I really only have one thing to say about this ep:

( Spoilery caps )

When the school district has to provide grief counselors because of the number of positions they need to cut next year, you might be underfunding the public school system.

You know. Just a little.

William Tell Family Medicine: Because Life Doesn't Give You a Second Shot

I guess in this case, an apple a day means the doctor will just shoot it off your head.

Legend of Korra Premieres Early

YES.

So, this work week started with us noticing a small horde of mice had moved into our office and ended up with a family of naked religious zealots getting arrested right outside the main entrance! OH THE JOYS OF BEING GAINFULLY EMPLOYED.

In other news, I have recently been amusing Katherine by pitting my wits against Cleverbot, a web-based AI that ( Read more... )

Today the Mary Sue is featuring The Ten Most Successful Failures in Geekdom, and you will never guess who made the listI can only assume the factual errors in the first paragraph (Torchwood STARTED the Battle of Canary Wharf; Torchwood 3 has been around and failing for at least 100 years...) are a spirited attempt at solidarity. Also, it's kind of ( Read more... )

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark gets new, far less pants-wettingly horrific illustrations

This makes me deeply sad, because as the article points out, the art pretty much MADE those books. And it's not like it was sprung on unsuspecting innocent children. If you couldn't look at this:


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Most ambivalent present ever?

The good news: Doctor Who Series 7 starts filming on my birthday!

The bad news: CHRIS CHIBNALL WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

"But will a better thing make us happier? We’re inclined to think, “of course it would!” But that’s because, as social psychologists have come to understand quite well, we’re not very good at predicting what will make us happy. In fact, we suck at it.Incidentally, sociologists have found that after you make ~$70,000/year, more money does not make ( Read more... )

WELL THAT HAPPENED

I am going to post only POSITIVE REACTIONS. Yes.

( TEN TOTALLY NICE THINGS )