Akria reference in a Christmas article. You're a bloody legend, you are.

let me confirm that for you: yes, we're tired of the early ads.

how much do they need to be paid to not be horrible? Just curious.

not only that, they've actually done a pretty good job so far of buying legislation to prevent anyone else (including government) from building out any kind of competing infrastructure.

really, paying ten times more for a worse product than you can get in other countries doesn't bother you? Especially when that product happens to be essentially the engine of our modern economy?

the Swedish version is so incredibly rad that my head nearly explodes every time I watch it (and it's on Netflix!) but yeah, the U.S. version wasn't bad either.

how do I get on the 'I'm only allowed to eat at La Tour D'Argent' plan?

he'll only allow her to eat at Noma? How much reindeer moss can one person eat?

Mrs. and I just came home from a trip to France, and on the day we were supposed to leave, our flight was canceled because of the Air France strike. They re-booked us on a Delta flight the next day, but we lost a day in Paris because of this, and had to pay for what was supposed to be our first night at the hotel even…

I worked in concert production for years, and I can't believe how many times I saw this. Kids younger than 5, even, with no hearing protection! All I could think was 'just because you're deaf and this is your favorite band doesn't mean the kid is enjoying this' get a babysitter, for Christ's sake.

spot on. Le Sirenuse is the most amazing hotel I've ever stayed at.

no. I don't hate them, but I do think they're a bit overhyped and way too far fetched for me to ever really be emotionally invested in. Having said that, I thought Catching Fire was very good, Woody's character is great, and if nothing else they will be always be remembered as the series that made J Law. But this…

I couldn't agree with this more, I'm just saying I'm troubled by the fact that there seems to be a knee jerk reaction to what Maher said. We cannot expect to see any progress on this issue if we can't even talk about it out of fear of being labeled racist.

I think Affleck was trying really hard to distance himself from what Maher had said, which I can't blame him for, but I think Maher did have a point on some level: Islam has a problem when it comes to violence. We are not doing ourselves any favors if we choose to ignore this because we don't want to be seen as…

I don't know, did you hear the audience response during his discussion with Affleck on this? I think they were pretty divided.

the problem with that argument is that the people committing these acts of violence are plainly saying they're doing it in the name of Islam. The Danish cartoonist that received death threats, for example, they didn't say to him "we're angry because of the socio-political situation in our part of the world" they very…

I think it's safe to say they're going to cancel him. I agree that he shouldn't have been doing the commencement speech to begin with, maybe do his standup act (not for commencement, but for student activities or something), but he doesn't seem like a good choice for commencement. I still stand by my statement that…

I don't understand how you can't see that it's hypocritical of Berkeley to have canceled him for basically saying "why are you guys rushing to defend people who have done and continue to do horrible things just because you see them as being picked on by a white guy?" That's the question I don't think anyone on this…

no, I get what you're saying, these people clearly have a misogyny problem, but I don't think these things negate Maher's concerns about religions and their treatment of women. I don't think it's hypocritical for a political comedian to have once made a joke about slapping a woman and for that same person to have a…

you are right, Dawkins' statements in that article are particularly troubling, but I don't think he speaks for all atheists, including Maher.