Segel really makes this episode for me. Well, him and the giant Viking head. But this whole rewatch is making me appreciate his performance in a new way.

The mention of Even Stevens reminded me that the girl who played Tawny is now an adult, and therefore I am no longer a perv for thinking she's hot.

Many of my conversations in high school were little more than contests to see who could squeeze the most swear words into a single sentence.

My school was the Trojans. My Western Civ teacher—skinny, glasses-wearing, obviously terrorized by jocks during his own high school career—delighted in pointing out that our teams were named after A BUNCH OF LOSERS.

I wonder if you could get away with using the word "sissy" in a TV commercial these days. I'm thinking no.

Oops. That's what skimming the comments while shoving a bagel in your face gets you.

Incidentally, what's the rule for when you use "porn" and when you use "porno"? I tend to use the former as a general term and the latter when referring to a specific item or instance, as in "I don't really like porn, but there's this one Veronica Mars porno I totally get off on." I'm not sure if this is correct,…

The "yoo-man" thing makes me want to crawl out of my skin.

You are correct, sir.

It's a really pretty dress, but the too-slight difference in tones is driving me nuts. At first glance I thought it was a blouse/skirt combo, and I was mad at her for not matching them better.

I still tell the story of when a drunken Joe Strummer drooled on me. Just told it the other day at a party. And it was my wacky story on Jeopardy.

Battlestar Galactica? Maybe not so much on the "unmistakably feminine attributes" tip, but still.

Ugh. After a totally shitty, ridiculously busy day at work, I finally get two seconds to check AVC, and this is what I see? Just ugh.

The conversation between Bay and Daphne was one of those "Am I actually seeing this on TV?" moments. Just natural and genuine and really kind of amazing. Kudos to the writer(s), whose name(s) I didn't catch. Nice work from both actors, too.

Not to cast any aspersions on nurses, especially in the military, but the character was a medic. That's why she was pulling dudes out of burning tanks.

If there's anything that makes me feel like a woman of my advanced years shouldn't be watching this show and this network, it's those friggin' hashtags.

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus, that's horrible! Did his roommate face serious consequences from his arrest? The worst my friends got was probation and a suspended driver's license.

Hey, fellow '65er! I had much the same experience. Growing up, the drinking age was 19 in New Jersey and 18 in New York. Just as I was about to turn 18, it went to 19 in NY and 21 in NJ. Still, when I got to 19 I had two years where I was legal in NY, and I used to drive to Staten Island to buy liquor.

It was a really smart choice to have her hair in barrettes. It's such a small detail, but it really helps create that image of "no longer a girl, not yet a woman". I can think of a number of girls in my high school who went through freshman year with all-one-length hair, frequently in barrettes, and came back…

Tangentially related assertion: Grounded for Life is the most underrated sitcom of the aughts.