The Newsroom

That's the hilarious Canadian series about local news, NOT the dreadful Aaron Sorkin show.

This is madness!

Douglas Adams fans are hereby ordered to watch Dirk Gently.

Oh, and the original British version of House of Cards.

You can never go wrong with booze.

I also love love love Bob's Burgers.

We put it on repeat during our all-night Dungeons and Dragons sessions.

At school I made "wine" out of fruit punch and bread yeast.

I forgot to let the pressure off one batch while it was fermenting, and the resulting explosion put a hole in the wall.

My roommates forbade me from conducting any experimental fermentation from that point forward.

Even the batches that didn't explode caused one HELL of a hangover, but at least I didn't go blind.

During fermentation, the artificial colours in the "fruit punch" would separate from the liquid, leaving a half-inch layer of purpley sludge at the bottom.

Good times.

My sister made us stock up on bottled water and canned goods during the first Gulf War.

Eyeroll.

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I most recently marathoned Red Dwarf X and Hyperdrive.

I'm halfway through the first season of The Wire.

I'm absolutely addicted to Hannibal, but it is not for everybody. It's the closest you can get to a true horror on network tv without getting threats from the FCC.

For political hijinx, you can't go wrong with Veep.

Once again, The Onion nails it: Obama Supporter Has Perfectly Improbable Explanation Absolving President From Blame For Scandals

Not quite.  It was first used for prototyping new products.

A majority of the public does not vote.

I just finished reading Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall.

My favourite bit was when the upper-class convict's supper of foie gras was delivered to the convict next door by mistake, and the next door convict complained to the warden that they were serving him rotten meat.

That's totally gonna me my new default insult for people, regardless of the context.

"You're such an oak whore!"

I look forward to the puzzled look on their faces.