I'm sorry to hear that, it's awful. I'll be praying for her and you and her family.

I heard the comment somewhere that this election was God punishing us Xers for teaching our parents to use the Internet. Now I think of that almost every time I talk to my in-laws.

I looked at it on the shelf, and for some reason just couldn't. I was actually looking forward to it, but something about it screamed "not worth your money" so I put it back.

Jean Grey - This book continues to be surprisingly fun, as she (somehow) travels to a mountaintop bar in Jotunheim for "warrioring" lessons from Odinson. I know that thinking about the passage of time in the Marvel Universe is almost always a sucker's game, but how old was Jean supposed to be when she became Phoenix?…

…and right about that point, they also come to see the following generation as a bunch of lazy dumbasses who don't get how things are supposed to work.

I don't know, but it's hard to imagine it hasn't happened at some point.

Ha, yeah that too.

Come to think of it, you could probably make really good money selling frozen bananas in a place like Osage Beach.

You beat me to it. "Nearby" in this case = at least 500 miles apart.

And in the case of the Ozarks, you get a unique blend of "small town mountain folk" with "thousands of miles of shoreline, much of it in hidden, hard-to-find coves"

It's such an important word to him, it deserves an extra syllable.

That site looks fantastic, thanks. My brother worked on a similar project for a while

One of my grandfathers served on a Navy LST in the Pacific, who only saw action only a few times. He once joked that the most accurate war movie, based on his experience, was the first half of Mister Roberts.

No, you're thinking of Howlr

For the love of God, please don't give them ideas like that.

Yeah, I always assumed it was sort of a Calvinball situation.

She did? Well, crap.

Joffrey would definitely be the clearest analogue to Trump, but of the characters that are still standing, Robbyn's not a bad comparison.

Good call on Orion, I forgot about that one.

Behind the throne, on the throne, he has all the thrones. People say to him, it's unbelievable how many thrones he has.