Heh, I have a bunch of those figures. I might end up parting with them some day, but under no circumstances will I give up my Stephen Hawking figure.

Ooh! The Hammock District!

I always liked the scene over the credits in "Mother Simpson," with Homer sitting on his car through the night. It made me teary eyed before my mom died and now it will make me just lose it.

Oh damn, now I need to watch that again. I had forgotten how much I liked it (and Ewan McGregor in it).

The ring came off my pudding can!

*shows up at @avclub-de4a08d644135b09bd7e1a592dff156b:disqus's door with a case of wine coolers*

I just finished the third series last night. I learned that I have to be careful about taking a drink whenever Super Hans is on screen as a spit take is very likely.

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus And I'll add that it's good enough that I managed to enjoy it while watching it on an airplane while very tired but unable to sleep because of a crying baby on a flight from Frankfurt from Denver.

Heh. I'm a woman and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is one of my favorite books.

I finished up Howe's Marvel Comics. I liked it very much, but I have a very minor quibble in that I would have liked a bit less of the comings and goings of staff and a bit more of things like Marvel losing the Star Wars license and behind the scenes stuff for major stories like the Dark Phoenix Saga. Again, only a…

I sleep in a racing car, do you?

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I do like the story I've heard of John Smoltz not caring about what song he came out to the mound to, only to have someone chose "Dancing Queen." He later changed it to "Thunderstruck."

That reminds me of a friend's review of Metallica's St. Anger album: "just barely worse than the Holocaust."

For what it's worth most of the missing episodes come from Troughton's run. Hartnell's era suffers a bit from drag—six part serials could have easily been four or five parts. The pace does get better in the second season. That said, I like Hartnell's Doctor—he's both doting grandfather and miserable bastard. Ian and…

Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!

I'm trying to watch the entirety of classic Doctor Who (and I'm even listening to the audio of episodes that are missing, like the Marco Polo serial). I'm about halfway through the first doctor now (I started back in late November/early December). I have the feeling that I might start to crack around the Sixth Doctor,…

Yeah, me too. I set myself a goal of 100 books for the year on Good Reads, so I'll see how that pans out.

I watch a classic period episode of the Simpsons every night before I go to bed. I've actually found that it helps reduce any stress/anxiety and I sleep a lot better as a result.

Oh no, I took no offense at that. I know it would be a difficult task. I took five semesters of Russian and the professor essentially just left us to our textbooks, so I've had experience in learning a language with not a lot of outside help. I've had the book for about three years so I haven't been in a really…