The only issue being when you have to call in for actual food poisoning, because then nobody believes you spent your day off doubled-over in agony, and pressing your face to the welcoming coolness of the bathroom floor tile.

I'd welcome that over the "Whitney" they tried to get me to watch on my flight last week.  I decided staring at the seat-back in front of me would be more entertaining.

This is my favorite comment thread since the Agatha Christie porn titles.

Even those feeling exhausted by coverage of the West Memphis Three…

Like Claire, I was more of a Sesame Street kid, but still enjoyed Mr. Rogers from time to time.  Still, while both of them were entertaining and informative, neither set me on a career path.  That honor belongs to 3-2-1 Contact, and the fact that there isn't a show like that or Bill Nye or Beakman's World on the air…

I sincerely get a burst of joy when you get all Britishy.

But I think that part of Isobel's arc is that despite her noble intentions, she doesn't always think her projects through (like with all that hospital stuff last season). 

Mixed Lutz?

…or screening High Anxiety for Alfred Hitchcock, who loved it.

I just watched the miniseries Circus on Netflix Instant. And after six episodes of weather disasters and economic worries and people falling from the sky and identical twins who perform together but kind of hate each other and illicit romances and managers trying to strike a balance between business and friendship and…

Movies!  I knocked Silver Linings Playbook off my Oscar Prep List, and enjoyed it far more than I thought I was going to.  I went back and read the AVClub review and comments, and had to agree with some of the complaints about the third act, but those issues were minor - they weren't so bad as to ruin the movie.  I…

That scene of Tammy coaching Tina through the trash-talking conversation was priceless.

"We used to go to movies!"

What possible item of value is there to heist from a state fair?  Please tell me they went after the blue-ribbon pickles.

Maybe not looks, but personality-wise, they definitely have an idea of who's going to make it into the finals and who's cannon fodder.  I'd wager any amount of money that the Top Chef finalists would look a lot different if the tastings were blind.

Sir!  Sir!  You're going to have to pay for those!

I predict Starburns will play him in the movie.

When are they gonna get to the dildo factory?!?!

I realize I'm shooting rainbows out of my sparkle fingers by bringing up The Golden Girls, but really, anything having to do with music in that show was stellar.

You can't bring up MST3K musical numbers and not include Pod People.  No, seriously.  You can't.  It's against the law.