Wow, I don't remember the father dying.  Maybe my local library didn't have all the books in that series.  Makes me curious to track down the rest of them.

I liked it even better when the Poor Man was out, because Louis Largent would fill in and he seemed to be better at relating to the callers.

Those books are the only reason I perk up when someone mentions they have a piece of white gold jewelry.

O'Neal, how can you ask if Koski is a beer freak?  Long time AV Clubbers know that Koski gets smashed at every opportunity.

IES Chang should be one of Sterling Draper Phipps & Tobias' first hires.

So true.  O'Neal looked like he was thinking "Koski, if this wasn't your last Taste Test, I would be sending three daggers of snark deep into your bosom."

That's exactly what I thought upon laying eyes on Sean O'Neal for the first time.  How can so much snark and disdain emanate from someone that looks so normal?  Wouldn't those feelings twist his inner being so much that it would manifest in his outer appearance?  I would expect at least a permanent eye-roll, like…

As a kid, I liked to read about other kids being smart and clever.  Encyclopedia Brown and The Great Brain series come to mind.  Nancy Drew novels were also a favorite.  I've always wondered why I like mysteries as a kid but can't get into mystery novels as an adult.  I think the last mystery I read was Scott Turow's…

Where art thou, ZMF?  Come mourn your lost brother.

He paid the Audi Price.

So true.  Best example for me was when the two of them visited the West German hitman in his hotel room.

In my imagination, Claudia can't decide between two breakfast choices.  But since she knows Elizabeth better than she knows herself, she orders both of them.  Knowing Elizabeth isn't going to eat, Claudia gets to chow down Ms. Pac Man-style.

I watched the first five or six shows of this series, then dropped it when Top Chef started up again on Wednesday nights.  I remember being transfixed whenever Connie Britton was onscreen, but many of the plots seemed to be spinning their wheels.  Is it worth it to catch up with this show?  ABC has five of their full…

Oh my god, Jamon Iberico.  That is the stuff that convinced me that Pigs Just Need To Die, because of the magic it produces in my mouth.

I love cashews too.  I go through the 2.5 pound containers from Costco at a frightening rate.  In related news, I'm shrinking like a salted slug.

That sounds like a year-long sex tour, going from Australia then up through Asia, then down North and South America.  An Eskimo rim job would be so icy cold it would register as hot to the skin, and ultimately be unbearably sensational.

Why is the girl in that picture kicking that guy playing air guitar?

YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN also falls into the "not entirely a piece of shit" category.

Ahhh…THIS is where we'll read about BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

Supernatural has always been strong in choosing its guest stars (I've always loved how various actors from the Whedon-verse will pop in).  Please tell me they'll bring in the actress that played Ms. DiPesto from Moonlighting.