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The Escapist Forums has posting rules that strongly discourage "vs." threads, and it is the job of the mods to shut them down when they arise. Some of them do this with more flair than others.

Quoth the poster, regarding the epic question of Chuck Norris vs. Jack Bauer:

"this is your chance to choose the outcome of the most epic fight mankind will ( Read more... )

I'll pretend it's my fandom ( Read more... )

I was talking to my coworker, a man in his 60s, about the gym shooting. I said to him that the larger problem, the source of guys like that, is that there is this cultural idea that cunt is a natural resource that men have a right to, and that women are hoarding it and denying it to them. He thought about it a second and agreed with me. I like

I was explaining WoW (which I have been playing with all moderation one would expect of me), in the most basic fashion, to someone who has only the vaguest knowledge gaming. He thought that it was just a really, really long RPG and he didn't understand the concept of massively multiplayer at all. I find that most people really don't. I have, ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading the short stories of [b]James Tiptree Jr.[/b] (Alice Sheldon). Her work stands well as both science fiction and literature ( Read more... )

Does anyone actually read this thing any more or am I just typing into thin air?

On the flip side, I'm trying to catch up with you folks. Some of you have lives that are like TV shows - I missed a bunch of episodes and now there are new characters and I don't know any of the story arcs, and I'm kinda lost.

I went to go see Star Trek with cathaus today and I thought it was a pretty well done movie. I thought the casting was pretty pitch perfect, especially the fellow playing McCoy, and of course Sylar as Spock. (Yes, I know the actor has a name but I mean, c'mon--he's Sylar. The guy plays who plays Kirk manages to turn his asshat into a rather jaunty ( Read more... )

( This really makes me want Doctor Who/X-Files crossover Nine/Scully fic )

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This is rather apropo, as I just found out while I was on vacation that I got a little studio apartment in NW Portland within walking distance of my job, my shrink, my chiropractor, my massage therapist, the would like to house my car in her driveway in exchange ( Read more... )