Last year Branden Ebel bought back the 50% of stock that EMI had owned in Tooth & Nail. I hope that will result in a return to form for them. Then again, I won't notice, because I'm now twice as old as I was during my Tooth & Nail years.

Stephen Christian is one of the nicest dudes around. Although I lost tabs on Anberlin years ago, I'm sad that they won't still be around.

I lived in Orlando for two years. The day I left my job, I walked out of the office, got immediately in my car and never looked back.

I spent half of my upbringing (and my parents still live) in Greenfield, Indiana, the home of poet James Whitcomb Riley. That town treats him like a national treasure. They have the Riley Days Festival every fall.

The Wrath of Kion

I saw JEW last summer for the first time in a decade. Holy Moses, those old songs hold up. The room exploded when anything from "Clarity" or "Bleed American" kicked in.

Wheatful Things
Miserrios
Children of the Cornflakes
I'm bored.

I'm still pulling for this show, but the first episode failed to grab me.

This is streets behind.

Leslie Knope is terrible at her job. Yes, she's ambitious, passionate and efficient. However, she's completely incapable of compromise, foresight or—I don't know—obeying the law.

Everyone loves to slag on Mark Brendanawicz (ya' old sandwich eater), but season 2 is the best season of P&R. Ben is great, but the best season of the show corresponded with the Age of Brendanawicz.

I think that things are emotionally manipulative when they feel cheap. For me, it's usually the unearned emotional twists (eg. killing a character at the end for no reason) that serve neither the plot nor the characters.

The whole thing feels weird. "Boy Meets World" has no equity among its target market. The people who are excited about "Girl Meets World" are people who are too old to ever actually watch it.

I'm anticipating the backlash from this show already. Nostalgic 30-year-olds are going to be disappointed when it finally sinks in that this is a show made for kids—not nostalgic 30-year-olds.

Rachel McAdams was recently in "About Time," which reminded me just how wonderful and charming she is. I'm surprised that her star faded so quickly. I demand justice!

I just wish that the chef who "loves" Smash Mouth had been Guy Fieri.

I HAVE THREE KIDS!

I was glad that the episode didn't set up with "GI Joe" thing; it just dove right in. I was honestly a bit disappointed that they pulled it back into the real world. At this point, we all know that doing genre episodes is just something that the show does. I personally don't feel like it needs to be grounded in their…

I used to work with both Audio Adrenaline and Steven Curtis Chapman. This is the shame that I live with.

Zach Handlen and I are on completely separate pages. He's enjoyed this boring, unfocused season, and I've described it with the aforementioned adjectives. He hated the one episode that I really enjoyed. (Well, "enjoyed" might not be the best descriptor.)