"...it’s hardly a flattering portrayal..."

Why's that? Abed's the most wonderful character I've seen in at least 17 years.

Three pages, and no mention of Troy & Abed?
Some'n just ain't right.

From the photo link...
"The famous “Snow Walls” are formed by expelling this heavy snow..."

Of course, but HOW? I've never seen a snowplow that could cut perfectly vertical walls through that depth of snow.

Almost looks like it was melted by a laser from orbit.

I've always wondered why "liberal" is a bad word: I mean, it's got the same first five letters as "liberty", right?

Then, of course, you could just watch "The Losers"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28

Very frightened right now.

I wonder if these are the same people who don't believe men have walked on the Moon.

"It was the day they meant a real-life monster..."

And they met one, too!

Oh, Steven Hill's story is way more interesting than what you've shown here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hill

Well, gee, if nobody else is gonna comment, I'll offer up my congrats to Iron Jim!
Say what you will about the man's ego, but he can sure put his money where his mouth is!

"Video games are finally being recognized as an art form..."

Ha! Take that, Roger Ebert!

Hehe, I'm suddenly reminded of that shot in the movie "Another Stakeout", where Rosie O'Donnell's Rottweiler goes chasing after the neighbor's cat across the little bridge.
It's at 0:35 in this clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OYjhxe2Uow

I mean, y'know how in every car chase you see, there's ALWAYS a shot of the pursuing car from a camera mounted on the TAIL end of the Hero car...

This one would've worked way better than the half-track Richard Hammond came up with for that "All-Terrain Mobility Scooter Challenge" on Top Gear a couple weeks ago.

I want to go to there.

Yes, this is a MUCH better use of money than, say, the Space Program.

Yeah, while slavery is never a good thing, I like to look at it this way...

There was a time when humans considered ANY animal with sharp teeth to be kinda like The Terminator: "Can't be reasoned with, can't be bargained with, and absolutely will not stop, until you are dead!"
We'd run away or hunt them down and kill them on sight.

The training of such animals for circuses and aquatic parks demonstrated that there is a core gentleness within many of them that can be cultivated and developed, which we otherwise wouldn't even know about.