…as is our tendency to pelt people with snowballs and/or batteries.

I almost forgot about Toby's one-man mission to save the local Syrian restaurant. Toby's been criminally underutilized lately.

I'd give it a B
I thought the first half was pretty strong: it was great to see Phyllis and Stanley go mad with power, the scene of Andy nervously trying to figure out where Erin had hidden the leads was hilarious, and we got the first scene in a while where Michael talks to corporate on the phone (Michael, I don't…

Make friends first, make sales second, make love third, in no particular order.

Dragon Tattoo
Is just about one me
I got it for you
So now do you want me?

Crackers are a family food. Happy families. Maybe single people eat crackers — we don't know. Frankly, we don't want to know. It's a market we can do without!

Also, I hear that Focus on the Family is going to air an ad during next year's Independent Spirit Awards with Georgia Brown and Noah Baumbach.

"Fact: Year after year, Hoberman never even deigns to review movies with black subjects, and he passes this racist contempt on to his epigones."

Whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did it.

What is maybe?

Spin never could commit to a rating system. When I had a subscription 5 years ago, they used letter grades. A few years later they had star ratings. Last time I read a copy, they were using a 1-10 scale. I'm curious where they'll go from there.

Spin, huh?
(Derisive snort)

He does that so predators won't sneak up on him.

I was waiting for it. They'll be going back, though.

…and not without precedent. Didn't Kelvin keep Desmond in the Swan with the threat of a non-existent infection?

Not-Locke told Sawyer he was sending him because he was the best liar he'd ever met. I wonder where Ben ranks on that list.

WHAT DOES GOD NEED WITH A STARSHIP?!

Forbidden Closet of Mystery
So, anyone think that locked door on the sub has something important behind it? Is it too much for me to hope that Desmond is inside?

That Sayid bit was awesome. He stole the scene by doing absolutely nothing.

I thought she was Laura Roslin a few times.