Good idea, @avclub-807a14f872958508d156c1152e0cd66b:disqus. As it happens I also got an iTunes gift card for Christmas!

Good idea, @avclub-807a14f872958508d156c1152e0cd66b:disqus. As it happens I also got an iTunes gift card for Christmas!

Nice!  I'm a relative oldster, too (at 42) & while I've embraced a lot of This Modern World, I'm still pretty analog at heart, so I feel your pain.  You know, the movie just might inspire some people to seek out some of those books.  Well, we can dream, can't we?

Nice!  I'm a relative oldster, too (at 42) & while I've embraced a lot of This Modern World, I'm still pretty analog at heart, so I feel your pain.  You know, the movie just might inspire some people to seek out some of those books.  Well, we can dream, can't we?

Count me in as another Alligator fan.  For me, those 3 (Alligator, Boxer, High Violet) go in descending order of favoriteness, though I like 'em all.  I came to The National a little late in the game, & haven't gotten around to either of their first two albums, but this will make me go get Sad Songs —maybe with the…

Count me in as another Alligator fan.  For me, those 3 (Alligator, Boxer, High Violet) go in descending order of favoriteness, though I like 'em all.  I came to The National a little late in the game, & haven't gotten around to either of their first two albums, but this will make me go get Sad Songs —maybe with the…

Squeezer to the dome?

Squeezer to the dome?

If it makes you feel any better, Playing for Keeps will make a lot more money, too.

If it makes you feel any better, Playing for Keeps will make a lot more money, too.

I believe you mean "Fucking false dichotomies, how do they work?"

I believe you mean "Fucking false dichotomies, how do they work?"

Yeah, that is annoying.  I don't even like the whole shorthand "9/11".  I usually say "the 9/11 attacks" or such like.

Yeah, that is annoying.  I don't even like the whole shorthand "9/11".  I usually say "the 9/11 attacks" or such like.

It's adorable that you think Americans will read a BOOK when there's a movie option.
*ruffles @avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus's adorable hair*

It's adorable that you think Americans will read a BOOK when there's a movie option.
*ruffles @avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus's adorable hair*

My in-laws recently moved from their home of 36 years into an apartment in a senior facility.  For now, it's just an apartment—and a nice one, at that, bigger than our whole house—but when they need it, they can get assistance (for additional cost, of course).  This movie seems like something they'll really be able to…

My in-laws recently moved from their home of 36 years into an apartment in a senior facility.  For now, it's just an apartment—and a nice one, at that, bigger than our whole house—but when they need it, they can get assistance (for additional cost, of course).  This movie seems like something they'll really be able to…

It was a more rural Reader's Digest, pretty much.  Kind of surprising that it still exists: http://www.grit.com/

It was a more rural Reader's Digest, pretty much.  Kind of surprising that it still exists: http://www.grit.com/