I watched "United 93", which had been sitting in my Netflix queue since long before the recent developments with bin Laden, and just happened to bubble to the top a week or two ago. I'm glad to have watched it, and I'll probably never ever watch it again.

Remember: There's no wrong way to eat a Rhesus.

I just started watching BSG on DVD, not having seen it before, and I'm just about done with the first season. However, having been told that there's a future character more annoying and frustrating than Gaius Baltar, I may have to rethink my viewing plans.

He was also a scout — physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Crap, I meant to post that comment one topic up.

They already released Sledge Hammer! on DVD, so I'm happy.

Law and Order candidate
Is that then-Sen. Fred Thompson that Lisa is watching on C-Span? That should qualify as a "Hey, it's 1996!" moment of sorts.

Daniel Kahnemann
Psychologists have actually done experiments to show that endings influence recollections more than they should. For example, you can make one group of people listen to jarring, awful noises, and make a second group listen to the exact same noises followed by some noises that are not as bad but still…

"Want some recycled urine? I also have POM."

My impression was that Boyd's heart wasn't entirely in the fight, and that in some small way he sympathizes with Ballard. After all, Boyd seemed to be willing to let Ballard walk away ("go back out the way you came") before the fight started, and he wasn't on board with the suggestion of wiping Ballard at the end of…

After the dust has settled, Adele & Dominic (Boyd?) are commenting on how the psycho hunter guy should never have passed their background checks, and that PHG's identity was apparently entirely fabricated. I'm not sure if their conversation then turns to Alpha, or if I'm mixing it up with the end of the first episode.

Pogo
When I was about nine years old, my grandmother (who lived half a continent away) sent me a copy of the anthology "Pogo Even Better" for Christmas. I had never heard of "Pogo" at the time, and there were so many other fun things under the tree that year, so the book was forgotten; I don't think I even opened…

I saw "Spirited Away" at a campus film society screening shortly after it came out. As I was watching, I remember thinking that the film was pretty neat… and then the train ride scene happened and I was absolutely gobsmacked. I think that was the first time my jaw literally dropped when watching a film.

I'd submit "All Good Things…" (the TNG finale) as one of the best moments of any Trek, Patrick Stewart's performance is first-rate, and the "anti-time" MacGuffin, though a little contrived, allowed the series to be wrapped up in a very satisfying way.

I will fall off my chair laughing when they introduce Active Quebec.

My eyes!
I didn't think there was a way to make that rapid-fire editing style more annoying, but apparently you can do it by turning off the audio. Huh.

Free Duff?
"Viva life!"

Pastwatch
Although I wouldn't exactly call it a "good" book (his ham-handed dialogue and purple prose are in full flower here), I've always thought that Orson Scott Card's "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus" would make a spectacular summer blockbuster. Especially the fleet of a thousand Caribian…

Laa-laa
"Not only is Batman & Robin targeted blatantly at children, but it actually seems pitched at the pre-verbal."

Online comics
I know that this was a list of newspaper strips, but I have to say that Faye's death in the online strip <i>Something Positive</i> affected me a lot more than Farley's death did, even though I was ten years younger then and (presumably) less jaded and prone to sentiment.