House – "Cane and Able"

[bironic]

The only sad thing about dance class starting up again is that it means I have to tape House when it's on at 8:00 instead of 9:00, and by the time my little response goes up everyone's probably said everything already.

Therefore, a couple of quick recs to supplement:

- "Nutritional Values" by kementari. Worried that House is subsisting on little more than Cheez Whiz, beer, and everyone else's lunches, Wilson bribes his friend into a trip to the supermarket. This had me snorting with laughter in my seat at work so badly I had to stop and come back to it on my legitimate break.

He did buy food. Of a sort. Maybe some of his selections didn't exactly fit the traditionally accepted definition of 'food', but people were far too closed-minded these days. Peanut butter and Cheez-Whiz, for instance, covered at least three of the four major food groups: Possibly Dairy, Mainly Protein, and Mostly Sugar. Okay, so maybe that last one was a bit of a stretch, but after all, the body burns glucose for fuel. By consuming it in its raw form, he was simply helping it along a bit. He was a doctor. He knew these things. The fact that one of the two aforementioned sandwich spreads was only one molecule away from being an industrial plastic meant absolutely nothing. After all: a molecule is still a molecule on a molecular basis.

- "Deconstructing the Text" by sockitup. After an evening that doesn't turn out as planned, House figures out something about Wilson, and they have a big fight. This fic has decimated the likelihood of my ever attempting a "House and Wilson work out their feelings for each other" conversation because it is so damn perfect and in line with how I see it happening. It's solidly written, funny and painfully raw by turns, unbelievably insightful, and the easiest-to-read 13,200-word fic about a single evening you may ever encounter. Also, there's a really hot kiss. Seriously, people, WHERE IS THE LOVE THIS FIC DESERVES?

"Could we not... could we not talk about this?" There was a catch to Wilson's voice, something House thought might even be desperation.

"There's something to talk about?" House countered.

"There's always something to talk about." Wilson's smile was brief and pained. "There's always been something to talk about. Somethings. We just don't. And now, in a car, in the rain, just a few blocks from your place, is really not the time to do it."

And now, five (but really nine) things about tonight's episode because time is short:

1. Don't be a young blue-eyed boy on this show, kids—you'll end up with rectal bleeding. Sad but true. And your parents will need a visit from Supernanny (I can say this because I had to sit through an episode over the weekend) because they need to learn to care about their seven-year-old son's fear of the dark, not to mention of alien abduction, instead of snapping at you to go to sleep.

2. Chase! You are the hero of this episode. Making fun of Foreman and being met with the sound of crickets chirping, failing to fool a seven-year-old, sniping at the kid's stupid parents, getting to do a bunch of medical procedures, becoming the aforementioned seven-year-old's hero, and inspiring most of the running jokes about believing in aliens, including a delightfully nerdy recitation of astronomical statistics. And you managed not to kiss the prepubescent patient.

3. Alpha Centauri! Hyperdrive! Deadpan delivery of lines about unidentifiable non-terrestrial metals! House totally watches crappy sci-fi along with all the stuff they showed on his TiVo.

4. Look! Cameron notices House's pain. Oh, there, she notices it again! And again! *facepalm* How awesome was Cuddy's line about how Cameron isn't as delightful (or whatever the adjective was) as she thinks she is? Not a Cameron-hater, here, but, funny.

5. Wilson. While I feel a bit cheated at the lack of a good blow-up between him and House (and I mean that in the argument sense, not the sex toy sense, because I definitely wouldn't be complaining if the latter were the case) in the same way copperbadge felt cheated at the magical making-up before the actual making-up in "House vs. God" (ref.), I adore the way the writers set up all his scenes to elicit such a range of theories and reactions from us regarding his motivation(s), from the smug collusion with Cuddy in the lobby and his talk about this being their only opportunity to change House to the curious supplying of Vicodin to the jaw-dropping "Just sayin'" to the big "awwww" moment at the end.

