The complaint is expressed strangely: "A Woman is a willfully difficult album from an artist who excels at doing nothing else; shame on such a great opener for suggesting otherwise." Either it's a "great opener," or it's not. PJ wrote the song and put it there as track #1: PJ can suggest whatever she wants about PJ.…

Re: blisters. You just blew my mind. I switch back and forth between the first batch of Beatles CDs I bought in the 90s, and the more recent mono set…so I never noticed that before.

Another pointless thing to argue about: whether to buy Beatles albums in mono or stereo. (Mono, clearly.)

It's a pattern that one's not likely to notice, so yeah, I've got nothing for this list. How about: albums on which the 3rd song is better than the 2nd, but inferior to the 1st?

I grew up with the American version of "Rubber Soul" (on cassette!)…"Drive My Car" as the first track (instead of "I've Just Seen a Face") seems just plain wrong.

Same goes with Larks Tongues in Aspic. First track might make you think this will be a BIG GUITAR album, but it's really not.

"If you meet assholes all day, you're the asshole."

Which is more absurd?
A: the moon is an egg.
B: the moon is NOT an egg! come on!

It's also mind-boggling that this guy fancies himself an activist. I'm an atheist, too: he should be thinking about how to get people like you and me to join his party…but instead, he seems to get his jollies irritating people, like any other troll. But he's gone now, so maybe I should stop talking about him behind…

I watched Dominion, the killer angel show…pretty silly, but I enjoyed it. Even if you wouldn't be caught dead watching this dumb show, we could at least imagine a much better angel show that everybody, atheists and believers, would be psyched to watch. (On a high-brow level, if you refuse to read The Divine Comedy…

I'm hoping that Missy is just Sue White from Green Wing…in space.

If she were any cuter, she'd be a Muppet.

Fun fact: Lalla Ward (once Tom Baker's wife) is married to Richard Dawkins, and co-narrates a number of his audiobooks. Which suggests that at least the Romana II episodes are safe for atheists to watch.

There are a number of recent kids' movies (Toy Story, Legos, Wreck-It Ralph) that revolve around the idea, "everyday stuff is magic, and wants to be your friend!" On Doctor Who, it's always the opposite: everyday stuff is evil, and wants to kill you.

As you say, he doesn't make a convincing case that Doctor Who has suddenly become infected with Christian propaganda. I'd just add that being an atheist doesn't mean that one's amusements need to be purified of any reference to religion. Maybe it's a matter of taste, but I can't imagine only consuming books, music,…

You sound like the evil twin of those Christian moms who bitch about secret Satanic messages in Harry Potter.

Can you explain what the sonic screwdriver does, or how it works? It's a magic wand. Throughout its history, Doctor Who has been as scientifically accurate and deep as the Godzilla flicks.

I like the idea of straight-up historicals, and wouldn't mind more…but the ones they made were sometimes very dull. The Reign of Terror, for example, was hard to stay awake through. (Do fans like that one?)

Does it bother you that the Doctor has been resurrecting himself for 50 years, like Jesus?

I just watched Spearhead from Space, where the Autons plan to take over the planet by placing killer mannequins in shop windows. It doesn't even bother trying to make sense: the important thing is, cool monster. That's not atypical in Classic Who.