It's okay. A very quick read, but nothing special. It took a weird turn into sci-fi action at the end. "Crap Kingdom" was better, though in many ways it was an improved repeat of this book.

I hated Chronic City so, so much. I liked "The Fortress of Solitude", so I went to the New Yorker site and looked up more work by Lethem. The New Yorker had a short story about an astronaut trapped in space (which I loved) and one about a hipster music critic living with a bunch of dogs (which I hated). Then I got…

Rand Paul's credentials are impeccable. Just ask the founder of the organization that credentialed him: Rand Paul.

In Superbad, Michael Cera wanders into a room at a party with a bunch of creepy older guys, and they make him sing a song. I don't remember Martin Starr in the scene, but he was probably one of those guys.

The real hygiene issue is that they left the bowl of mush sitting out all night. The old lady needs to clean up that bowl of mush, not just say goodnight to it.

Each show also had a "Freaks & Geeks" alum, John F. Daley and Jason Segel.

The characters certainly believe that the unregulated bank will get the government off their backs, but I'm not sure if Stephenson agrees with them. In "Snow Crash", the US government collapsed because improved encryption allowed everyone to keep their money out of the government's reach, so the government couldn't…

I just finished The Martian, and I agree with you. (And with the many posters here who've made similar complaints in the past.) I wasn't going to buy it for myself, because of all the criticism I've seen here, but I received it as a gift.

If Miranda July married January Jones, she'd be named Miranda Jones! Hilarious!

I finished rereading it recently, and I liked it better the second time. It's easier to skip the irrelevant infodumps and focus on the little things which will become important later.

I like everything Mayflower does. None of it is flashy, but it's the kind of flavorful, low-alcohol beer that I like as a staple. Particularly their summer and fall seasonals.

Here's how hard the album Houses of the Holy rocks: That song "Houses of the Holy" didn't rock hard enough to be on the album. And that song ROCKS!

The really bittersweet Iain Banks is The Quarry. The main character's father is dying of cancer, as Banks was when he wrote it. Pretty depressing.

I didn't realize someone had already posted that. Guess it's off to the Jingle Jail for me…

I dreamed that Lenore took Lenore, and I just stood there shouting "LENORE! LENORE!"

In some 1975 performances, the last two lines were replaced with "This is his last chance, tell him, Rosie, I ain't no freak / 'Cause I got my picture on the cover of Time and Newsweek!"

The couple from The River still ended up better than the couple from Stolen Car. But there's still hope for the young lovers in Springsteen songs. The couple in Drive All Night rejected the violence of the streets, and they seemed happy enough. And if you count later Springsteen, the older couple in Long Time Comin'…

I've watched every episode, and I still can't even recognize some of the Birthday Boys. Someone will appear in a wig or different clothes and I can't figure out if it's a guest star.

I used to shop at the Best Buy featured in Serial! I don't remember if there were pay phones, but there were Nation of Islam members selling bean pies on the side of the road.

Yeah, that's a good one. I bought yellow Chartreuse after I finished my bottle of green, and it's just not the same. I also like Chartreuse in a Widow's Kiss, but I'm out of Calvados.