I sat and forever am at work here

You’ve probably seen my collection of Gilmore Girls DVDs by now, Rodger. Perhaps you've even borne witness to the show’s greatness. I don’t watch the show much now (at this point, it’s been off-air for about five years), but in college I was in front of the TV every Tuesday from 7:00 – 8:00PM CST, emotionally engaged in the lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. Back then, I had a Gilmore Girls poster hanging on a wall in my room. The Gilmores watched over me as I slept until your mom ripped the poster, “accidentally” she’ll tell you, but I don’t think she’s that maladroit.

Man or Superman?

I know, Rodger: 218 episodes of Smallville and there were – and this is being generous – only fifteen or so episodes really worth watching. Smallville mostly retread the usual teenage drama found on hour-long shows that have actors in their twenties portray teens in high school. Occasionally (and not often enough), things went boom. Usually (and way too often), Lana, Chloe, and Lois conveniently blacked out (I think there is something severely wrong with them – you cannot spend that much time unconscious and also have a clean bill of health. There are gaps in your memory, Lana? Then you are not well). In the end, you don’t even really get to see Tom Welling don the Superman suit. I waited ten years for that.