btw ita, I think it was you that first pointed me to BugMeNot.com. It is a wonderful site. Thanks.

Did anyone catch the voices in the backgroud when they did the close up on the hatch? I thought I heard a man speaking and a woman scream.

No, as was noted already, the sounds of screaming were the stereotypical monkey/chimp screeching you always hear in jungle/tropical island locations. Even when there is no evidence simians are within a thousand miles of said location.

I'm also betting Hurley was a psych patient.

I'm also betting the "sickness" that over-took Rousseau's party was mental. Remember, she never actually said it was a physical ailment, just a "sickness". Just like Leonard now has a "sickness".

I'm among the multiple books on a trip thing. And I travel (if not fly) all the freaking time, so I regularly carry about three times what I could actually read on given trip.

I used to be like that with music, too, until the blessed advent of the mp3 player, whereupon I could carry my whole collecation, all the time. I tried to go that way with ebooks, but it never took off.

Oh, yeah, the other thing was that I used to joke that I could survive on a desert island with just the (extensive) contents of my jacket pockets. I need to add one of those magnesium striker things, and replace my battery flashlight with one of those that you just shake to recharge, and I'll be set for months.

But then it finally occurred to me that I wouldn't get stuck on a desert island while wearing the jacket, because, winter coat! So. I guess I'll die like everyone else now.

I lurve that Sawyer was reading Wrinkle in Time and I'm going to scurry off to reread my copy in case there's anything relevant. It was a little mathy. Maybe they're going to tesseract themselves off the island.

Is it wrong that I have the series of numbers memorized and I think about them sometimes during the day? The SO wondered how many people played those numbers in the lotto yesterday.

I take stuff to read on long trips but since I usually go by bus, I don't always end up reading b/c I sit and watch the scenery (unless it's an overnight journey, in which case watching scenery is a tad pointless). When I travelled over to see moonlit I took the first Raven book by James Barclay but didn't bother opening it. Instead I listened to the 99 track mp3 disc I'd made for the journey. When I go back over next weekend, I'll probably take a couple of magazines to read--though they probably won't come from the shop. :)

Is there are buffista login for the Tribune, Kristen (or anyone)?

Okay that is weird. I went to that site 5 times last night (mostly because I couldn't believe it was actually there) and not once did it ask me to log in. This morning, I just tried from the PC and, yep, login required.

Bizarre.

Okay that is weird. I went to that site 5 times last night (mostly because I couldn't believe it was actually there) and not once did it ask me to log in.

I think that once you successfully login, it sets a cookie, so you don't have to log in again, unless you switch computers.

I'm also betting the "sickness" that over-took Rousseau's party was mental. Remember, she never actually said it was a physical ailment, just a "sickness". Just like Leonard now has a "sickness".

Although, if Ethan was Rousseau's son (and they never made that clear, did they) or part of her group (though I AM pretty sure she said her son was the only one left), then the illness takes different forms, because if Ethan was mentally ill (not to start that argument again) he was ill in a much different way than Leonard.

if Ethan was Rousseau's son (and they never made that clear, did they)

That was merely a theory floated about. I have my doubts about that one.

I think that once you successfully login, it sets a cookie, so you don't have to log in again, unless you switch computers.

See this is the source of my puzzlement. In the two weeks since I got the new powerbook, I can guarantee to you that I had yet to visit the Chicago Tribune's website. Until last night.