CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@stevelieber "It's Spider-hyphen-man, new guy!"

@stevelieber This is the best news I've heard all year!

@codinghorror I've really only had one album I've listened to every day for months (although then I'd need a break), and that's Friends by The Beach Boys. It's Brian Wilson's nicest album, and lower maintenance for my brain than Pet Sounds or Smile. Works both as background music and as a focussed listening experience.

@crankylinuxuser @mekkaokereke Columbo isn't. All his fellow cops are idiots, he lets small crimes slide, and he shields minorities from racist colleagues. Every episode is a wish fulfilment fantasy (related to the revenge flick, narratively) about how the power of deduction and the law can be used to bring down evil rich people. (I'd also argue that Twin Peaks should be exempt, but that's a little shakier since the whole department of hyper-intelligent weirdos in the FBI thing isn't realistic.)