“You can’t fight in here! This is the [fighting tournament] room!”

For the Brainteasers section, I’d definitely put Paranoia Agent in the running. Urban legends coming to life, psychological trauma physically manifesting in the world, people being clobbered in the streets and coming away from the experience happier for it (for the most part), only Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Paprika)…

Escaflowne also has consistently good animation, and a terrific soundtrack composed by Yoko Kanno. Cannot recommend enough.

Predictions

Well, Penny Arcade was close...

“Girl, you really need to not ride on someone else’s coattails.”

I saw the Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof recently and when they sing Anatevka I still thought of that scene in Newhart’s finale when the down is all singing it.

So the answer to the headline question is: Do with them the the exact same things you were doing with them last week. Thanks for that deep insightful journalism.

or he wakes up in the shower with Patrick Duffy. Inside a snowglobe.

From Mr. Carlson’s bio:

Bye bye Miss American Pie drove my Ford to the Fjord but the Fjord was dry.

Who died? HBO’s subscription revenues.

Danny and Jon both run to the Throne and try to sit on it at the same time.  The both fall off and end up sitting the floor.  Danny smiles, says “Oh, you...”, Jon shrugs and smiles, then the theme from Growing Pains plays.  Fin.

It doesn’t matter.  The final scene of the series is RR Martin waking up and saying “What a strange dream, figured it would have had more nudity.”

I bet that’s what Mike Cernovich says to a hooker as he closes the motel room door behind them.

Farts. The original bath bomb.

Lifehacker: Read us on the toilet!

The last time I bought a car from a dealer, my wife’s Odyssey, we had the car picked out, secured our own financing, and had the price negotiated. It still took four hours at the dealer, with two small children in tow. It doesn’t matter how friendly and accommodating they were, it was still miserable.

“White Walkers HATE her! This one neat dagger trick will end the Long Night”