I bought an LP of Songs From the Wood by Jethro Tull at a garage sale about 25 years ago because the cover caught my eye. I'd grown up on 80s pop and was unfamiliar with Jethro Tull. I've listened to a lot of Tull since then, but I think Songs From the Wood is the best.

I have always had the feeling that Mitch's main emotion towards Cam is low-grade loathing, with a sprinkling of condescension.

I think it's one of the better disaster movies of its era. Which is faint praise, but still. I think I just like those old movies because they remind me of my childhood. (The clothes and cars, not the disasters.)

The TV trailers for The Towering Inferno scared the crap out of me. (I was four.) I still don't like glass elevators. On the other hand, I have an abiding appreciation for Steve McQueen.

He's dimplicious.

One of my favorite movies…but my favorite character is the Rev. Mr. Beebe, played by Simon Callow. So many top-notch actors in this film!

I agree…I felt like I'd seen it all before, but with people. The talking heads and handheld camera from The Office. The backstage sets, the writers' room—even the incidental music sounded like 30 Rock re-tread. I hope they'll break away and come up with their own vision. Statler and Waldorf were the only bits I…

It's John Wyndham, and yes, Day of the Triffids is definitely worth a read.