ghost- I'm not referring to its use of using images to tell a story as innovative, simply that by bringing that to archetypes and a genre that generally has very terse dialogue, the cinematography is highlighted and becomes a very important part of film noir.

Sweet
This is awesome. During College I always told myself that once I graduated I'd start reading for pleasure all the time again, not just on my breaks. Well, turns out 3 years later I read maybe a book every 6 months. I've just recently been trying to read more, and focus on more modern lit, and along comes this…

I agree about the noir hole, and personally I would nominate Maltese Falcon over Double Indemnity, although there is a clear case for either. While Double Indemnity contains just about every trope of what is considered noir (the lighting, the morally ambigious story, and of-course, the voiceover), I doubt that a…

I used to word with adults with developmental disabilities, mostly mental retardation. And we would have a yearly bowling tourney, not kidding at all, some of our participants were the best bowlers I have ever seen. Many of them were in leagues for adults with disabilities and averaged about 200-230. And no, there…

Abe Froman, Furnace Room Lullaby is my second favorite Case album, after Fox Confessor. Of course, all the studio album's pale to the greatness that is The Tigers Have Spoken. Capturing Neko live with the Sadies, fucking brilliant.

Anyway, all this is meant to say I hope to God that next season will have Gail back with no Toby.

Gail and Tom
So glad that Gail is back. Did anyone else catch her mocking Rocco DiSpirito?? Almost makes up for the complete lack of Anthony Bourdain this season. Also loved the exchange between Tom and Toby regarding Hosea's lack of dessert. It is quite obvious that Tom cannot stand Toby.

As much responsibility as the players have for the steroid problem. Remember that the owners, the people who benefited the most from steroids, also didn't say shit. They were to busy with their "Women like the long ball" campaigns. And the media was all to happy to hype it all while hardly questioning how these…

Oh, and in case it wasn't clear. GO TWINS

First off, totally agree with FlushYourCats, that sounds incredibly engaging, especially considering that the owners, league officials, journos, etc. have not been held to the fire enough for their role in the steroid debacle. No one can seriously believe that the owners were unaware of what was causing the home run…

Yeah, I to must disagree with Ballsaka MaGee. The Sounds of Science is one of my favorite Beasties tracks. And B-Boy Bouillabaisse is simply a masterpiece in its own right, those little pieces may not have worked as full-size songs, but in that format, DAMN.

Man, I seriously consider moving to Chicago to get to warmer winters. Then again, I'm in Minneapolis.