The beef-draping-over-the-bun presentation might be an Indiana thing, as my Hoosier childhood was filled with breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches where the tenderloin was roughly twice the size of the bun.

My wife and I have said the same repeatedly. If only, if only.

There is very little that seems beyond the reach of the protomolecule, as it's presented in the books. So, yes, I assumed it was the PM using its seeming presence outside normal time/space restrictions to connect Miller and Julie Mao despite the fact their physical paths didn't cross in our space/time.

Regifting is mathoms, people - mathoms. Weirdly, Tolkien was all over this.

The Lyle Lovett comment is pretty spare, so let me expand - I have no idea about the critical reception for any of his albums, and frankly have little insight into the breadth of his career; allow these qualifications to color your view of my opinions as you wish. But 'Joshua Judges Ruth' turned my head at a time when…