I dunno - that tiger looks pretty darn real, and really darn pretty too.

I dunno - that tiger looks pretty darn real, and really darn pretty too.

The pug!  No!  I root for the big dogs - the Afghan hound, the Scottish deerhound, the Newfoundland.  Yay for big dogs!

The pug!  No!  I root for the big dogs - the Afghan hound, the Scottish deerhound, the Newfoundland.  Yay for big dogs!

They always played it in Dallas at noon - it was my only Thanksgiving Day tradition. Besides being picky about my food.  But that's an everyday tradition, really.

They always played it in Dallas at noon - it was my only Thanksgiving Day tradition. Besides being picky about my food.  But that's an everyday tradition, really.

I kind of liked Shutter Island.  I think it was worth the time, at any rate.

I kind of liked Shutter Island.  I think it was worth the time, at any rate.

If I ever get a Mr. David Tennant . . . wait a minute, that won't really work, will it?

I'll be spending Thanksgiving day with my brother, my ex-sister in law and my niece.  Is that still Family-in-Law?

I'll be spending Thanksgiving day with my brother, my ex-sister in law and my niece.  Is that still Family-in-Law?

I have to agree with you on "we will get to that later" thing.  Can we just stop piddling around and get on with it?  I like the show a lot, used to really really like it, but if they don't get their ass in gear, I'm not gonna watch it much more - just wait for the finale.  It feels like they are just treading water.

I have to agree with you on "we will get to that later" thing.  Can we just stop piddling around and get on with it?  I like the show a lot, used to really really like it, but if they don't get their ass in gear, I'm not gonna watch it much more - just wait for the finale.  It feels like they are just treading water.

I really don't know anything about Autotune or Steve Albini, but I can tell you that I really, really hate this song and have from the first time I heard it.  It's just a bad song.  Bad, bad, bad.

I really don't know anything about Autotune or Steve Albini, but I can tell you that I really, really hate this song and have from the first time I heard it.  It's just a bad song.  Bad, bad, bad.

I liked the Bromeliad series quite a bit, but I think that is aimed at younger children even than YA, and I do read at that age bracket quite a bit.  I don't think I've ever read Strata, and didn't like Nation either. LOVE Good Omens - I think I might have read that 10 times already.

I liked the Bromeliad series quite a bit, but I think that is aimed at younger children even than YA, and I do read at that age bracket quite a bit.  I don't think I've ever read Strata, and didn't like Nation either. LOVE Good Omens - I think I might have read that 10 times already.

I hadn't really considered The Long Earth YA - that's not how it was marketed and it didn't really read that way to me.  It definitely wasn't my favorite Pratchett, but I didn't have any of the problems with it that you seemed to.  I liked it - I thought it was reasonably interesting and well written, and if there's a…

I hadn't really considered The Long Earth YA - that's not how it was marketed and it didn't really read that way to me.  It definitely wasn't my favorite Pratchett, but I didn't have any of the problems with it that you seemed to.  I liked it - I thought it was reasonably interesting and well written, and if there's a…

Doomsday Book is in my top 3 all time favorite books - I read my copy so much I wore the punctuation off the page!  (It was printed in the really fine font, I guess trying to stay in keeping with the medieval theme.) It's worth a read if you're at all interested in history.