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• MGK on the new Star Trek trailer
  "How do Vulcan teenagers rebel against their parents, anyway?" "Maybe they do math with irrational numbers. Up high!" "You do not get a high five for that joke."
• If you wait long enough, everything is our top priority
  "Last week, you said that customer satisfaction was our top priority, but just now you said that our employees' well-being is our top priority. Which one is the real top priority?"
• Timeline twins, music and movies
  "Listening to Michael Jackson's Thriller today is equivalent to listening to Elvis Presley's first album (1956) at the time of Thriller's release in 1982. Elvis singles in 1956 included Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, and Love Me Tender."
• Just in case you missed the Macy's parade moment everyone is talking about
  Yes, the Macy's parade rickrolled everyone. AWESOME.
• Video: Imaginative Kid
  This adorable French girl spins an incredibly long and detailed story that starts with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger and some baby monkeys, and ends with Hippos and Mammoths and ghosts and witches.
• Trek On
  "Someday George Lucas will die, and the same thing can happen with Star Wars."
• Trailer: Star Trek
  Okay, like any good Trekkie, I've got some concerns about how the new film slots into continuity, but after this trailer, I'm ready to let all that slide. The opening scene alone is worth the price of admission.
• Trailer: Watchmen
  Lots of controversy over Snyder supposedly changing the ending, but he earned a LOT of credit with me for the way he adapted 300, so I'm inclined to cut him some slack. Oh, and the trailer is amazing.
• Trailer: Transporter 3
  It's cheesy, I know, but I absolutely loved the first two, and I'm super excited about this one, too.
• Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
  The infamous essay on the infeasibility of Superman sleeping with Lois Lane. This has been out of print for some time now, but Larry Niven put it up on his site.