That sentence may not read the same out of context, but after the first section of the book, when I read it, I got chills. It's like the edge of a cliff.

Agreed on the astute analysis, Canaller — as always. One thing that bothers me about "Friends" is that the Dave-Lisa duo is utilized as a single mind/unit. They're so on the same page that all the tension that comes from their interaction is lost. Notice how in most of the duos you list, there's internal tension…

Two words, my friends. Apple. Panic.

Just exactly old enough to have lived through 5.25" floppies (high school) AND 3.5" floppies (college) and come out on the other end where there are no floppies. Hence my confusion.

Revealing my age once again, I will confess that I always get 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 mixed up, in terms of which fraction goes with which size.

I'll have to make sure Noel comments on whether he finds Ritter as charismatic in the Buffy context as I found him here.

A student of mine played Derek Webb's "Wedding Dress" for me, and although the singer-songwriter style is not exactly groundbreaking, the perspective on human frailty is quite moving.

Well … yes. But I guess I was expecting it. I knew from the opening credits that it was going to be about the horrible, horrible human beings that were the focus of the casting. That's a shame, but once I knew that, I could shift expectations and run with it. If stand-up comic hadn't been "expelled" this week,…

I watched it
And God help me, I'll watch it again. But only because the bulldog riding the skateboard is *adorable* (bulldog anytime he's not riding the skateboard — eh, whatever).

It's coming. I believe Tasha is on it.

Aw, staircar1, you're alright in my book.

You're right about Hartman's greatness in the cantina scene. What really irks me about that scene is how it's cut together. There's no variation in the timing, and the gang is awkwardly positioned around the bar so that people in various shots appear to be isolated from each other. If it had gotten faster and…

I didn't know squat about Lauren Graham when I watched the shows in the nineties, but I really loved her on Newsradio. When I became a Gilmore Girls fan it took me quite a while to connect the dots and figure out it was the same actress.

Now I have to go get him to record "ga … ga … ga …" for my answering machine.

Seconded.

I am in your debt, sir.

He gets called on the carpet for a misspelling in a speech balloon, if I recall correctly. Seems like something the copy editors at the comic syndicate ought to be handling, I thought at the time.

"First day at Bible college" is one of those that hurts Dave too much for me to enjoy. Isn't it Lisa who says it? That's just so cruel.

Thank God you corrected yourself. I was concerned for your immortal soul.

No one else? Wildethang, you criminally underestimate the A.V. Club's pop culture omnivoraciousness.