"12 Inches of Snow."

The best part about Spooner, Wisconsin is that there is an iron train bridge over the highway emblazoned in spray paint with "SPOONER BLOWS" in gigantic lettering. It has been there for many, many years and nobody has bothered to paint it over. At this point, it is the most distinguishing feature of Spooner.

I don't think it's fair to make a direct comparison between the Wire and Homicide. The similarities are obvious (Simon, Baltimore, murders, bureaucracy) but while the Wire is a broad serial played out over multiple seasons, each episode of Homicide was like a great little movie. Generally speaking, an episode…

I'll never forget watching that scene with friends in high school. Rewind, watch again, debate what we just saw.

…and then Virginia Madsen as Princess Irulan appears.

Juggernaut apparatus?

B-Cum

Far Out Man.

I'm fairly certain that Hank was referring to his fantasy football league's draft rather than the NFL player draft. Most fantasy leagues draft around Labor Day, so I'd put this moment in say, June. It's still compressed time, but there's a little more breathing room.

Every song is good.

"Isn't She Lovely" is another mention of that name.

It's funny you say that. I'm married to an Alison and despite my face value love for the song, I've always been ambivalent about embracing 'Alison.'  It's not a song to put on a mix tape for a girl you meet with that name.

Where I'm from, it would be a toss-up between "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "30 Point Buck" by Bananas At Large.

Third the "Fuck Yeah Animorphs."

Don't forget the International Crane Foundation; a place where grown adults dress up as giant white birds and teach baby cranes how to fly.

Tell us about the Great Lakes, Gordon!

I'm much more effected by the description of the ship getting swamped and the hopeless feeling of panic that must've been.

You drive boats on Lake Superior? Do I know you?

While visiting some friends in Seattle, a group of about seven of us drunkenly belted out Edmund Fitz at a karaoke bar. The eight minute dirge was not a big hit with the crowd.

"Mad Men has opened itself up so much that the final season can be about literally anything."