Dr. Manhattan knew you were going to ask that question before YOU did, i and 1.

What are the other most-suggested books?
Just curious: what were the 12 or so books that you considered, but did not choose because they were too long or complicated?

Wallace's death really shook me up, and the "Where the fuck is Wallace?" scene with Dee and Stringer was one of the best in the series.

Regardless of their ages, the National *sound* like adults on all of their albums, and they wear t-shirts and jeans and flannel that looks like they bought it themselves at the JC Penney in Cincinnati. They weren't carefully groomed to be The Next Big Thing by a major label.

Don't forget "Guest Room!" A great track off of Boxer and it always brings down the house when they play it live - the drum outro is the bee's knees.

2007 was a pretty great year - coincidentally a lot of bands that released records that year are releasing albums in 2010 as well. This has already been a great year in music, and we're still waiting on new albums from the Arcade Fire, The Strokes, the Black Keys, LCD Soundsystem, etc.

The Boxer is a gorgeous album; Alligator is probably a little easier for a new listener to get into.

"Can you carry my drink, I have everything else/I can tie my tie all by myself/I'm getting tired/I'm forgetting why"

Miss their uptempo stuff
I heard Together when they streamed it on NPR, and it is excellent. Even so, I miss their up-tempo numbers like "Letter From An Occupant" and "The Laws Have Changed" - hopefully they'll get back to making those at some point.

I think that the Postal Service's lyrics are effective. When taken on their own, they're far from poetry, but its difficult to imagine lyrics fitting the music in their songs any better. Its part of their huggably twee charm.

Give us more video!
I was hoping that the video clip would be a bit longer than two minutes - the videos of the office reactions are the highlight of the taste test for me. Last week's (with the alcoholic foam) was one of the better ones.

Pulp Fiction
When I was fourteen years old, my mother went on a girls-only vacation with some of her friends from work, leaving me home with my dad for about two weeks. I'm very close to my dad, and we had a great time, ordering out most nights and going to the movies or to a baseball game almost every night. After…

The tall blond guy is not Nathan Rabin.

One of the funniest people I've ever met is on the writing staff for this show, and I just can't wait to see it. The Seepak Takraw video is one of the funniest things I've seen in the past few years.

The Things They Carried is one of my favorite works of fiction, but it may be not be as good of a book club selection as Going After Cacciato, which is more of a novel and, with its different themes, may have more to discuss.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet, by Salman Rushdie
Updating Greek mythology for the rock and roll era, this novel has a lot to discuss - magical realism, memorable characters, beautiful language, and some jaw-dropping set pieces. The only downside is that it is almost 600 pages long, which might make it the longest…

The '91 series was the Braves against the Twins. Seven games, three of them in extra innings, four of them decided by one run.

The 1991 World Series
I'm not sure if this counts, but the 1991 World Series is, in my opinion, the most dramatic World Series ever played, and it absolutely holds up 19 years later.

Calvin & Hobbes
The Calvin & Hobbes comic strips are beloved in my family, and I have given them as presents whenever someone in my circle of friends has a child that gets old enough to appreciate them.

As much as I love The Princess Bride, I can't help but wonder how great that movie could have been if they had cast an actor with more charisma in the lead role. Johnny Depp turns that into a short-list classic.