Orlion Blight

I believe the idea is to read yourself into a coma, that way when you wake up (hopefully with minimal brain damage!) the next Sanderson book will be out! Hoo-ray!

Why not sing some Flogging Molly? I like to pretend that the Slytherians were the good guys all along. After all, the Harry Potter books are clearly propaganda for the tyrannical cause of the Gryffindors.

I hate the Watter's World segment. It's just an excuse for a smug clown to show everyone how much more clever he is than anyone else.

So is a friend of mine, and he has three

It is! I can't think of a single successful relationship that did not involve a cat

I prefer the overly dramatic approach. "Are you regretting not having that abortion, MOM?!" "Wha- I never..." "I didn't ask to be born, mom! You made me this way! YOU MADE ME THIS WAY!" "Honey..." "I wanted to be a teapot. A teapot, mother! Short AND stout! Well, you ruined my dreams...so now I will ruin yours!" At that point you upload a blog entry with all sorts of spelling errors to her blog detailing her conversion to Islam.

But that's all they have in Iowa!

Yeah, the problem with the Nice GuyTM approach is that 1) You aren't being clear in your intentions. That comes off as confusing and at times creepy, 2) Taken to an extreme, you can end up as a creepy guy who feels entitled to a relationship because "you're better". Things will always start of awkward. That's normal, so just dive in! And if it doesn't work out, well, here's a video about it.

Fourth Doctor is best Doctor And here's some Alan Parsons angst for ya, Twi

"Funny" story: a friend of my sister-in-law was bragging about how much more she knew then health professionals because of her motherly instinct, so not vaccinating her children and taking them throughout south America was the best thing to be done. (This was on Facebook, for clarification). I told her she was a terrible and abusive mother (told you this subject angers me). So my sister-in-law complains to my brother that I was rude to which he replied, "Well, he was right, though". Thus, attracting all the outage to himself. As far as the spoilered part: Any way, time to listen to a porcupine

Cormac McCarthy?

There are very few things that are guaranteed to make me angry. That viewpoint is one of them.

Always!

Why not just make hamburgers, then?

They are, I hear tell that one of her daughters is in the process of liberating herself!

Speak for yourself! I wants my hardcovers!

I imagine someone was browsing on their phone and accidentally downvoted it.

I read because I enjoy it as an art form. So I don't always read for story... in fact, nowadays, I almost never do. Some of my favorite books consist of the "plot" just kinda dragging its feet, instead I love them because of how the prose is constructed, how time can be slowed down during intense fast moments or how a man's cracking knees are as important to his character as his mood or motivations... perhaps even more so! I read Brandon because he's enjoyable. He's a fun break from other heavier reads, but he also learns from the successes and mistakes of other fantasy authors. His has enough crafting to calm my more pretentious side when I read it... much like a hint of salt on a Ritz cracker. He's also been very consistent, which is something to treasure in your genre writers. I'm also different from most people on this site (it seems) in that I think magic should have less rules, not more... not even a system. To me, the more rules you have, the more extant your system, the less you end up with magic and the more you end up with fictional physics. I find a good piece of magical realism like, say, The Satanic Verses to have more magic in it then the entirety of Brandon's works. That's not to say I hate Brandon's systems, as I've said he uses the rules to enhance or build whatever story he's telling... often times, it also helps with action scenes. I just prefer my magic to be magic

Woo-hoo! Edit to clarify: To me, I would be freaking out about arriving in time for work, even though I think with my current job they would be very understanding.

The Disney channel use to show the Ewoks movies all the time. They are sadly and terrifyingly all too real.

You all forget the Star Wars Holiday special and two Ewoks movies.

Have I mentioned how much I hate auto correct? Thanks for the catch!

Besides Pestis, unloading problems that are troubling you is explicitly what this thread is for! If anyone says otherwise, we'll beat them up and take their milk money!

As a new moderator, you should strive to make this happen!