Not many folks noticed Sony's announcement earlier this year that they'd be phasing out the Minidisc format. In fact, most people were unaware that it was even still alive in the 21st century.

As it turns out, Sony …

Well, apparently I overslept today, and while I was out of it, Congress managed to turn our country into a utopia. They must have:

eradicated crime,
addressed the disparity between rich and poor in health care,
secured our borders,
rendered us safe from terrorism …

I grew up on Chris Claremont's X-Men. The book struck a chord with me, and soap-opery as it was, it was much better than the silly fare most companies were churning out. Claremont took some of the strangest …