since I've had a good name comment.

Pretty much.

Thanks pringle photo.

I'm sorry.

I know, I know.

I KNOW! :(

I know dude, I know.

I say this quote to myself every time I use soap. So many times throughout the day. (Usually.)