We tend to congregate over at io9.

+1 for Asajj Ventress

Showing love for one of my favorite gingers, Domhnall Gleeson, who’s General Hux in TFA <3

Co-sign about being burned out on Hemingway, although it was less in college, more in high school. I worked with someone The Sun Also Rises and Lady Brett Ashley, and it just baffled me. I don’t mind his short stories (“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” ranks high on my list of short stories), but his novels are…

Nooooo!!!! Not Kitchenette!!! BCO makes my Monday morning!!

+1 for Wilf.

Following the thread.... +1000 for Monty Python :)

I think they work for a second generation. The animals I still have are just a little threadbare in some spots (i.e., not as fluffy a tail as it should be).

Me too! I played with them for hours...I still have some of my old stuff, but it’s a lot of little pieces, so I have to wait to share with my niece until she’s a little older.

You are not alone. Most of my friends looked at me like I was crazy when I tried to explain what they were. And I was surprised to see they’re still around! My niece loves the ones we’ve gotten her and her favorite family is the Hedgehog family (which are weird looking but very soft because they have so much fur!)

Sylvanian Families! I had so many when I was a kid, and now my niece is into them...but some of the animal families are downright weird looking.

You’re not the only one. It was my first thought, too.

That’s awesome! I’m jealous!

I see what you did there....+1

Who didn’t love Jerry Orbach?

“I went from zero to Xenomorph”

“Starbucks used to have this asshole policy where you would close at 10 or whatever, but you couldn’t lock the front door until 10:10 or something, I have no idea why.”

Ditto. 4 years of Catholic high school, we had sex ed/health class where we learned about contraception (and “natural family planning” aka the rhythm method, because Catholic school). And we had standard science/biology class, nothing wiped under the table or too taboo to talk about. (Both sex ed/heatlh and bio were…

One of my best friends is a diehard 9ers fan. Once everyone started posting on his wall after the last player arrest, he just repeatedly posted this cartoon. It was fantastic.

Managers who can’t schedule are the worst. I still remember one Valentine’s Day where we were severely understaffed. V-Day fell on a Tuesday, which is yes, normally slow. But it was freakin’ Valentine’s Day and despite not being a fancypants restaurant (more corporate, family-oriented place to eat), we still got…