Say folks, I'm interested in getting a recording of Holst's The Planets. Does anyone have a favorite rendition that they'd recommend? I hear Sir Adrian Boult puts on a good show.

Good luck, Lieutenant! I'd like to imagine that you actually are a typewriter with hands and wheels, because I'm sure the students would really enjoy that.

There was a sale on Portal 2 merchandise over at Think Geek, so I bought a t-shirt with the 70s-era Aperture logo on it. I'm appropriately excited, which is to say very much indeed.

I don't fear snakes, heights, or public speaking. But my lordy, do I ever fear spiders as well. I know how irrational it is, but something about them, the way they move, sends an icy chill down my spine.

BOOK THREAD

"Burn them, Mrs. Norris. Burn them all."

I'm on the west coast, so Mad Men is just now starting. Pete Campbell is going to have to fall down a WHOLE BUNCH of stairs to cheer me up now.

PHRASING.

"I LIKE KILLING STARKS BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN IT IS MORE FUN THAN KILLING WILD DIREWOLVES IN THE FORREST BECAUSE MAN IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANAMAL OF ALL TO KILL SOMETHING GIVES ME THE MOST THRILLING EXPERIENCE IT IS EVEN BETTER THAN GETTING YOUR ROCKS OFF WITH A GIRL WHO IS WORTH HER WEIGHT IN SILVER THE BEST PART…

I hope you're ready to work your magic, Archmage. We've got a lot of avenging to do after tonight.

Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of Lord Twitter and his band of social media enthusiasts, the Never Forget hashtag campaign failed to significantly alter the balance of power in Westeros.

I feel a bit odd bringing this up, considering what just happened, but poor Ser Jorah just can't get a break, huh? He might as well set up permanent residence in the Friend Zone.

You know, my family would watch the show every now and then, but even my case of puppy love wasn't enough to make it appointment television!

Patti you're the ketchup on my fries,
Patti you're the ice in my tea,
Patti you're the cheese in my sandwich,
But you'll always be the Mayonnaise for me!
Whoa whoa whoa!
You'll always be the Mayonnaise for me!

Heh, I'm surprised ESPN hasn't jumped all over this.

THUNK-THUNK!

Now you need to recite the Sullivan Ballou letter!

I do a pretty great Sam Waterston impression. I met him when he came and spoke at my college, and my friends tried to get me to do it in front of him, but I refused. He's a nice guy!

Yeah, exactly - I love watching the Bee every year because it's pure tension, from start to finish. And the mundane trappings of the whole thing make it all the more engaging.

I think he's great. His low-key style during the Bee doesn't bother me; quite the contrary, I'd say his phlegmatic stoicism makes him all the more awesome.