No need for name calling. Just let her know that it's spelled "Mexican" and she'll fix it next time. That's why you always leave a note.

I met him a few times when I was 13 or 14, as he was staying at the same hotel as my family. He was incredibly nice, incredibly gracious (and according to my parents, a lot of fun to drink with at a hotel bar).

Reformation rock? Total Depravity would be the obvious choice to name a hardcore/punk Reformation-soaked rock band. Limited Atonement could work, too.

@Prof. Ocean

I met a guy a couple years ago who worked on Apollo 7 through Apollo 14 as part of the team that designed the spacecrafts. (It was a brief conversation in an emergency room, I didn't have time to plumb the details of his job.) Anyway, he went to work designing engines for Boeing after that, and I haven't been able…

Re: Shut Up…Sucked

Bacon Sandwich,

A) I want Penny and Desmond's part in this to be over. From now on, every couple episodes, just show us a couple scenes of them living their life, making fondue, reading to Charlie, fishing on the Thames, doing whatever it is they do, completely and finally removed from all this craziness. Let them be happy, dangit!

E-Z-E, you forget that Locke said The Island told him what he had to do. He probably just assumed that Richard knew, too.

Gotta agree—that adventure theme has surfaced and resurfaced a few times since season one, and every time it gets both more prominent and more awesome.

Also, Hulu videos play on a wider range of computers than does ABC's player, and they don't require you to "CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE" after every commercial.

I think it was more showing us what Jack was afraid of.

I have to disagree. C+ at best.
Overall, I thought this was probably the weakest episode of the season. The flashbacks felt disjointed, forced: they weren't telling any particular story, but rather filling in gaps in Daniel's backstory, moving forward from gap to unrelated gap. It lacked a certain punch, felt…

Durn work, making me rush posts and drop key verbs:

Justifying Your Existence
I'm gonna let the sad statement that makes about your emotional well-being and just say that it's been a few months now and I'm STILL grateful that Decider New York has finally gone up. Great website. I'm looking forward to seeing how it evolves.

Suggestion
"The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel" by (of course) Amy Hempel.