The Smog album "A River Ain't Too Much To Love" was recorded at Willie Nelson's Pedernales studio. Not that Willie is Nashville, but that might the closest he'll go.

As much fun as it is to mock the bad hair pieces, it's not like they have a ton of options for big visual clues to help us indentify a different point in a character's life. Unless they think we're not smart enough to recognize the whooshing noise that signifies flashbacks.

Tristiac - so far, Ellie's been an X factor. We have no idea what her story is. Why is she living off the island, why is she nudging Des to the island, plus how cagey she looked in that scene when the O6 met her. She has to have something to do with … something mysterious.

TomWaits - ding ding ding!

Are the socks Ewoks? A little shout out to the unsung like Frogurt?

Guitarjelly - I was thinking the same thing. Motherhood has made her too soft.

Scientists are pretty competitive. Could be professional sniping or reminding us that some of the work is goofy. Although, if we can accept the assumption that they were training the bears to turn the wheel those biologists were useful after all. Maybe echoes of predestination?

Beautiful - I like where you're going. While caught up in the Lost book club, we've ignore math class.

I dug the skunk stripes in the back.

The DI was into the mystical properties of the island - the hieroglyphs on the counter, the glimpse of the school room, even the chamber we saw in Ben's house when he called the smoke monster. I think DHARMA knows about the island's mythology, and they want to honor it. They might want to use its properties, which…

They didn't play dirty enough to be Ben's players.

But why can't they come clean about where they're really from? Wouldn't the DI, knowing that the island's properties, be hip to that reality?

I saw "old Egyptian" before I realized I should be trying to read what he was erasing.

The numbers were being broadcast when the Ajira flight crashed. I know other folks have said it, but it was Hurley reading them. The number on the microwave reinforced the numerology connection. You're right - we're coming back to them. I'm off to buy a lotto ticket.

As chef, Hurley can load his subs with all kinds of possibilities … like garlic mayo. Yum!

CNN's hideous morning show regularly features their moronic entertainment reporter offering tips for the aspiring recessionista. Ugh. So sad that the near-collapse of our financial system and the struggles of millions has been turned into fodder for stupid women whose only aspirations are sub-Carrie Bradshaw.

Geek Love is a great book! It's one of my faves, and I've read it 2 or 3 times. The writing, the characters, the setting - all stunning. I'm really looking forward to discussing it with you erudite folks.

My bad. It's so hard to tell when a post has even a vague allusion to the f-word.

The two differently sized pupils on Marge are very weird. I wonder if they plan to fix that.

We can treat failed firsties like they actually said something worth saying? This will just confuse them.