Henson did create Farscape (well, co-create) and he directed quite a number of episodes. He produced it throughout its run and had plenty of input.

Hoo boy.

Farscape . It's the only reason I would give Brian Henson the benefit of the doubt on anything.

Henson does PBS cartoons for kids now. The designs are clearly muppets, but its all CGI.

I didn't reach the 50 page mark in Lies of Locke Lamora. The beginning started so well, but once the main character was an adult and doing the grifter thing, I found I just didn't care.

Well, maybe it should be!

I traded in a bunch of old PS3 games at Game Stop to get Lego City Undercover for the Wii U. The disk didn't work. Went to another Game Stop to exchange the game for one that did work. But it didn't.

How dare you besmirch Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli running about Rohan! That's my favorite part of the whole thing. Well, that and "The Council of Elrond."

What did you think? I'm not disappointed about the time I invested in that thick book, but I also have felt no impetus to read the next part of the saga.

Smith never had the following of either Lovecraft or Howard, and I am not entirely sure why. Smith lacks the visceral punch of Howard despite covering a lot of the same territory - what's the difference between Hyboria and Hyperborea, really? - and he's more fanciful and artistic than Lovecraft - but then most if not…

I really liked Throne of the Crescent Moon precisely because it felt less like a lot of set-up for other stuff and more like this is one story in a big, expansive and working world. That there has yet to be a follow up gives me hope that it will remain a stand-alone novel and not part of some interminable and awful…

Things Fall Apart is one of my favorite books ever. Every time I see it mentioned, I remind myself I should seek out some of his other writings, and I never do. So thanks for the reminder this time. I really should get one that.

I dunno that he "coaxed" anything. I think that was just Landau given the freedom to do his thing.

I feel like I just listened to his WTF? interview the other day. What a great, interesting, fun guy.

Prognosis: Negative was cool.

Yeah, exactly. It will take me a while to differentiate the new voices for the 'bots, but I was getting a handle on it before the end of the episode.

The revival. It was very much a greatest hits compilation of characters and quirks, but I still enjoyed dipping back into Star's Hollow again. Looking forward to the other three.

They followed up with Whisperer in Darkness, which they made with sound (appropriately enough).

If this isn't Owen Wilson, you're stealing my bit!

I walked by him on the street in Georgetown back in '07. Haven't seen him since.