I love the way that they manage to delve into BMO's existential loneliness in a way that's simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking, and without the show ever taking itself too seriously.  Like the "No NEPTR, I am not like you," was hilarious, but also showcased the fact that BMO is fundamentally deluding…

I think that BMO loosely takes on whatever gender "fits" with a particular situation.  Not that he/she has to be straight, but in an episode like "BMO Noire", BMO plays a role that is occupied by a male >99% of the time, and I feel like in that case BMO takes on a vaguely male identity.  In this episode, BMO acts like…

@avclub-c9be0674ead9b2448c14d31c64f2b01b:disqus But the stilted nature of Pen Ward's voice acting makes it suited for the kind-of-somewhat-insane-and-incapble-of-showing-any-restraint types of characters that he tends to play.  Like tonight, with his incongruously-loud-for-someone-who's-supposed-to-be-in-hiding worm,…

Yeah, and if the Kings left, California would only have like 13 NBA teams left to go along with their 562 other major professional sports franchises.

"and of course, Philip eating pizza, unaffected by all that just happened."  I'm not so sure that he's utterly unaffected by what's happened.  There's something inherently depressing about sitting down and consuming a whole pizza alone in a motel room by yourself in complete silence.  I think he's affected by the fact…

@avclub-1b1f9a3e639ecc53f335314fc9d8403b:disqus "If you're a Catholic, you should use the rhythm method."  Except for the tens (if not hundreds) of millions of Catholics who view their religion as a general template for how to worship their concept of God, but who don't feel the need to follow every single one of the…

Oh, and also the false-flashback to Jake's weird body-in-his-face scene, where Finn says "Man, how did he see it coming so clearly?" was fucking hilarious.

But seriously, how does Finn lose his right arm in a land where literally everything is made of pillows?

BMO was at his/her most adorably BMOish in this episode.  I'm so excited for next week's episode being another BMO-centric one.

This was easily the funniest episode of Adventure Time I've seen in a while.  BMO was amazing (on top of all his/her typical BMO-malapropisms, there was that really great moment where after BMO was dropped on Finn's head, a tiny BMO dropped on top of BMO's head.  And the pillow-land was pretty great.  "You mean to…

I've only read "The Graveyard Book" and "Sandman", but I can say that by the second collection of "Sandman" it's incredible.

For what it's worth, I like Brienne as a character too, and i thought her chapters were just fine.  Some of the better parts of the book were Brienne's chapters.

Well, Ben Wyatt didn't care for Peter Jackson's adaptation either, so I think you should be good.

I'm impressed that "circumnavigated" ended up in the title of a kids' book.  Looks like somebody's been taking a page out of David Handler's book when it comes to naming kid's books with words that a kid might have look up in a dictionary.

Also, I know it's just a narrative device and probably shouldn't be too over-analyzed, but how the fuck is Kvothe supposed to have told this story over the course of one day (and he doesn't even start the story until several hours after breakfast, and I got the feeling he finished slightly after sundown.)  That and…

"As I Lay Dying" isn't particularly accessible; I can see why a ton of people hated it when they had to read it in high school.  "Absalom, Absalom" is probably even less accessible, though, even if it's possibly even more incredible.  If you want a pretty accessible place to start with Faulkner, "Light in August" is…

"Absalom, Absalom!" is fucking fantastic.  It's definitely not a light read, but it's truly incredible.  And may I suggest "Light in August" the next time you choose to read a Faulkner novel?

ASOS is widely regarded as the best book yet in ASOIAF.  If you're a bit worn out by the series, it might be a good time to take a break.  "A Feast for Crows" is good, but not on par with ASOS, and there's a few POV characters who aren't quite as interesting  (spoiler?:  way too much Cersei).

I finished the last three volumes of Gaiman's "Sandman".  Pretty incredible work as a whole.  I'd have to say that I liked "Brief Lives" best, but taken as an entire narrative the whole thing is incredible.  But at the risk of giving just another comment on how great "Sandman" was just a month or two after the AV Club…

Holy shit, the livestream is amazing, and lasted 12 hours.  I love the way that the announcers inflect their voice to try and phonetically read all the misspellings and awkward grammar, like in the description to the following video http://www.youtube.com/watc…  I also like the way they start half-screaming when they…