5b. Despite his heartbreaking little confession about House's fragile wings, I am still not totally buying that Wilson did all of this to save House from crushed hopes. He seemed a little too pleased with that taunt about House not having been right about the brain cancer guy. (They could have fixed that by showing Wilson standing out of sight in the hallway recovering from what he'd just had to do, but they chose not to.) That smirk of his, along with the raised hands, gave me shivers. And he may have seemed to want to relieve House's pain with the Vicodin so he could keep exercising to strengthen the muscle, but who's to say Wilson didn't know exactly what House would do, working the leg so badly the ketamine would wear off more quickly, hastening his return to his role as House's caretaker and verbal sparring partner. Or maybe he figured House would get himself hooked back on Vicodin anyway and—or maybe I'm just looking for super-dark!Wilson where there is none to be found. I'm not saying that Wilson wasn't at least partly justified in trying to do what he did, though; House admitted to being an addict, he's shot morphine at least once at home, and today he lied about not being back on Vicodin and about his leg feeling fine, all suggesting that he can't be trusted to handle his problems on his own.

5c. Thoughts on whether House figuring out that this whole thing smacked of Wilson and not Cuddy means that House probably also figured out that his friend rigged up the plan in "Detox" as well?

5d. Has anyone ever written a fic in which Wilson persuades Cuddy to persuade Stacy to do the surgery on House while he's in his post-infarction coma? I've read maybe one or two in which Wilson convinces Stacy that it's a good idea, but what about this? I wouldn't be at all surprised if this turns out to be the backstory, and residual guilt over the fallout of his decision (which he let Stacy take the fall for) would help explain why Wilson has spent so much time around House and taken so much sh*t from him over the last six-ish years.

Annnd 6. They've got a cunning plan!

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ETA: Commentaries - renoir-girl, ew.com, blogcritics.org, usomitai, firestorm717, thewlisian_afer, elynross (middle of large post), rubberbutton, catalase, blackcat333_99.

Post-ep fic - "Icarus" by daasgrrl, "Experimental" by mad_with_july, "Odi et Amo" by rubberbutton.

Comments

[synn.livejournal.com]

you forgot to mention the 'click if you're over 18' line!
B/C, you know, while the general joke is that he's looking at porn, the funny thing is that it's really only fanfic that has that policy -- it's considered either unecessary (just a warning at the top of the page) by lots of actual erotica sites, or too little by lots of others (i.e, video sites, where you would be using a credit card).
So, totally playing to the fic. community.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I left out a bunch of stuff, because I'm trying this thing people talk about called 'concision' (looong way to go there, but as Addison's/brain cancer guy says, baby steps). And because it's now 40 minutes past bedtime, and eep.

Is it just fanfic that has age warnings? He's made other quips that can double as fanfic jokes, like the infamous "Up late. Internet porn" from possibly the first season.

Going to sleep now, will write back to your email tomorrow.

[synn.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that lots of sites have age warnings, but I think its primarily a fanfic thing for there to be a click-if-you're-over-18 button, as opposed to just a warning on the page or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, the requirement of a credit card.
But then again, I don't exactly visit a lot of non-fic nc-17 sites, so I could be very wrong.

[firestorm717.livejournal.com]

Ehehe, I see you're a big fan of dark!Wilson ^_~. He certainly was at his most manipulative in this episode, more so than even Detox or any of the other clashes before. I personally don't think Wilson has dark intentions of deliberately aiding House in self-destructing (or whatever) so he can feed his neediness again. You can interpret the scenes however you like, I suppose, but I do think he's genuinely concerned for House deep down and a lot of the callousness can be attributed to the other's personality - it's hard to get to a guy like House with such a tough exterior, so he made sure to make House's failure especially clear. Sort of the same thing he did in Need to Know, when he rubbed House's face in the fact that Stacy left him during rehab in an effort to get him to either face up to the affair or drop it, because it's not going to end well for him.

They could have fixed that by showing Wilson standing out of sight in the hallway recovering from what he'd just had to do, but they chose not to.

Just had to do as in hand House the Vicodin? Or in lying to House straight on? Wilson's done the latter many times without seeming to be bothered by it - it's a part of their dysfunctional relationship - so I don't think it's plausible for him to suddenly be overcome by remorse after this scene. You can care for someone and still lie to them, for what you believe to be their own good.

...Although Wilson certainly wouldn't be averse to taking advantage of a hurt-comfort scenario if it presented itself.

