Not helping with the Deep South stereotypes

Alabama elected this guy the GOP nominee for US Senator. Hence the observation.

As most jokes go, it's a sick one. As most realities go, it might be time to move somewhere else.

Now reading

International Relations Theory (fourth edition) by Scott Burchill et al., because apparently I had a need to indulge in some breezy light reading during the early fall.

Another black eye anime cons didn't need

Namely, this. Oy gevalt.

I try my damnedest to be positive about anime fandom and anime conventions in general, but it's shit like this and the entire creeper debacle at Project A-Kon back in 2013 that remind me what a mistake that can be. I wish I could sit back and say things like this never happen, but that's simply not the case.

Worst. Facepalm. Ever.

Considering who actually did it and why, that is.

Is it too early to consider future plans for a bomb shelter, yet?