Quick pitch for PC:
In one box, connected directly to my HDTV/stereo, I have the functions of dual-DVR (which plays back in mpg, easily burned/archived), Netflix streaming, streaming anything off the web (youtube, hulu, thewb, etc.), CD/DVD/Blu-Ray (Blu-Ray upgrade recently cost me $80), my entire mp3 list, PC gaming…

It's pronounced "kernel." It's the highest rank in the military.

The Alvin Maker stuff isn't so Mormon, but, man, that "Homecoming" series is, well, a straight retelling of myth. The only sf of his I can't reread. More LDS, of course, in "Folk of the Fringe."
So I like Card, fuck you.
Card's real alt-history, and the reason I searched for this thread, is "Pastwatch: The Redemption…

Radar

Yeah, Dan, this is the first post in a long while that made me lol out loud.

@ Antiochian, what's so expensive about credits?

Let me tell you about my good friends, keyboard shortcuts.
Try Alt-F4 and leave that mouse alone, since it lives where your trackball should be anyway.

Shut up guys, or we might not all get blown.

"Tender, young Alice," they say.

I had the do…action figure, bike, and EK van myself. It included a ramp for jumping the van. If you did it right, Evel would do a backflip before landing. If you did it wrong, it looked more like Caesar's Palace.

There's no way you don't need to know the answer to one question: "Who's been hit? Who's been hit?"
Or does that count as two questions?

Jorja Fox
Having seen this episode ("What Kind of Day Has It Been") so many times, for me the big moment is Jorja Fox's look of horror just before opening credits roll. Now that you've seen the episode, go back and watch the cold open again. Her terror becomes your own.
I'm not sure I should be surprised, given the…

No, he said jokes.

Can I go back in time and hang with Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris? Cuz that would totally rock.

The greatness of Redbox (never had an unplayable disc yet) gives you a free rental on the first Monday of every month. They text you a code to your phone. Used to be EVERY Monday, but, hey, something's better than nothing. Check out their website. They usually give you a freebie just for signing up.
The biggest…

Right on time.

Two for flinchin'

I don't want to live outside the bubble; it's too ironic.

When "Relics" first aired, as soon as Scotty asked Data "What is it?" I nearly fell of the couch laughing and yelling "It's green! It's fuckin' green!." My ex-wife still doesn't understand why that was so funny.

The American version of the Smart Two-Four doesn't get near the mileage of foreign models. I looked at one, ad it gets very little better mileage than my Chevy Aveo. And my Chevy seats five, with a roomy trunk.