Day: January 23, 2014

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Babylonia!

Patrick January 23, 2014

Welcome back to the Babylon 5 Season Two Book Club! The first episode can be found here,...

When is Esquire like Homer Simpson? [Updated] IFRL-TLC-Patterns-43222482870_86c976cae7_o

When is Esquire like Homer Simpson? [Updated]

Russell Saunders January 23, 2014

In which a gay man and a straight man review Esquire magazine's "Straight Man's Guide" to HBO's...

Will The Doctor See You Now? IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-gemaldegalerie.the-wings-of-the-wurzach-altar-10

Will The Doctor See You Now?

Will Truman January 23, 2014

There has been a spate of skepticism towards the alleged impending physician shortage.

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Conspicuous non-consumption

Vikram Bath January 23, 2014

Not playing the game is a game of its own.

Orbology!

Orbology!

Mike Schilling January 23, 2014

The Small Gods book club starts!

Oleaginous Abundance IFRL-Mindiv-26516537916_5862ecb1df_o

Oleaginous Abundance

Burt Likko January 23, 2014

This appears to be the trendy item to have in your kitchen this season. But, what to...

Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: The Escape RoomRemember what the drowning man said: "A little drunk is better than dead."
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThere are bad ideas on both sides, both sides can correctly point to the others' and say that they'r…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025There is no benefit to trying to cozy up to Trump and Co., example one trillion: New Jersey Governor…
North in reply to Philip H on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointRed states build a lot more infrastructure, housing and such development compared to their Blue stat…
North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointFreddie has always had this squeamishness about YIMBY’s that I think stems from the fact that he, in…
Saul Degraw in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025And he has more available but this was expected.
Dark Matter in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I asked Google's AI the history of that word/medical-phrase. ...gained prominence in the mid-20th ce…
Philip H in reply to DensityDuck on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointWhat pray tell do you think the Right in the US is correct about? I mean Democrats borrowed the righ…
Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Welp. I guess he has now had his due process. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361208/mahmoud-k…
CJColucci in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I'm not sure about that. I'm older than RFK, Jr., and I remember when I was in 8th grade and homeroo…