That must make it hard for Jess to hang out with Jess, then...

this may truthfully be the nerdiest song we've written

Jess doesn't hang out with people who refer to themselves in the third person. Plus, I'm in Tanzania!

Anyone want to join Paras on a pseudo-impromptu trip to Hinton/Jasper for two-ish days during August long weekend?

Sounds like last saturday! That's right I didn't give a f*&k that whole day!

Why Batman Could Exist--But Not for Long:

Why such a long training time?
Batman can't really afford to lose. Losing means death—or at least not being able to be Batman anymore. But another benchmark is having enough skill and experience to defend himself without killing anyone. Because that's part of his credo. It would be much easier to fight somebody if you could incapacitate them with extreme force. Punching somebody in the throat could be a lethal blow. That's pretty easy to do.

But if you're thinking about something that doesn't result in lethal force, that's more tricky. It's really hard for people to get their heads around, I think. To be that good, to not actually lethally injure anyone, requires an extremely high level of skill that would take maybe 15 to 18 years to accumulate.

11 hours left to watch...

Actually, it was a quote from an interview with Nellie McKay (link? where'd I put that link? Oh, here it is.) She was referring to Being John Malkovich, I think, and saying that her goal is to reach a point where she could just up and switch careers to, say, puppetry and have her audience just run with it.