I thought it was Chris Cooper.

WTF. Since when have the Muppets existed solely to entertain grown-ups with all sorts of amusing parodies and song and dance numbers? Where's the kiddie pandering?

Private screening room? Yeah, they're afraid to show it in public.

Yah tah tah tah TAH! ~presses plunger, blows up thread~

Great, as long as the evening didn't end with, "It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing."

I thought all their women were actually men dressed in drag.

Loath as I am to deliver such a line.

People who prefer Joyce to Beckett probably also prefer Eco to Calvino. ~sniffs~

~gives Lexicondevil a gold star, then puts him in an urn and shines a light in his face~

@lemur I trust there was no mens rea in that remark.

Mister Squishy made me cackle! The first three stories in "Oblivion" were stellar. "Incarnations of Burned Children" was devastating, and "The Soul is Not a Smithy" was a superb bit of suspense writing and creepy as hell. "Suffering Channel" was fun, but I felt like it was missing something.

Beckett leaves James Joyce standing in a pile of dirt up to his chin.

None of those are nearly as good to wank to as Lost Girls, though.

@Lemur I'm gearing up for a re-read next. I blew through them the first time and I re-read "Master and Commander" recently and was reminded how much I adored them.

Okay, Infinite Jest is a book I think I'd really enjoy re-reading because I'm sure many things passed me by the first time because I didn't discover that there were useful things in the end-notes until about 1/3 of the way into the book.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned porn yet. I mean, I've re-read Lost Girls more than any other graphic novel.

No way, man. Collectible historical Bibles all the way. Man, I love those Treacle and Buggy Bibles!

With the exception of YA and kids' books, I'm not much of a re-reader. Generally, if I read it carefully enough the first time and preserved my impressions at someplace like Goodreads, I don't need to re-read the whole book, I just revisit memorable passages every now and then. That said, I've read most of Austen…

I demand sources and statistics. Also oral sex.

It sounds too much like John Cage's 4'33" for my taste. Coldplay is totally copping his style.