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Er, that should be "Never Liked Either One of These Episodes." Not that anyone cares.

I Never Like Either One of These Episodes
But what's weird is that while I barely remember "The Paradise Syndrome," (not to be confused with "The Immunity Syndrome" or "This Side of Paradise" the former of which is one of my favorites and the latter of which is, er not), I remember far too much about those

"Way too many distorted guitars. SLOPPY!"

While I wouldn't say that Harvest Moon is Neil's greatest album, I do think that it's the best of his acoustic-oriented records (of course, deciding what fits in that category could start an argument its own self), and absolutely in the top tier of all of his records.

We Saved Star Trek For This?
Can you imagine what would have happened were there a blogosphere that was all happy with the saving of Star Trek in 1968 only to be rewarded with "Spocks Brain?"" IO9 would have simply melted away.

Let me just add to the TMJ love in this thread. Cereal Killers resonated just for me in my late 20s as it did for @staircar at 17.

Bravo Also Killed TWOP
Within a year of acquiring the once-awesome Television Without Pity, Bravo had turned it from a writer-driven TV-oriented website that could stand apart from the entertainment it viciously (and lovingly) dissected into a garish-looking tribute to corporate synergy.

I love reading Saunders, but sometimes his stories make me unbearably sad.

20? I Don't Get It
I know that depression must have played a part, but there are very few mindsets I can wrap myself around less than someone who decides to commit suicide at 20.

Of course, the thing about SEX Basketball is that you WANT to spend more than three seconds in the key.

But . . . but . . . but . . .

Nasty Paper-Cut Incident?
What the what? Is that a joke, or something that actually happens in the movie?

VP of Random Generic Phrase RomCom Titles Strikes Again
It's a little-known fact that every Hollywood studio has a position called "Vice President of Random Generic Phrase Romantic Comedy Titles." This person has a single function: come up with a list of seemingly apropos yet ultimately meaningless phrases with

Brian lived in my apartment building for awhile just when he was starting NCIS.

Heard Firefly Rumors
I've actually heard that Fox may be cancelling Dollhouse in order to give Whedon time to bring Firefly back in some capacity.

I dunno.

I worry a little bit about McCoy being the Big Bad of this season, because from very early on in S1, Buddy had depth and right now, if Joe McCoy had a mustache, he'd be very close to twitching it.

For What It's Worth
I worked with Justin before he went to Maxim, and he's actually a very funny writer and a pretty cool dude, to boot.

To mention The Middleman in a list of one-season wonders would have been sheer elegance in its simplicity.

No Love For The Middleman?
While I appreciate the nod to Lucky, where is the love for The Middleman?