Esther Inglis-Arkell's discussions

I like this one better because it has a puppy. Read more

I recall there also being a Honeychile Ryder. Read more

No more honey for breakfast. Read more

That's really cool, but also scary as hell. Read more

I don't know the exact problems, but I know most zoos either have a bleach treatment or a salt-water treatment that kills the algae. (I would love to see the grooming of a polar bear.) Read more

Sorry. It's the abbreviation for Grand Unified Theory. Read more

That's the idea behind GUT. That they might be equivalent. Read more

Oh god. You're right! Scientists need to look into this right away! Read more

Hey, the GUT could just be a pipe dream, so it may not be a problem anyway. Read more

Quark puns. Love 'em. Read more

They spray you with poop? Every *day* a new reason to dislike spiders. Read more

Sir, you are on. Scorpions are cooler, less horrific, and glow in the dark. Read more

Better than all that dangerous mucking about in improbability. (I like the concept of the recipriversexcluson.) Read more

He'll get you by tonight. Read more

Was that around the time of the commercials with the doctors endorsing cigarettes? Because if so I see a connection. Read more

Well, for one, I watch multiple times. For another, it's a little bit my job to point out all the flaws. If you look online, a ton of very, very good movies have wrong assumptions and gaping plot holes. So don't feel bad. Read more

Well, Dinah and her fellow lawyer have talked about lawsuits a couple of times. Read more

If so, he really isn't dead. That's heartening. Read more

Maybe that's why anti-heroes are more popular. They can go out and hunt people down, act up, and generally do more things under their own power. Read more

It's literature this week, so we keep all our explosions metaphorical. Read more