OK, so your first paragraph identifies two facts: that more cars are traveling over 81 MPH and that deaths from "high speed accidents" are increasing but overall deaths are decreasing. But everything after that is only your conjecture based on those facts, and your conclusions seem pretty off, starting with "This…

And when it became clear that that's all the comics were interested in talking about, I quit reading them. Just like this review says, that kind of story can be spooky or thrilling or even thought provoking over a pulpy novel or a movie, but stretched out over years for the comic book or show and it's just boring and…

The Walking Dead can be about nihilism all it wants, but then it's just… boring. Might as well be playing Left 4 Dead

Nah, if the Governor really wanted Rick to back down, he would have killed Michonne before he even announced himself and THEN threatened Herschel.

I thought Rick's speech, combined with the Governor's decapitation of Santa Claus, to be pretty persuasive. I think the show created a pretty big plot hole by having everyone besides Lesbian Cop think the Governor was the level-headed one in that exchange.

How exactly was this "character based?" You said something about "the Governor thinks he can't change so he assumes Rick hasn't changed." Changed from what?

Completely agree. There needed to be something, anything, to explain what was going on with this group. They could have had a scene where a bunch of people are shown to agree with crazy tank guy's kill or be killed attitude. The Governor could have added in some throwaway line in his rallying speech that "oh BTW Rick…

You do have a point. It's certainly not ironic every time a plane goes down just because it is unlikely to happen.

I don't know that there are any relevant statistics for us to settle this. If you know of any, I'd like to see it. But I read your argument as saying (1) There are a number of high-cost safety technologies that could be placed into uber-expensive cars, but aren't for cost reasons, and (2) because of the absence of…

I think you're going to need to cite to evidence to back up these supposed trends you've noticed. The vast majority of the "performance sector" follows all of the same safety and technology standards as the rest of the automotive industry. Many safety innovations in fact come from expensive, high-powered machines…

The other person was a friend of Paul Walker, his partner in a car tuning shop they owned together, and a very experienced racer in his own right, although not a professional. The car was a project car for their shop, and a Porsche notorious for being hard to control.

He was a genuine car fanatic and well known in the car culture scene. The driver of the car that killed him was his co-owner in a tuning shop. I think his legacy should at least in part be connected to the car scene his movies helped create, as he was a part of that scene in his personal life.

Yes, the character he played did engage in super-risky behavior in cars, and yet always survived.
Fast and Furious: barely made it through a train crossing ahead of a train while drag racing
2 Fast 2 Furious: drove a car from the 1960's with no obvious safety modifications (maybe racing seat belts?) off of a pier,…

Nah, the plane is ironic to anyone hearing the song, because anyone hearing the song would recognize there is an extremely small chance of anyone dying in a plane crash, and thus they would not expect the man to die in a crash.

Between Cibo Matto and the Tokyo Shock Boys appearing on that show I think Viva Variety kinda jumpstarted the whole Japan = wow so crazy! meme for me.

Topics season 2 starting soon?

I think I might be with you on this one. Actually, yes. Absolutely. Third best album behind Ten and Vs., followed by Yield for me.

I did when I was a student! And I sure as hell did last weekend against Ohio State, even in my living room.

Boo. So between this and season 8 black girls keep getting robbed by ugly brunettes with scrunched up faces.

Was Sean Cheeseman the one that came up with the routine on SYTYCD Canada? If so I'm not sure what the problem is. A talented choreographer gets to show a piece they created to a different audience, perhaps with a little tweaking in the intervening time.