I didn't say it was negative or positive. (For the record, I find that any given Supernatural episode is capable of being either brilliant or dreck.) I was just questioning the use of "fly by night" for a decade-old show, as the term implies something extremely short.

Fly by night? I'm not sure I'm following how you're using the term, since Supernatural is in the middle of season 10.

Unfortunately, I'm SOL until I have the $600+ I owe Richland County, SC for this year's vehicle taxes, which I will not have until I can actually land a new job. No new registration stickers for your car without proof of payment.

It's super vague in the comic book, too!

Alternately, has there been any changes in subject matter? Blues and greens might be more prominent in some types of landscapes, for instance, whereas oranges, browns, and yellows would be more common in other types of landscapes and in portraits.

Yes, Gene Jacket pretty much hit the nail on the head - her powers were deliberately made as generic as possible. Flight (limited), super-strength (limited), and some extra physical toughness (limited), just like a good 85% of minor comic book characters.

No, the official announced timing was approximately a year between shows. Which, assuming they're feeling generous enough to make it closer to nine months or so and given how long it's been in production, would put Jessica Jones into the late fall. I'm guessing November.

*nose-boop*

Stock has always had cook times of up to 24 - 48 hours. If your stock recipe tells you to cook for 45 minutes, it's just a bad recipe.

Lies. There is NOTHING more depressing than The Giving Tree.

...but but but but WHY? Why try to make you use the crates instead of the stool? Just... random cruelty?

I'm bipolar too, and there are absolutely days that I wouldn't have been able to read these stories without tears. Have a virtual hug, and take care of yourself!

Why do people keep trying to give Cassie Claire money? Blech.

I think we're all missing the point - the number of recipes that can be ruined by a tiny percentage variance in a single ingredient's mass are vanishingly rare. That's why most recipes can say something like "2 large eggs" instead of trying to define how many ounces of egg whites and yolks are in a large egg. Same…

Normally I'd agree with a comment like this, and I've definitely been annoyed by spoily IO9 titles in the past. But in all honesty, this title is the least spoily spoiler possible, if it even qualifies as one. I'm not convinced it's physically possible for it to be any blander and less informative while still…

I've been somewhat boggled by every comment anyone has made about it being an accident. The very best I'd be willing to concede would be that it might have been subconscious attempt to kill himself and others, rather than a conscious one.

You need to revisit your friendship standards. The Mayor is one of the greatest villains in all of television history.

Because "stories" have certain elements and follow certain rules of construction. That's why we can teach people how to write and, to some degree, judge writing as good versus bad. Many great writers can and do choose violate those rules for stylistic or other reasons. But in my opinion, Omelas violates them to such a…

I was 4 when my parents divorced. And you know what? I'm sure I had a couple of bad weeks, but mostly I was perfectly fine. My brother was a little older (8), and he had a little more problem with it but ultimately adjusted. But the kids I knew whose parents suffered for years before finally getting divorced when they…

I know he's mostly not scifi or fantasy, but I can't let any post in praise of short fiction go without mentioning how amazing Jack Ritchie was. He was the master of short detective fiction.