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Oops, I meant this to be a reply to veruna below.

Thanks to Obama’s compromise, this shouldn’t be an issue – insurance companies are now mandated to cover contraceptives if an institution owned by a religious organization opts out. It sounds as though many […]

$100 for a suit of armor? Get.

You’re right; I believe is on the What’s My Line, Part 1 commentary. If I remember correctly, they made a last-minute decision to have Kendra come from Jamaica – I don’t know what they had in mind for her origins […]

Personally, I find it strange that people take Mario seriously enough to try and glean life lessons from it. The entirety of the Mario universe is so utterly nonsensical that even as a kid (playing NES, SNES, and […]

Ax and the cinnamon buns! I freaking love the Animorphs, and you give a great analysis of the series’ value. I’ve always been impressed with the author’s ability to create distinctive personalities and narrative […]

Agreed with everything! This is why I love fancypants airport bathrooms with the rotating plastic seat sheaths. Wasteful as all hell, I know, but it’s as if I don’t appreciate how stressful is it to use the […]

Cool list! I’m also looking forward to A Universe from Nothing – only a few more days! I have a number of favorites in evolutionary biology that may be of interest to you guys. A couple are oldies-but-goodies: Why […]

No book comes close to The Lord of the Rings for me (all three, baby – Tolkien considered it one volume split into three sections). It’s far from perfect, but I think that its flaws lend it an endearing sense of […]

I went to a medium-sized, major research university in the Northeastern U.S.  Tenure-track faculty hold the title of Assistant, Associate, Full or Emeritus professor, in that order, and are either hired as […]

My organic chemistry professor in undergrad once requested during a lecture that we address him as Professor rather than Doctor, since a professorship is an advanced title that he earned after his doctorate – not […]

This is really great to hear! I’m pretty dependent on pads, but the amount of disposal menstrual products in my bathroom is excessive. I didn’t use tampons for several years after menarche since I had both […]