The original opening sequence had Gordon completing several hundred grant applications, but it didn't playtest well.

Fun fact: in the entire run of Pinky and The Brain, there were only two occasions where they were pondering the same thing: once when Pinky had been made temporarily super-intelligent, and once when they were both pondering how unlikely it was that they were both pondering the same thing.

Rule 34 in particular is an excellent read, and expands on some of the concepts in the post.

Scholar of the SECOND Sin.

Cosmetics, apparently: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/health/2015/04/14/baby-foreskin-facial-boston-hydrafacial/

Did he also eat his meat raw and sleep in trees?

"again"

I used to think he was the modern Thomas Edison, but it turns out he's actually the modern Thomas Edison.

This guy is plainly off to hunt some trolls.

I can has Chesebro?

I feel sorry for anyone else who has to use her keyboard.

I think that counts as "cruel and unusual".

Same; I'm Scottish, so anything over about 35C will literally kill me. A week's diving in Malta during October, though? Lovely!

I'm not sure this will work out...

I've lived in a house with these windows for the last 15 years, and didn't know this.

I remember the first time that I read this, before I'd read any of Weir's more popular things. I was on a crowded bus at the time; after I'd finished the sorry, I looked around and had a bit of an Existential Moment.

Just after Salmon(d). Presumably, the next one will be the well-known Scottish politician Davey Coelacanth.

I've just finished Control; picked up the enhanced edition (includes the DLCs), and thoroughly enjoyed it. The combat feels satisfying once you get the mechanics down, and I loved the plot/environment. Like playing a mash-up of the SCP Wiki and The Lost Room.

I'VE GIVEN THEE COURTESY ENOUGH

He somehow manages to simultaneously look like both Beavis and Butthead.