Not being American or a native English speaker, my wife has never heard of many of the artists, like Leonard Cohen, that I hold dear. She can't understand, for instance, why a song like "Cherub Rock" makes me so excited.

I and other Android users are anxiously awaiting the release of Pocket Academy for our phones, mainly because it looks like a more refined version of Hot Springs Story. That game was definitely the weakest of the three Kairosoft on Android, but that's saying quite a bit.

Dragon's Den is not really the original
The original concept is actually from a Japanese show called Mane no Tora, or the Money Tigers. In contrast to the way you'd think the Japanese would do a show like this, there was no flash, no stacks of money, and little emphasis on anything but the business side of it. They…

Although I can't think of anything terribly interesting to say about Gould's piano for them, I'd have to put Bach's Concerto 5 BWV 1056

All good suggestions, but there is so much to Gould and to the artists he interpreted that a proper Gateways to Geekery, with all the appropriate YouTube links, is in order, I think. I'm not the one to do it, but one must

They filmed this in DC
The nice guy at the cake shop near our apartment has an autographed picture of Paul Rudd hanging up.

Amazing Race
I really never understood why there was no coverage of the Amazing Race. Quality varies from season to season like every reality show, but you must admit that it has more variety than perennial AVC favorites Top Chef and Project Runway.

Don't get too worked up
and think that these people have anything to do with government or decision-making in DC, or have any influence on those who do. They're just idiots. There are so many rich idiots in DC it kinda makes your head hurt sometimes.

While you'll probably still get pwned badly in your first games, you can play against an AI opponent. They're stupidly easy to beat, but that's not really the point. The point is more to practice your build order and your macro so when you get in a real match you'll have some of the technique you need to not get…

Playing Starcraft requires that you be paying attention ALL THE TIME. For instance, you can't stop making SCVs. If you've stopped making them, then you're not paying attention and you're toast. The challenge lies in sustaining a level of concentration that for many people isn't fun, just stressful.

I always liked the phrase "Je vais te battre comme platre" even though I'm not sure how often it's actually used.

There are parts of Wild Things other than the champagne scene and the pool scence?

And from my experience, the "Japan shuts down for a week while half the population plays DQ" is another Japan-fact that doesn't really stand up to much real-life testing. While it's one of the more popular games out there, it's pretty much just a popular video-game, and nothing more. In fact, most Japanese people who…

The KFC at Christmas thing is true.

Scientists need to quit lyin'!

typo
It should read "Texan", not "Southern"

Pride and Prejudice again?
They just did that with Keira Knightley. It was pretty good, too.

Also I don't want to read about a Canadian country singer who isn't Hank Snow.

Writing about Townes Van Zandt opens up a can of worms in terms of Texas country. Listening to him you can certainly get an impression of how different the genre was in the Lone Star State, but to get the whole picture you have to continue and get into some of the other major influences, mainly the Flatlanders and…

As with most life lessons, Motorhead said it best