OK, I just happened to read "Tristan" in a literature class a couple years ago, so I'm not as familiar with Mann as I may have made myself seem. I've only read that story and the first part of "Death in Venice." Thanks for the tip, though; I did some searching, and "The Magic Mountain" is now on my ever-expanding list…

I haven't seen it yet, but the premise and setting remind me of Thomas Mann's short story "Tristan" which is also set in a European sanatorium. Just thought I would mention it in the event that anyone else familiar with semi-obscure German literature happened to make a similar connection.

My roommate finished the last half of this show (what's aired so far, that is) last night while I finished writing a paper. Didn't feel like going elsewhere to write it, so I stayed and watched it with her (I was so close to finishing anyway). I thought I would hate it, but I wound up liking it. It didn't hurt me like…

Exactly! They're essentially air-based "food."

That actually makes a ton of sense. Glad I could help you out bro, and stay strong.

Seriously?! How so?

This is the most I've enjoyed the Walking Dead since Carol blew up Terminus at the beginning of season five. I gave up on it during the second half of season six, but I decided to give it another shot, and this episode gives me reason to keep watching it for now. I love the insane theatricality of "The Kingdom" and…

Windows 3 is a little before my time (I'm 21), so I didn't catch that, but I thought the year was a mistake for a split second, then realized that the show had jumped ahead four years. And of course, the inevitable involvement of the characters in the creation of the World Wide Web finally happened.

I think I made it through a side and a half once, but then I had something better to do. I thought I could take it since I'm a huge extreme metal fan, but then I realized that at least extreme metal has actual songs with some sort of structure to them. MMM is Lou Reed's arbitrarily organized guitar feedback, not, you…

As far as I knew, the copyright line on Donna's computer was 100% accurate, so I found this whole exchange very enlightening. It would seem that once again, I have much to learn from my elders.

I'm not sure. Maybe it's unique to software because it's constantly evolving, so software companies need different copyright protection, but I don't know for sure. I'm 21, and the earliest Windows OS I ever used was 95, and even when I was seven I considered it ancient. Skifree was a fun game, though I could never…

The moment I saw "Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1990" my jaw dropped and I knew this was going to be one killer double finale. I've been with this show since the beginning, too, and I am continually stunned as to how much it continues to improve.

Ohhh, I'm looking forward to this one! Usually when I watch SVU I stick with Stabler-era episodes, but this is an exception I'll gladly make.

I would rather read "War and Peace" while listening to Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" than watch this. The FX miniseries was enough OJ for this millennial.

Finally got caught up on HACF after a busy week, and I was floored by this heartbreaking, mesmerizing episode. I think it will go down as their own "The Suitcase." I will be deeply depressed if this series isn't renewed for a fourth season. I've been with this show from the very beginning and have loved seeing it…

Ok, I'll give you that North Carolina is technically the South (these days). Back then however, NC (and VA) might as well have been the mid-Atlantic for how well-defined those areas were, culturally and geographically.

Ok, I'll give you that the show is set in North Carolina, which is technically the South, but that's splitting hairs. VA and NC can fit into either vaguely defined geographical area (those areas being the South and the mid-Atlantic) of the United States in my book.

As a history nerd/major, I'm geeking out over the campy depictions of early colonial life. Despite the show's campiness, the mid-Atlantic colonies really did struggle like in the show, much more so than the New England colonies did.

Loved the documentary style of this season! This season's premiere is far more intriguing to me than Hotel's premiere was.

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