Diskwiss, this post is a lucky bag for you. Its empty of course, but you're lucky I didn't put a cobra in it.

Its good that you want to talk about happy things rather than about what happened in France! I'm staying far away from the news right now. I'm glad our little fort here is always a pleasant place to visit no matter what else is happening!

Diskwiss, I guess you probably think this post is a prize for eating the last post.

I'm so glad to hear about Shonen Knife! Are there other things you could do in Osaka so you could have your whole Sneaky Christmas there instead of Tokyo? I'm picturing Osaka from the first shots in Stolen Desire which were from a helicopter. But probably a few things have changed since 1958.

Diskwiss, we are not your Advent calendar and our posts are not chocolates, so scram.

I don't want to think either what would make someone fall down crying. I've felt like it sometimes, but there's a big difference between feeling awful and actually breaking down like that. Why was there no teacher around?

I haven't been asked to critique anything for awhile, thank Heavens! Is there any other industry with such a low bar for aptitude? If someone handed me a screenplay to read I might just start crying!

I assume they're all movies of your own choosing! I'm okay with my own curation, its the bottomless ocean of everything else that I find terrifying.

One of my oldest library memories is of idly picking up a big yellow hardcover book while waiting for my parents. It was, from start to end, a list of movie titles. One after the other in columns, just like a phone book. Page after page of thousands of titles, unceremoniously stacked atop each other. There was no…

Diskwiss, you can quit anytime you want.

When I worked at the hospital I worked weekends and holidays while I was in school but a couple times I had to quit during semesters and each time hope they'd hire me back for Christmas and Summer. And they did for years but one year the boss got so angry at me for leaving in September that I was warned he wouldn't…

Diskwiss, how much juice do you get out of one post?

That was almost like watching a whole episode of the show! Now I understand the title, too. Except for the Q. I can see why you like it so much!

I have not seen it, but I have seen at least a poster or DVD of it because its the one with the creepy Lord of the Flies looking kids on it, right? I'll keep my beady eyes open for the next time it crosses my path!

Diskwiss, if I ever see your tiny footprints leading out of the computer and hear little footsteps running around at night, I'm going to let a badger loose in the house to catch you.

That doll story is so creepy! I like the story behind it, that the doll is actually friendly and playful. Now I'm wondering if my Grover comes to life at night? He's made of fuzz, so its possible I just can't hear his footsteps.

Diskwiss, your cellphone has so many banana stickers on it you can't even see the screen anymore.

Don't get caught with your cellphone! You're in a sneaky mood again! What happens if you get caught with your phone? Please let me know what you've learned about your new school and your cousin and EB and everything else as soon as you get the chance! But please don't risk getting in trouble at school!

Diskwiss, speaking of Halloween, here's just one more rock for you. Right into your cereal.

Where did Don get a million dollars? Oh, from the sale of the company? Do you ever wonder about that show how overpaid everyone seems to be? Is what Don does worth a million dollars? I don't remember Don ever having an ad idea that seemed worth more than minimum wage! I'm glad Megan got away from Don. I wish…