@ La Pipe

"Tender is the Night" is a beautiful book. The passage where he imagines the actress on the train with another man is one of the best-written pieces I've ever read. It made me realize I will always have a day job. Sigh.

I can't hate Liz Phair because on the last track of her last good album, she said she was going to sell out: "It's nice to be liked/But it's better by far to get paid."

Was it last week that he died and brought something back with him? Hmm…

I liked the cheerful smile that accompanied the remark.

Michael's smile was great. I thought he might whine about how they only have fun when he's not around but no, he didn't even notice.

The great thing about Dave & Busters is that you can take your (not too young) kid there on a Saturday afternoon and have a drink while they play. Try doing that at Chuck E Cheese

Aziz's character is great! I loved how smooth he was giving his speech followed by his being a total embarrassment at the bar.

Step By Step was the most horrible show ever. Full House was funny, once, when I was doing Whip-Its.

And he caught it in TX, not MX.

Favorite Part
I was excited seeing the guy from the Sonic commercials being "canvassed" but a little sad when I realized that wasn't a role that would probably reoccur.

Did I Miss an Episode?
Remember that time when Jack had a hot girlfriend and she was on several episodes and his life was beginning to revolve around her? Where did she go? Was she deported back to Puerto Rico? Was it resolved while I was in the bathroom? I've seen every episode (even watch the reruns) and I don't…

Maybe the Brady Bunch could get back together and challenge the Osbournes to X-treme Red Rover.

Robin Williams on the Tonight Show in the 80's is amazingly funny. Bob Hope's on there too, looking like he wishes Williams would die.

First time my teenage son saw that commercial where the special olympiads cross the finish line together, he said "Huh. That's retarded."

In the early 90's Hard Copy Man interviewed a teenager convicted of murder. She swore she didn't do it. The crack reporter asked her if she swore to God.

I don't think it was a kid. It reminded me of a Jerry Springer from years ago about crossdressing women that had all these delicate-faced girls with bushy mustaches and plucked eyebrows.

Now in paperback:

"The Forbidden Zone" was awesome. Rock on in the afterlife, Herve Villochet!

My son wants an iPod for his birthday and I think the shuffle would be good for him. He lost a trombone once. I don't expect him to keep up with an iPod very long.