For some reason, the fact that that occurred in PG County makes perfect sense to me.

You know what I did when I got "tired of the dating scene?" I stopped fucking dating and got a dog, like a normal person.

Well, they both did recently lose the use of their legs.

So 70's Professor X was ... Lieutenant Dan?

WHY DOES HE NEED AN ORGANIC HAND? WHY???

For the last year or two DC editorial hasn't gone a day without putting their foot in their mouth.

Which is impressive, since their head has been lodged firmly up their ass the whole while.

Who wears a bra with pajamas?

At least the George Washington house is with it enough to hire a slave roleplayer. A lot of landmark houses in the South just euphamistically refer to "servants' quarters", and let the slave quarters decay, so there is literally no visible sign left of the people whose work made all that you see possible.

Love this one.

Funny enough, there is a real cyberculture now. We just call it everyday life. It pretty much grew organically, rather than being forced like it was in the beginning. I realized not too long ago that a lot of the terms I use every day wouldn't make any sense to anyone in the pre-internet days.

Your grandpa and I used to shoulder-surf passwords off the suits working at Datasphere and sell them to the Japanese for chunks of hot RAM. Ah, we were young cyberpunks in love. The moment I saw him reflected in my mirror-shades I knew he was the one.

It's an image scanner. Thus the reference to "literary appropriations".

Also, LOL at the supposed need to carry around a freaking hand-held scanner at all times. Of course. Of course. Every cyber-punk needs to check the price of Mountain Dew when they're making a dash for the supermarket before heading home for Zelda.

to all the people bitching about paid leave, keep in mind that

When you can't use the simple truth and you have to make up ridiculous false facts to back your position, you've completely failed and are basically admitting it.

Thank you thank you thank you. This gold is now on my iPod. It's in both my running and party playlists. Awesome.

A bit off topic, but I think Mod Carousel sounds better than Robin Thicke. I would much rather hear their version on the radio than his. Anyone else with me?