This song happened to be on the radio frequently at the time I was reading these books as a child, and it always made me think of the Boxcar Children's parents. It always left me with a creepy feeling.

Good to know he is actually a decent actor in the right context. Sounds like he was suffering from Natalie Portman in Star Wars Syndrome while on Dexter. I'll have to check out Fargo. I've heard nothing but good things.

Yeah, that ending is just perfect. The part where the parents are watching Holly Hunter board her plane and her dad says to her mom, "Look at her. We made her." makes me tear up every time. Even as a person in her mid-twenties with no kids (and no plans to have any), that line is such a touching insight into what it…

The only thing I've ever seen Colin Hanks in is season 6 of Dexter, so his characterization of "reasonably beloved" seems a gross exaggeration. His "threatening" serial killer face always looked like he was trying to hold in an explosive shit. Did his acting reflect the horrid quality of that show and script, and he's…

I'm a huge Collective Soul fan, sometimes to the point of being an apologist, but even I have to agree with you. I mean, they did it TWICE. Come on, guys.

I had no idea she was coming to Madison! That's awesome. Thanks for the heads up!

I don't have a comment on this topic; I just noticed your username and got excited to see another Daniel Abraham fan. I'm always trying to promote his work to my friends, so it's just cool to come across other fans. I'm really excited for The Spider's War, but I also don't want the series to be over!

The joke that had me laughing for a minute straight was Mrs. Vorhees canceling her reservations at "La Gargamel." It's a perfect example of a Tina Fey-style joke: a seamlessly integrated one-off, delivered perfectly by Jane Krakowski whose seriousness belies the ridiculous reference of the joke.

Silly Mike Vago. Ron Swanson would never bury his gold in his own backyard. If you're lucky enough to find out where he lives, you're sure as hell not going to get a chance to steal his gold.

I don't know, isn't that a little esoteric?

Another glaring hole that I only noticed upon re-watching it was that no one ever talks about Barty Crouch after he dies. These three 14 year olds find a man dead in the woods, and no one EVER talks about it. You don't even find out his son killed him. When I first watched it, my book knowledge filled in these holes,…

Agreed. Everyone seems to love the Budweiser puppy ad, but to me it just looked like it was written by an 8-year-old child. "There's a cute puppy and he hangs out with his horse friend, but then he gets lost! He is super lonely and sad, but finds his way home. But then a big scary wolf is gonna eat him! But then his…

Though my avatar makes me feel obligate to pick Champion, I have to go with another dog: Wishbone. A dog that loved reading as much as I do, with a healthy dose of pun-heavy humor? Yes please!

The ending of Ender's Game completely turned the book around for me. It hadn't engaged me hardly at all up until that point—there is just no dramatic tension for me in a story about how one kid is super talented and amazing and handily defeats any obstacle he is faced with. However, learning that he had actually been…

Yeah, I was surprised to see Claudia included in this list as a bad example of a "geek girl." She consistently is out in the field, not limiting her ingenuity to a desk in the warehouse. She even teams up with Myka and/or Pete on numerous occasions and they clearly see her as an equal member of the team. I always…

Yeah, once Glee decided it was the voice for all social issues, it really became unbearable. "Grilled Cheesus" was a prime example of how the writers just couldn't handle serious themes. In an episode where Kurt's dad might be dying, they have Finn having a religious "crisis" because a sandwich didn't grant one of his…

From the article I read, it might have something to do with their parent company, Time Warner, making a lot of cuts. It's unclear if HBO was forced to lay people off by TW when they didn't want to, but it's a rather unhappy coincidence that these two news items came out at the same time.

From the sound of the article, it seems like at least some of them have been fired: https://variety.com/2014/tv…

I'm sure the 150 HBO employees that are getting laid off this week will be happy to hear this.

The thing that I don't understand about it, though, is their "fear" that people wouldn't hear the album. I agree with him that there is a lot of stuff out there in the music industry, but really? A U2 album flying under the radar, going unnoticed by everyone? That I can't be convinced of. The only reason they were…