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I was on the road this weekend, so I actually watched the episode on a preview disc from AMC and wrote the post ahead of time.

"Roadrunner" is actually Noel Murray's favorite song. I do not know who he is trying to fool up there with DBT.

Aw, thanks.

Oh, he doesn't claim that it's original — he quotes numerous mathematicians and physicists who have ruminated on the problem. I don't have the book handy to check whether he cites the paper you mention, but I'd be shocked if he didn't.

The globe thing was an obvious joke, and a funny one. But everything else was just garden variety misdirection.

That's my guess, too, ricin beans. I don't think Tuco's after them because he's worried that they saw him kill a guy. Maybe he wants their secret formula, or he thinks they're selling to someone else?

I suppose I'm just biased because I was way hotter than that when I was pregnant. And I didn't have glop all over me all the time.

I noticed that, actually. And wondered whether Walter's imagination was working overtime about being thug-stalked.

He does his damnedest, phel.

Stan Brakhage's "Window Water Baby Moving."

What's interesting is that the escalator footage lasts for about 8 minutes, then the last 2 minutes are very jokey end credits with rollicking music. Really odd — I love the escalators, wish the credits were lopped off. I wrote about it along with another of Lawder's works ("Color Film" — absolutely gorgeous) in an

WAVELENGTH seems like a test case for whether you will be thrilled or annoyed by the more experimental wing of the non-narrative film museum. Me, I find it unbearably suspenseful. One's reaction to it says very little about the masterfulness of the film, and just about everything about one's self.

That's PASSION IN THE DESERT, a 1998 movie by Lavinia Currier, based on a short story by Balzac. Certainly unforgettable.

It's the bowling ball's name.

I do love Verhoeven, but I haven't seen TROOPERS since it came out, shame on me.

What so teeth-grindingly annoying is that while she has pipes, she sings the songs as if they are in a foreign language. She doesn't seem to know what she's saying. There's no feeling. It's robotic and completely creepy. I always thought that the judges, for all their blind spots, were good at telling when a

It's the combination of the off-stage personality and the unlikely, confident feeling he imparts to the songs that hooks me. I believe him when he's performing — he seems joyful and sort of amazed at himself — and that is a truly winning combination for me.

No no, she'll be back as she promised in the last recap. Claire asked me to fill in because she had a previously scheduled engagement. Please ignore my infelicitous phrasing!

Welcome to the nerd's table, Johnny D! Have a twinkie!

The way Sheldon cares
In the last few episodes — especially tonight with Leonard's mother, and back when he loaned money to Penny — Sheldon has displayed a new behavior. It's kind of an intense focus, with a lowering of vocal volume. I think this is the way Sheldon acts when he cares about a person. It's such an