I read that Washington Post article earlier today and had a lot of the same feelings you did. It also surprised how little thought was put into the article, although considering it was probably whipped up in 20 minutes as click-bait I probably shouldn't have been.

Because women were once young girls and anything that can foster a love of reading in a young girl should be commended and supported. Or because many women have young children and Reading Rainbow is an amazing show that promotes literacy and encourages children of any gender, race or age to read, which is something…

My favourite part is that the e-mail says posting the link was causing them huge problems so the author once again doesn't blur out the link so that anyone can use it to download the game. Maybe they're punishing him for not using common sense. I mean seriously, I know they're making it difficult to get the game but…

There were moments where the writing in the review felt a little pretentious, like he was trying to be deep and profound. I suppose it was well written but for some reason it rubbed me the wrong way. Perhaps it was intentional, though, a product of his complaints that the game's dialogue and story felt forced and like…

The man has played Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard and Jack Ryan. He's pretty much won acting. If he wants to sit on his porch and scold people I think he's earned it. I wouldn't blame him for being grumpy, though. He probably gets a lot of people bugging him when he'd rather just be left alone for the most part.

She then also went on to say that she doesn't know about the video games and Old Republic stuff and can't answer with 100% confidence.

Not entirely accurate. All they've said is that they're freeing themselves from post-RotJ canon but not discarding it entirely. Some elements are going to remain, although it's not clear what. I suspect it's basically them saying they'll use it if they like it and it doesn't cause problems with their story. They…

I don't know much about the Vong other than the rumor that they were originally supposed to be Sith before that was nixed. As for Thrawn, I could see him ultimately sticking around. There's nothing about him that so drastically changes the universe that they can't have him exist.

I think the technological gaps are somewhat explained, actually. The idea being that they sort of go through these struggles that end with them having to rebuild and a lot of their progress having been somewhat stunted as a result. Not to mention any advanced Empire technology being destroyed after their eventual…

I never really kept up with the EU stuff and frankly some of it started to sound utterly ridiculous but this kind of bothers me. I guess I don't mind them streamlining continuity a bit but my problem is that they're doing it for a new movie set during the same period.

I could be completely wrong but I doubt it will ever really be confirmed or denied. I think it's one of those things that, because it exists so far in the past at a point the movies will never touch, that they won't bother saying if it's canon or not. Which I think is actually a good move. Technically none of it has…

I think you're being a little optimistic. More likely it will be about 1 in a million that gets the context and 1 in 100,000 that just Googles it. I doubt the number of people that familiar with a 2130 year old Roman epic is that high, even amongst literary scholars. Out of context, it's a nice quote. But this is a…

You're right, I shouldn't have made the leap and said it would be a definite. It just seems like circumcised guys are presented as more desirable and I could see that having an impact on sexual confidence. I'm not against circumcision, I just feel like it's one of those things people should be allowed to decide when…

I'm one of those people who does kind of consider it to be wrong to do to a baby. I don't look down on or judge people that do it, I just think it's kind of a violation and essentially thrusts an irreversible choice upon them based on the desires of the parents or the pressure to confirm to some perceived norm.…

With regards to positive adult sexual expression stemming from being circumcised, I would perhaps argue that comes less from the circumcision and more from the culture surrounding it. If you had a lot of people saying that something was wrong with your penis it would probably have a negative impact on your sexual…

I thought the Razer Eidolon one was kind of great, actually. Unless it's in the worst list because it's so awesome that it's kind of sad that it's not real.

You know, I barely watched this show but I tuned into the finale and I have to say that I liked it. Granted it's silly that it took Ted 9 friggin' seasons to get to the point where he met their mother and then found a way to condense their entire relationship, her death and 20 years of other events into a single…

How dare they!? Sure it's funny when we pick on Nintendo for the same reasons. Some might even call it cute. But the second someone else makes those same harmless jokes it means war!

Well, you sort of do see the whole "King of Comedy" thing now and then. They actually made a movie that was called "The Kings of Comedy." I suppose that highlights a problem, though, in that it implies that all male comedians are "Kings of Comedy" but there can only be one "Queen." Really they should just use "A"…

Yeah, I saw that, too. That kind of ruined the whole thing. I can't help but wonder if he's actually like that or if it's a consequence of the culture he inhabits within the music sphere. I almost get the impression that lines like that are part of a persona he probably uses when dealing with magazines like Rolling…