But yeah, Mariah Carey's music does stink, too. As Michael Stipe pointed out — she rhymes with "Pariah".

"struggles to turn Carey’s famous, superhuman miasmatic vocal runs into actual, transcribable notes" — do you mean 'melismatic'? "Miasmatic" would mean that it smells bad, where 'melismatic' makes sense in this context.

I predict that the wedding will happen (because TV loves weddings) but either she'll hit the eject button during the ceremony, or it will only last a few episodes.

Frank's Place was great. The world could use more Tim Reid. He turns 71 this Saturday — HBD!

Every year in September, my wife shows the Ellerbee /Nick News 9/11 video to her 4th grade class. It's the best possible coverage of that for grade school kids, especially ones born after 2001.

PARKLIFE

HELLO FRIEND

(sprays binaca in mouth) No, how *you* doin?

My house. I'll shoot you the address later.

FROM THE GRAVE….

(I think that my sister still counts time using 'elephants' as the duration unit)

And the bagels? They call these bagels?

One of the best things about being around in the early 80s was that HBO showed Gregory's Girl all the time. Sad that Bill Forsyth seems to have gotten out of the business entirely after 'Being Human'.

Michael Maltese is the name he's looking for w/r/t having written 'Duck Season".

I don't think that I've ever heard 'Christmas Shoes' and now I'm torn between seeking it out to have a listen and trusting that it's not worth finding out. Like the xmas song equivalent of "2 Girls 1 Cup"

I don't think that 'atonal' means what you think it means. I'd be all for a good Pierre Boulez christmas tune, myself.

According to US law: "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United…

So wait — are we plugging the Top Chef premiere, but not recapping season 13?

You said Helvetica in full knowledge that Anderson uses Futura just to bait me, didn't you?

Truth. Herbs AND spices. Doesn't get realer than that, hoss.