I'm reading Redeployment a collection of short fiction focused around the Iraq war by Phil Klay. The stories are all very compelling and I've found it to be a very realistic depiction of that life.

I was in high school at the time, and when my dad finally came to pick me up in the afternoon had made sure we both wore damp bandanas over our faces for the walk home. In retrospect that was probably a great idea, as the smoke ended up blowing right over our apartment for the rest of the day. I definitely remember…

So many social engagements…so little time.

What are you, Walter, a fucking Man-in-Black now?

You really suck, McBain comments section!

Agreed. While most shows have the plot build up to a historical event, Mad Men reacts to it-the characters aren't building up to that moment, they are just going to a lame wedding reception. That is what makes it much less trite and much more affecting and realistic.

I think the show handles it very well by grounding those historical events within the context of the story. We think of a historical event as the only thing that happened that day, but in reality to was just a moment-many things happened before and after. Like you say, it is never written as if, 'The characters then…

I have nothing productive to add, but as a long suffering Knicks fan I am just angry that either of the Bulls or the Hornets won at anything.

I've been watching the sixth season of The Sopranos. I know there have been other shows that have incorporated the dream sequence-and I think that Six Feet Under and Pushing Daisies definitely benefitted from this-but I think it is amazing that a show as grounded in reality as The Sopranos would devote so much time to…

So those Egg Council creeps got to you too, huh?

I had that book! So this is what it feels like when doves cry…

The only thing better than Korrll playing young Han Solo is Korrll wearing his awesome hat while playing young Han Solo.

Mmmmm, muffuletta sandwich…

Based on his episode of MTV Cribs, I find it completely possible-if not probable-that Redman would sell a used Toyota Celica to some guy.

I'll second the desire to cut back on drinking. I don't get drunk every day, but I really wish I could get my 'after work decompression time and dinner' to not include a beer or a cocktail.

Hey Dolph, take a memo on your Newton—MLA and Eat Up Martha are awesome!

My leg is feeling a little better after pulling my hamstring the week before Thanksgiving. I actually ran a few miles yesterday, thereby staving off the looming specter of old age!

I submitted my first application for grad school this week, so I suppose this makes me an aspirational academic? Anyway, I'm breathing a sigh of relief. Now it's time to kick back and nervously wait to hear back.

I remain baffled by the idea that a few minutes of slightly better pleasure is worth a disease or getting someone pregnant. Have some perspective, bros.

I'm always baffled by the, 'I don't want to/need to wear a condom' complex. I hate to say it, but maybe every human male under the age of 25 needs to go through a legitimate pregnancy scare? Because there is nothing like one of those to make you recalibrate your sexual desires around, 'Am I legitimately prepared to…