Friday Night Dinner Gift Guide

For all of the Gilmore Girl fans in your life! 

(Note: Prices May Vary!)

Do some holiday shopping while catching up on Friday Night Dinner, your favorite Gilmore Girls podcast. We've covered all the bases here: for someone who has never seen the show the complete series would be perfect, know a foodie? the Quarterly subscription to Food52 would be awesome! what about your caffeine-obsessed friend? How about a Starbucks gift card? Perfect!

 

Gilmore Girls Complete Series

$124.99 from Barnes & Noble

Pro/Con Pad

$7.99 from Modcloth 

The Godfather BR box set

$45 from BN.com

Babette ate oatmeal t-shirt

$24.50 from CafePress

“Someday, Someday Maybe” by Lauren Graham

$15.00 from BN

Coffee Coffee Coffee!

Starbucks.com 

 

Acceptable shearling

$165.00 from Zappos

 

Howl by Allen Ginsberg

$15.51 from Amazon

BOP IT!

$22.99 from Hasbro

 

 

Luke’s Diner Mug

$14.99 from WB.com

Barnes & Noble Gift Card

Any denominations at BN.com

 

Quarterly subscription to Food52

$50.00 for next box

Parenthood, Season One

$14.99 from Barnes & Noble 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Of course I'm thankful for the usual (family, friends, health), but I always like to think outside the box a little and list some other things for which I am thankful:

• the air conditioning in my car
• Jon Snow
• that the curtains in my living room are dark enough to shield me from the sun
• Netflix
• so many bunnies on Pinterest
• the beach at Chincoteague (technically Assateague)
• when my nook remembers what page I am on
• seasonal beers
• earmuffs
• when I have a break at work and no one else is in the breakroom
• Taylor Swift
• spinach
• Tennis Channel
• this time of year when the sun sets earlier
• a good bassoon reed
• Saul
• Build a Bear Workshop
• when people wave 'thanks' when I let them merge
• Prince George
• Netgalley and Edelweiss and being approved for awesome ARCs
• my sister's February countdown
• babies in general
• X-Men
• wifi
• bacon cheese fries at McMahons Irish Pub
• flurries
• twitter
• fashion magazines
• Essie's Good to Go topcoat

There ya go! So what are YOU thankful for? 

"Creep" Vs "Paperbag Writer"

Radiohead Bracket Time!

You know the drill: I'm working through a list of Radiohead songs to see which one comes out as the winner...which one is my favorite!

Creep



When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
She's running out again,
She's running out
She's run run run run
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here

(Pablo Honey. 1993)

Maybe Radiohead's most well-known song? Says something about it that it's over 20 years old and still can feel fresh. Soft-Loud-Soft magical formula and Thom Yorke sings some of those words just so perfectly. It might also be that I've been hearing this song for 20+ years and know what to listen for. 

Paperbag Writer

Blow into this paperbag,
Go home, stop grinning at everyone.
Blow into this paperbag,
Go home, stop grinning at everyone.
It was nice when it lasted,
But now it's gone.
It was nice when it lasted,
But now it's gone.
Blow into this paperbag.
Take your armor off,
You're not under attack.
Take your armor off,
You're not under attack.
Come on, come on.
Blow into this paperbag,
Go home, stop grinning at everyone.
Blow into this paperbag,
Go home, stop grinning at everyone.
And they were honeybees
On a blade of grass.
Take your armor off,
You're not under attack.
Blow into this paperbag.
Blow into this paperbag.

(Com Lag. 2003)

Dang, comparing songs released 10 years apart. "Paperbag Writer" is a weird one, too. It sounds like Thom Yorke took over a microphone as an orchestra was having a strings sectional. There isn't a lot of movement to this one and I find myself just waiting for something to happen. Like, where's the climax?

And the winner is...

Creep!

Andy Murray Is My #1

This breaks my sports heart:

I will work as hard as I can through the off season and get back to my best level for the beginning of the new year...sorry
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) November 14, 2014

Winter Is Coming

Guys, I need some cold air.

Arctic Air Countdown