I love Green Arrow and really like Jeff Lemire's writing elsewhere, so I picked this issue up and tried to give it a chance, but t I just can't get into young Ollie.  I'm not usually an overly nostalgic comic book fan, and while I do certainly have my own personal favorite versions of key characters — particularly…

Wait, what? No Mirrors on that list?

Much the same here — except that we watched Home Improvement instead of Seinfeld.

That was my least favorite of the five, and the most disappointing, as I was waiting for his version since he popped up in Season 1. His version was so perfunctory and lifeless, especially compared to the kids' version the previous season (and really most of his work).

My hometown Kalamazoo, Michigan gets a lot of name drops — especially for a pretty nondescript Midwestern industrial/college town — but the joke is always "Hey! That's a weird name!"  I suppose people from Walla Walla get the same thing.

You know, I always thought TWD could use more montages set to heatfelt, acoustic covers of songs like "Slow Ride" or "Radar Love" (preferably sung by Katy Segal).

I was more than a little distracted — I thought there was some very poor storytelling in some of the action scenes, and some completely unnecessary extreme angles.  It really took away from two of the main pleasures of the show: it was hard to appreciate Raylan being a badass because I couldn't exactly tell how he was…

Mark of Shame Reading: I'm about 1/4 of the way into Infinite Jest, which — along with Gravity's Rainbow and Underworld — has been one of my most embarrassing gaps.  I know I've still got a long way to go, but so far I find myself wishing I was reading other writers.  In particular, I feel like Leyner did postmodern…

The end of the elder Lamberts' story was enough to pull out the pathos in the preceding chapters and really make the book work for me.  Up to that point, I felt like it was a lot of tired suburban satire with hints of depth — kind of a lesser (and more long-winded) Richard Yates.

I irked a We Hate Movies fan a while back, so I did feel a bit guilty when Elliott called us out.  But don't the Floppers see — we do it for them! All for them!

I irked a We Hate Movies fan a while back, so I did feel a bit guilty when Elliott called us out.  But don't the Floppers see — we do it for them! All for them!

Yeah, I've taken to just skipping guest host episode.  There are some good ones — I though Al Madrigal was the best, and the Wyatt Cynac episode was solid as well — but the chemistry between the hosts is the main draw for me.

Yeah, I've taken to just skipping guest host episode.  There are some good ones — I though Al Madrigal was the best, and the Wyatt Cynac episode was solid as well — but the chemistry between the hosts is the main draw for me.

I first saw that poster when I was about 5 or so, and for at least 5 more years (if not 30), I would run from the toilet after flushing, for fear that I would hear a demonic giggle.

I first saw that poster when I was about 5 or so, and for at least 5 more years (if not 30), I would run from the toilet after flushing, for fear that I would hear a demonic giggle.

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter — The Power of Christ Impales You

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter — The Power of Christ Impales You

"Get your boners ready" might be my new favorite Stuart Wellington line.

"Get your boners ready" might be my new favorite Stuart Wellington line.

Seconding the Irons audiobook.  The audio book does lose a few of the textual games played by Humbert/Nabokov, but it is absolutely worth it to hear Humbert mimic Dolores's voice — it really emphasizes the degree of control that he holds on his narrative.  We never see Dolores Haze — just the fictional figure Humbert…