I picked up a King collection a few months ago, and one story scared the beejezus out of me (perhaps because it concerned a haunted hotel room, and resonated with my own recent experience with such?). This is not an easy thing to do, as I've been gleefully reading Clive Barker and H.P. Lovecraft since I was a teenager. While I think he's become hopeless with the novel form (or in his case, mega-novel), the man can still write amazing short stories.

I don't think I'll read Black House, since Talisman immediately became one of my favourite books. Grossed me out wrt seagulls, too.

And I agree with Matt on the short stories -- I've liked his long books, but his short stories scare the crap out of me.

You can get pretty interesting mostly clear shower curtains that make the bathroom still look nice and yet prevent you from having the "I know someone is lurking in my shower just waiting to have at me" feelings. Also helps to keep your bathroom from feeling too closed in.

I don't mind Crichton, but I apparently have atrocious taste in fiction. Ok, I didn't like all of his stuff, but I was drawn to Timeline. (Castles! Jousting! Armour! What's not to love?) King novels I'm not so fond of, but his short stories can be quite creepy.

Back to that Tim guy.... I've been rewatching Firefly now that I've taken them back from my BF (who sadly wasn't watching them on his own). I think I enjoy them much more on rewatch than I ever did on tv. Oh sure, I watched faithfully because it was Mutant Enemy, but I don't think I ENJOYED as much as I am now. I think it's also more fun because I can't catch repeats on tv, so when I revisit them now after months of forgetting plot details it feels fresh and new. I was trying to emulate Allyson's brain-marination in Out of Gas. Not sure I accomplished it, but sure did enjoy watching it.

I'm mostly okay with shower curtains. But thanks to The Legacy, I can't deal with shower doors.

From way up

Do either of you eat Twix so that it breaks off just where the little holes are? The ones in the cookie part, I mean. (If you do this, you'll know what I mean -- if you don't, then I seem very insane right now.)

Twix are a whole process. First the bit of chocolate around the edge, then the caramel/chocolate top down to the cookie part, then the cookie part with the chocolate bottom.

Having not read any SF or horror lately, I can't contribute to the current conversation, except to say that I used to have a book of horror stories that had excellent Joyce Carol Oates and Bierce stories along with one by someone I can't remember about Jack the Ripper that I loved.

So, is this the final Wonderfalls show order?

00. Unaired Pilot (Wax Lion, but different)
01. Wax Lion
02. Karma Chameleon
03. Wound-Up Penguin
04. Pink Flamingos
05. Crime Dog
06. Barrel Bear
07. Muffin Buffalo
08. Lovesick Ass
09. Safety Canary
10. Lying Pig
11. Cocktail Bunny
12. Totem Mole
13. Caged Bird

Unaired pilot listed for completeness. I assume numerals above zero are what will be on the DVDs.

Twix are a whole process. First the bit of chocolate around the edge, then the caramel/chocolate top down to the cookie part, then the cookie part with the chocolate bottom.

Before the big D hit, I was enjoying the new KitKat Big Kat in a similar manner.

I would eat the chocolate off the ends, then the sides, then rip off the top and eat that, leaving the bottom layer to consume with what was left of the cookie.

Can't blame the sugar intake for Diabetes, tho. Dammit.

So, is this the final Wonderfalls show order?

Daniel, here's Tim's list:

Tim Minear "The Minearverse: YExpirationDateMV" Mar 14, 2004 2:53:49 pm PST

Barrel Bear doesn't fit late in the season, though -- it makes no sense stuck in the middle of an arc it has nothing to do with. It was written as episode five (the previouslies for Muffin Buffalo show a bit of it), and FOX moved it because they thought it was weak. Bryan says in retrospect he thinks it fits best as episode seven, after Muffin Buffalo but before Lovesick Ass. Apparently they haven't decided exactly where to put it on the DVDs yet.

It's a coaster.