Joyless. Sure. I don't often comment for the purpose of telling someone that they don't know what they're talking about, but, well, you don't know what you're talking about if you really believe he's anything resembling "joyless."

Does Drew still advocate not telling your partner you had an affair if a.) you don't want to hurt their feelings and b.) you're gonna try really hard not to do it again?

It pleases me immensely to see colonial Pearl making this particular declaration.

I saw them ten years ago and they played songs from every album except Binaural, though only one from Vitalogy. They have so many songs. Not every set is going to be a perfect balance of their entire catalogue.

Ach! I didn't think of that. Surely not a coincidental recycling of imagery then, right?

"I'm here."

Or things could get so much worse that the worries of today will seem quaint by comparison.

That's also where Steven and Garnet go inside Pearl, which is pretty wacky.

I'll also throw in a word for the Greg Universe Special, which is a lovely little one-shot.

In the comic Too Cool for School, Steven helps Connie befriend her classmates. It's pretty cute.

That's why I said it wasn't really canon "as such." As long as nothing on the show contradicts it, it's safe to assume it happened.

Right? You've got a choice between an all-time classic book title and literally the most generic title possible for a haunted house movie.

The late and lamented Roger Ebert once emailed me to compliment me on a comment I posted to his blog about the Beijing Olympics. That was pretty fantastic.

My primary issue with it is that it isn't really light at all. Pretty much everyone on in it is a legitimately terrible person. It often feels to me like the writers must hate the characters given how incredibly unpleasant they all are. And then there's the fact that I've never seen any show that demonstrates such a…

Well, if it's any consolation, he didn't know what an essay was back in The Classroom Gems shorts. Pearl clearly didn't give many written assignments.

Right. And I'm not predicting that she will be. I could see her reaction totally going either way, which is why I'm so interested in learning which way they choose to go with it.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil is so much better than I ever expected it to be. Genuinely clever and heartfelt stuff with some excellent guest stars, including Jenny Slate and Jeffrey Tambor. We Bare Bears is thoroughly charming and, as noted, quite low key most of the time. And Charlyne Yi's character, Chloe, is…

Truly the central unasked question of the episode: What inspired Sardonyx to name her imaginary stage manager Jorge?

Is there anything that's worth more than peace and love on the planet Earth?

Yep, as another student at Connie's school.