Hoorah, Indiana! Yes, how all of you know (yet almost assuredly don't give a hoot) I'm a "Hoosier". Don't ask what it means. Anyway, as someone entrenched in agricultural R&D, conservation, soil science and science writing for the past 8 years, I can safely say that the A- Indiana received is probably pretty…

I'm sorry but I have to get on my soap box for just a sec...ahem*

Colossus+Juggernaut power= "I don't even know how to react to how awesome that is." That was my reaction. Apparently I need to read the Fear Itself crossover in a bad way. Where have I been?

Nicely done, Bookdust. I agree. I will still say though, that anything tagged as "the next Firefly" is going to set my standards and hopes high...I'd love nothing more than for something to deliver. Fingers crossed for Defiance, then!

So we know for a fact that outside our "universe" there is nothing? or that our "universe" encompasses everything there is? everywhere, forever?

Did the supernova perhaps wipe it out???

But what about the 18 hours (or however long it was) of static recorded on her personal recording device? I always thought it was a time warp/worm hole, wherein she traveled however long she said she had experienced, then was taken back to arrive again (falling) at the exact moment she left. Hence the 5 or so…

I will be honest and say my first reaction is to agree with much of what you said, but really I think some of the wording and some of the logic behind your opinions are essentially combative and a little intolerant. I am not religious, though I was raised Roman Catholic. I am NOT in favor of abortion except in…

Thanks, but I understand that concept. I guess I am more curious about how/when it was believed that people would physically "disappear" (for lack of a better word—I don't mean to sound cavalier) and leave their clothing behind. I know that's how it's portrayed in the "left behind" christian book series, but have…

I am genuinely curious about the idea of the rapture. Can anyone explain the leaving-behind-of-clothes thing for me? I understand the idea of the rapture, but it seems like many of the popular paradigms and interpretations surrounding the concept are not really scripture based but are instead influenced by popular…

Yep.

"What's a tortoise?"

I like Bardem, but the Gunslinger had blue eyes. Might not seem that important, but a lot in the story centers around those blue eyes. They give him his cold stare, they might be the only truly physically attractive quality the gunslinger has, Mordred shares those eyes, as does Jake, I belive...Viggo Mortensen has…

Shouldn't Stephen King be on Maine?

It is also the case that most archaeological evidence of human expansion/settlement beyond 16,000 years ago would not have survived to be analyzed today (stone tools aside of course, in some cases). This, paired with the fact that the odds of finding such ancient sites or artifacts is extremely remote, allows…

I agree. The Hobbit, by Tolkien's own intent, was more a story for younger readers. His LOtR trilogy strived to be more suitable for adults. If you've read it recently (I say recently because there is so much to it!!) I think almost any reader will notice how much darker and more dismal much of the characters and…

IS THAT A KINDER EGG!?

Hahahaha nice.

He'll show ye.

I've got this handled.