you can't do that with a tiffany lamp!

In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Given that they've built a giant lightning conductor in the shape of a cage match ring on the lawn of the White hosue, and there may be thunderstorms in the next few days, Mother Nature has the chance to do the FUNNIEST thing this week!

The World Cup kicks off this week, and we wish the many, MANY teams well. I suspect they'll need it given we've already had a well-respected Somali referee refused entry to the US because of Trump's immigration policies.

We lost Anthony Head at the age of 72. Best known as the surrogate father figure of a generation in Buffy, and the definitely NOT the desired father figure of Uther in BBC's Merlin amongst many other stage and screen roles. The outpouring of love for him from basically everyone he ever worked with has been profound, all speaking of his kindness, humour and unflagging support for young and new actors and crew. Too short a life, but one well lived.

I appreciate I've still to make the Pride post I mentioned last week, for which my apologies, it will be coming shortly.