The computer queeped softly and then said, “Ship's systems ....”

[…] whereas shows like Joe Millionaire and The Bachelor served as the brunt of the more snarkastic forums, whose viewers are nonetheless avid viewers of the shows they pan.

I don't like my name, said Delphine. Nobody likes their own name. I don't like mine. Lauren's nice. They picked a nice name for you.

Fire-worship brings into view again, though under different aspects and with different results, the problems presented by water-worship.