Anyway, just my two cents. Lots of fun in their characterization, regardless <3. And yeah, I'm pretty sure House has figured out by now that Detox was Wilson's idea. It really is much more manipulative, a bet of that sort House couldn't resist, that certainly its unlikely Cuddy alone would set it up.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like dark!Wilson, but I like complicated!Wilson best. :)

I don't really think he was acting out of malice for House, but some of his behaviors didn't quite make sense, either. If he was so concerned for sparing House's feelings, why go through so much trouble to hurt them along the way? But I think what you've said answers that -- Wilson had to do it because there was no other way to get to House. Short-term concessions for long-term goals. It just...it still seemed like he was enjoying himself, and that's a bit troubling.

Wilson's done the latter many times without seeming to be bothered by it - it's a part of their dysfunctional relationship - so I don't think it's plausible for him to suddenly be overcome by remorse after this scene. You can care for someone and still lie to them, for what you believe to be their own good.

It was the metaphorical punch in the gut (I love it each time they prove that they know exactly how to strike at each other to hurt the most, even if it also hurts to watch), the smirk and the raising of the hands that really got me. It's not that Wilson should have been overcome by remorse for what he said or by lying to his friend, because like you say, that would be OOC, but if we'd seen just a flicker of regret -- like a sigh, or a nose-pinch -- when he was out of House's sight, it would be that much easier to buy the explanation that he was only trying to save his friend from disappointment.

And, hee, hurt/comfort scenarios.

[firestorm717.livejournal.com]

Also, addendum - I like your idea in 5d. I've been mulling over the possibility of Wilson being involved in some sort of thing with Stacy and now Cuddy, seeing as how much those two connive together, as a lead-in for a House/Wilson romance in my fic. Wilson knows he can't go directly to Stacy over the surgery given her distraught state, plus the rather touchy relationship (which I actually see as having been unraveling even before the infarction), and in my House/Wilson shipper mind, a bit of conflict with his own unrequited feelings for House...so Cuddy is a better option. It sets up a double buffer in case things don't work out, which they don't, and could also explain why House doesn't recall anything of Wilson being involved in the leg infarction thing.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yes. It needs to be done! Preferably by several people for variations on the theme. Hm...maybe that's the hook I've been looking for for writing a House/Wilson/Stacy sort of pre- and post-infarction fic.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Too lazy to write one, reading yours :)

2. I had major Chase love this episode, and I was also harbouring evil thoughts about him not kissing this one.

3. I laughed at Alpha Centuri... because I had just written those words into a House fic, believe it or not... and one completely unrelated to this episode and/or its previews.

5. This episode made me yell (literally) "Shut up Wilson!" at the screen. I don't usually talk to my programs, honestly. Sigh. I think it was when he was going on about how wrongity wrong House was last week. I was so completely fed up with this theme (as sung by almost everyone) by that point. And Wilson's smugness, to be honest. I was mostly OK again by the ending.

6. Oh yes... the cunning plan! :)

Other: I called 'vestigial twin' at the DNA mark, and of course not quite right, but I was so pleased at being halfway close - I usually don't theorise at all. I would have thought the DNA would have been more similar, but what do I know from DNA? *g*

And the IMAX remark made me laugh more than it should have...

[bironic.livejournal.com]

The IMAX! I forgot about that. So many lovely quips from so many characters.

I called the glasses as a symptom as well as the IVF, but forgot about the IVF comment until House brought it up again in the garage (oops). Got as far as "other person's DNA" at the heart tissue but couldn't come up with a cool reason for how it could have gotten there. Also went for vestigial twin while House started his final diagnostic monologue, but yeah, no cigar.

You worked Alpha Centauri into a fic? Excellent. Are you going to change it to a different star now that it's come up on the show? Either way, looking forward to finding out the context.

