I remember when there was a controversy about whether skipping commercials on TiVo etc. was somehow “stealing” from the networks, because the whole system assumes people have to sit through the ads. And one of the cable execs said “if we got rid of commercials your cable bill would go up by $50 a month” or something…

In the demo, I found it easier to perfect-guard the second boss than to do it with regular enemies.  Which is good, because you really have to.

It’s not like the show is hard science, but it might be noted that Dan Ariely has been accused multiple times of faking his data.

I thought he could conceivably be Robert Patrick, but realized he wasn’t.

There’s always someone who hasn’t seen it; my position is that “spoiler” and “secret” aren’t the same thing.  And it costs nothing to err on the side of caution.

Streep lived up to her rep this episode, for damn sure. I also liked how the other on-stage actors were allowed to enjoy Steve Martin’s patter song, in character.

I love it even if it’s wrong; one of my favorite movies, [name redacted], turns on this.  But...from childhood?  Seems hard to pull off.

My life has reached the point where I have to explicitly get paper bags from a store once in a while so I can do my paper recycling.

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Yeah, my Stop and Shop has had the hand-helds for decades.  I’ve never tried them, maybe I should.

THANK YOU.  (Belmont Center Coffee Connection, almost daily for a while.)

They met on Fargo -- as did Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst! Horniest indie TV series ever!

It’s really amazing how far down the cast list you have to go to find a male, and the first one there is playing a robot. (This is not a complaint, just an observation.)

It’s amazing how many people who are assholes because “that’s just how they are” manage to not be assholes to people with power over them.  

Quoting John Scalzi: “the failure state of clever is asshole”.

One thing I love in music is songs whose lyrics tell you when they’re done. Tons of good examples in show tunes, but Margaritaville is one of my favorites; the progression from “it’s nobody’s fault”, to “it could be my fault”, to “it’s my own damn fault”.

Yes, I understand that.  I meant that this was my theory between the time that Lazlo had them turn off the video, obviously because something was about to be revealed, and that mid-credits sequence.

Yeah, he should be amazed he’s still alive at all at this point.  Messing with a lawman’s teenaged daughter in any way is probably even higher on “you know you’re getting killed, right?” scale than killing a cop.

I thought the reveal about the vamps’ talking about The Guide on video was going to be that they were really praising Doll Nadia (I actually forget if they left it ambiguous since I only thought of it between the two scenes.)

I think they’re trying to leave it an open “well, what do YOU think?” thing whether Raylan really thought the guy was going for a gun or just didn’t care any more and took the opportunity to have his shoot be...justified (everybody drink!)