TIL that looters are more interesting than archaeologists.

Some do.

One of the things with Michael Myers is that no one ever attacks him with anything sensible. I mean, there was one scene where a cop with a shotgun just stood there and let himself get killed. If you've got a pump-action with enough rounds, just run away and keep shooting! Shoot an arm off, leg, whatever.

Somewhat sad I did not see a mention of Chew, which I have become an avid reader of.

Well, since no one else will, I'll say it: I'm excited for Haven to be back. The show really needs to be wound down, and it seems like Sci-Fi is doing that with the long season. Instead of leaving the series on YARC (yet another ridiculous cliffhanger), there will be closure of some quality, which I hope leans…

It's real

You are the only person I've ever seen who thinks of this as a racist movie. They actually got Chinatown pretty damn perfect (I walk within a few blocks of it daily, and know where most of the scenes were filmed).

So women of average/athletic build are the new "thick"?

I have not seen the first season, because I watched the first two episodes and was like "great, another attempt at comedy by making people look like idiots". Picked it back up season 2 because the girlfriend was watching it and have been a fan until only recently (it seems like they are just trying to stretch it out).

Technically it was a rip-off of "Parts: The Clonus Horror", not "Logan's Run".

'Sup bro? Do you even fremkit?

Interestingly, the film version of this was filmed (partially) near my home when I was growing up. We would occasionally go check out some of the locations (the pond) that we recognized from the movie.

Had a hard time finding this anthology book from when I was a kid. If anyone knows of it based on the description I remember of some of the stories from below, I would be forever in your debt:

Some of the best programmers I've worked with have had philosophy degrees, mostly from Stanford and Berkeley. These are guys who are thinking about really big problems instead of getting lost in nitty-gritty details, and are producing code that is foundational to what other people are doing now. One of them (Berkely…