I put salt on pretty much all my melons. Intrigued by sugar on canteloupe.

I set up a wireless router today, in anticipation of my new TiVo. I'm trying to decide if I should give the TiVo a name. Maybe something fandomy.

Maybe the Happy Happy Joy Joy song is selling Don't Pee On The Electric Fence.

You know, the Batman gun just adds credence to my theory that every company should have an Intern for Inappropriate Humor. Anything that's going out to the public should be run by this guy (College student getting credit, so you don't have to pay him). If he laughs, you need to re-design.

Chiming in on the wrongness of the Batman squirt gun.

I was going to try something funny, but... I got nuthin.

wrod. where's the brain bleach? Just read Jerry Falwell. Ew. Must boil synapses.

I agree that the President saying he read "three Shakespeares" souunds weird, but if I say I'm going to watch a Kurosawa, I don't care what genre it is. I'm telling you who directed the movie I'm about to sit down to.

I'm with you. I can't figure out what the distinction is, but I'm not convinced it's genre.

Also, while "we heard four Beethovens" sounds weird, saying "I listened to a lot of Beethoven yesterday" does not seem weird at all.

Hm, with both Shakespeare ad Beethoven, there could be confusion as to what from you're talking about - poems or plays, sonatas or symphonies - but with Kurosawa you at least know it's a movie.

Yeah. But I can't decide if that is really weird-sounding or if that's bunches of "Nuh uh" talking. You know?

And we can only use the names of directors and authors in this way when they're associated with genre films or genre fiction.

Totally disagree -- directors get to be called auteurs when their individual styles trumps the style of the genre they're working in, and that's the point at which this kind of usage generally comes into play. I'd argue that if you're using the creator's name, genre is explicitly not the point you're trying to convey.

You know that old saying about hitting someone's hand with your face?

I think I just did that, but with Ozzie's teeth and my finger, while I was giving him a pill.

Ow.

Thanks, Jessica, that's what I was trying to get my brain to cough up.

eta: I've done that (with my cat, not Ozzie). Ow indeed.

I'd argue that if you're using the creator's name, genre is explicitly not the point you're trying to convey.

I agree with Jessica here, in terms of movies.

In terms of books, though, it seems like most of the times when you use the author's name, like "I read three John Grishams," is when the author's books are kind of all the same. Except that I can think of a ton of exceptions. So I'm not really sure what the guideline is, but it seems to be different for books than for movies, and I've got no clue what it is for music.