And it's available instantly on Netflix…I think my evening plans have taken shape.

Thanks for the suggestions! With my affinity for The Lady Vanishes, I will have to look into some of those others.

The Lady Vanishes
is one of my favorite Hitchcock films (and, perhaps, films in general). It's not one of those that I get something new out of every time I watch it, but it never fails to delight me. The elements of humor he threw in make it stand out from some of Hitchcock's other works. Perhaps somebody more…

If I had to guess, it wasn't even edible. But it was a symbolic wasting of food, and that was enough to make it verboten in the Kinski household.

When it first came on the air
I wasn't allowed to watch Clarissa Explains it All because, in my mother's words, "Clarissa is too sassy." Likewise, I wasn't allowed to watch Double Dare because they wasted too much food. Fortunately, these restrictions vanished once she saw how enjoyable the show was, sass and all.

When my wife and I lived in China there was a segment of sidewalk around the corner from our apartment that we called "the poo district," as it was inevitably littered with poo. Primarily from dogs and human babies. There were no external signs to indicate why this section of sidewalk attracted a disproportionate…

Pat the Bunny-Style
That description alone makes me want the Hasselhoff calendar. Man, I read "Pat the Bunny" long after it was developmentally appropriate. The variety of textures in that book—did they cause my persistent desire to know what different materials might feel like, or did my innate tactile curiosity…

2011: Books and Movies
I don't do a lot of resolutions, but I do make vague goals for the year. This year the goal on books was to read 50. If all goes according to plan, I should finish the 50th (Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges) this afternoon. This year, my goal is to work through as many of the huge (500+ pages)…

Pynchon is on my list this year. I had planned to start with Mason & Dixon, as that was what I found first at my local used bookstore. Any thoughts on that? Good place or bad place to start?

I recently read "A Dictionary of Maqiao" by Han Shaogong. It was a bit slow here and there, but it was an interesting perspective on rural Chinese life mixing with the cultural revolution (seen through the eyes of a idealist young person who was part of the "Down to the Countryside" movement). That being said, I…

I realize it's four months after this thread has essentially closed, but I wanted to say that I regularly ate many of the above combinations when I was younger, including the salami and peanut butter. I second the notion that it isn't limited to teenagers—I still have a tendency to throw whatever we have around…

Disney Cover Albums
There are are a ridiculous number of Disney song cover albums out there, most of which are terrible, but there is at least one worth a listen: Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films. It includes a near-unrecognizable Tom Waits cover of "Heigh Ho," a marvelous…

…………: Yes, I have that same trouble. And there's always the inevitable, "so wait, it's part of The Onion? Are the reviews fake?"

Look at that! My first unintentional firstie-related insult! Thanks, ShrikeTheAvatar.

Hello, World!
Dear AV Club,