OK, now I get it. (Seriously.)

Sour cream was Ralph Cifaretto's secret for scrambled eggs!

I agree with Dealylama on point 1 and Alvin Tostig on point 2. In case you wanted to know how I felt.

As a master of all art, I would like to say that immense pressure can help talented artists create great works. It can also not help them create great works. Sometimes, it has no effect at all whether they create great works or not.

Excellent post. I enjoy African-American literature, but didn't really get into Baldwin much, except for his pieces included in mandatory lit classes. I liked Hughes and Wright more, but always felt I missed out on not reading more of Baldwin. Thanks for reminding me of that.

Awww. I believe you. What I said must have really been offensive, given that such a rational, logical man like you got his feelings hurt.

That's what you think I said? Heh, heh.

She was making fun of the idea of being "biased". Was kind of the point of the ellipses. But don't let that stop you.

This never gets old.

It's hard not to get annoyed when you keep rehashing the points you make, and then get all mopey and sad when someone calls you out on it.

Not "half the people on earth".

Not this bullshit again.

I groaned at the MIB's monologue. To me, it was super obvious, both in concept and execution.

So is 'Burn…st' your catchphrase?

Totally missed the chance to use the "Is there anything else you can do besides chop wood?" scene.

Are there many liberal or socialist hackers? I've heard hackers tend to be libertarians of some sort.

Relevant.

Second your suggesting that book.

Their confidence, say, that Black Mirror things won't happen in real life should give an indication on what they know about smugness.

Isn't manipulating the viewer's POV kind of the job of a storyteller? It's the nature of the fun, no? If writers just told stories straight up, we would've ran out of stories centuries ago.