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Last night's Simpsons episode wasn't the funniest of the season, but it had a strong, coherent plot, driven by the characters, and that counts for something, doesn't it? I liked that both Mr. Burns and Lisa were both inspired by the collapse of Geezer Rock. I wonder if anyone on the Internet has created an "Are you a Patty or a Selma?" quiz yet.

Has anyone else noticed that, whenever someone talks about the two previous seasons of American Idol, they always mention Clay as runner-up to Ruben, but never (or rarely, anyway) Justin Guarini as Kelly's runner-up? The reason almost certainly has to do with record sales, not to mention that Guarini is a dork, but it just strikes me as amusing. I mean, they were both in second place.

And finally, isn't microfilm annoying?