Actually, demanding that she alter her vision to accommodate what someone on the Internet insists it should look like, is COMPLETELY unreasonable.

"Kids, let me tell you about another so-called 'wicked' guy. He had long hair and some wild ideas, and *he* didn't always do what other people thought was right. And that man's name was… I forget. But the point is… I forget that, too. Marge, you know who I'm talking about. He used to drive that blue car?"

I've been using this a lot lately — I'm an editor, and it's a great note to scrawl in margins.

"Don't laugh at me! I was once like you!"

Well, considering I personally couldn't care less about the NSA, revelations or no, I'd say "unimportant" is in the eye if the beholder.

"'Meeting Across
The River'…is the worst use of sax man Clarence Clemons"

I give that honor to "Back Seat of My Car."

You idiot! He was the most talented one!

No Rabin = no me! Without you I make no sense! LOOK AT MY NAME FOR CHRISSAKES!

Yeah, but Paul Williams left Crawdaddy in 1971.

At what point in our grief does it become acceptable to point out that, groundbreaking as he was, Paul Williams was one of the blandest, most lifeless writers ever to pick up a pen?

Favorite Grandpa Simpson lines:

You know, there's potential for that cultural conflict you speak of in the Branson storyline.  It's now summer 1920 in the Downton universe; in a year, Ireland signs a treaty granting them independence, and British administration leaves the island. So there could be a whole "first cracks in the Empire" thing; Sybil is…

I actually liked the Sam plotline here. Not so much because of any connection with Elsa, who we never really saw. But I've been waiting for a long time for BN to deal with the high cost that comes with being Michael's friend, and with what happens when he asks too much of them. It may be giving the show too much…

I actually liked the Sam plotline here. Not so much because of any connection with Elsa, who we never really saw. But I've been waiting for a long time for BN to deal with the high cost that comes with being Michael's friend, and with what happens when he asks too much of them. It may be giving the show too much…

"It could be an alias."

"It could be an alias."

Anyone wanna change seats with me?

Anyone wanna change seats with me?

"The incredibly tender way Homer talks about hitting a referee with a whiskey bottle absolutely slays me."