I usually only talk to the TV when I'm watching with someone else. Last night it was just me, but I gasped when Wilson did that. It gave me this sudden, severe sensation of uneasiness that took a while to shake off, aside from it being a nasty (if perhaps necessary) thing to do. The end was very, very sweet, but that little smirk/hand-raise still disturbs me.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Me, I guess I don't really understand the vital importance of this 'convince House he's not God' mission, although it seemed to me more of a (mis)perception than a reality on Wilson/Cuddy's part - like they anticipated what House *might* be like when not in pain as opposed to waiting and seeing what he actually WAS like when he came back. That... annoyed me, but then I've never really been into deep analysis so I may well be missing something. On a little bit of further thought it may be an extension of Wilson's ability (or believed ability) to 'read' House - he 'knew' House would be like that when he got back. But when it appears House is going back to his pain even in the short time they have left Wilson STILL thinks they need to show him this, for some reason. However note that it's Cuddy who correctly points out aphasia man wouldn't be a good case. OK, I'm thinking way, WAY too much about this :)

I knew that wasn't the right spelling. Hmph ;) I did actually change it - it wasn't really relevant :)

Oh, in the midst of general grumpiness I stil found much love for Wilson's 'wrong-handed' catch. I loooved that :)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I got up from my desk a few minutes ago to get some water from the kitchen, and for some reason filling the glass made me think again about RSL having caught the pill bottle right-handed, and I was trying to figure out whether and how to bring it up to you. And then you did it. :D It was cute! As was that little knee-bend he did as if he were scooping it up with his whole body.

I guess I don't really understand the vital importance of this 'convince House he's not God' mission...

Me either, really, but we have to go with it. A lot about the season premiere was muddled, and a lot in both episodes doesn't really jive with Wilson's explanation for his actions. Why, for instance, didn't he spend more time with House over the summer if he was so concerned about this narrowing window of time to sneak past House's defenses and get him to change for what Wilson thinks is the better? Or, why doesn't Wilson know after all this time that House doesn't think he's God?

like they anticipated what House *might* be like when not in pain as opposed to waiting and seeing what he actually WAS like when he came back

Yes, that too. Everything's been happening so quickly -- House comes back and struggles with half a dozen problems while everyone scrambles around him with their own agendas in one episode, and then he goes from 95% pain-free to relying on his cane while most of those plots resolve in the next.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree, I don't think we have a choice in the 'going with' department, sadly. And that's a good point too, that Wilson would probably have had a much better shot 'working' on House over the time he was recovering. And so on.

Have to agree there too on the rush - it's something that IMO would be worthy of most of a season's arc! House's pain slowly returning, the is it/isn't it tease of whether it's psychological/real//overwork/etc., the ups and downs of House's mental state in tandem, Wilson's reactions and possible change from support to doubt back to support, the arrest of the shooter and his side of the story, how that might affect House in his 'recovery'. All very potentially cool stuff that seems like it got compressed into a throwaway 'and then he got better for a while and Wilson and Cuddy had a cunning plan but as it turned out he didn't really and things went back to normal'. We'll see, I guess.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Was so.

You know what else was funny in an RSL meta sort of way? Last week, when Wilson sauntered up to House on the balcony and said, "I heard you were watching surgery with a patient's family. Talking to a patient's family." Something about it sounded so very familiar, only I couldn't place the intonation in an episode, until on second viewing I realized it's like the voice he used for Walter's aunt in the audio book for The Short History of a Prince. It'd been hard to place because it wasn't Wilson's line the first time, and because there was no RSL to see on its delivery.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hee - you put two and two together and come up with Walter's aunt. Or, as I originally typed, Wilson's aunt. Yes, I am *this* close to going to sleeep :)

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

It's bothering me now that no-one I've read has mentioned the betrayal of brothers theme re the Cain and Abel play on words. So I had to go find someone to mention it to. Hello *g*. It also makes me think the ending may not as forgiving as the way I automatically spun it.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Hee! Come on over anytime. I actually didn't like the title very much, which isn't unusual for me where this show is concerned. It's too cutesy, and the pun has more relevance to the episode than the original reference does. (Feel free to argue.) Thus commences a reply far longer than you perhaps care to receive. :)

The only discussion I've seen of it was over at house_cameron (http://community.livejournal.com/house_cameron/1381902.html). It... leaves a lot to be desired, and even the poster admits that the connections she makes don't quite fit, but there it is nonetheless.

To be obvious for a moment, Cain and Abel was a story about one brother who killed the other out of jealousy or spite because his gift was spurned by an authority figure while the other's was accepted. Even setting aside the motive and the presence of a higher power whose approval is being sought (and the whole Mark of Cain thing, because that's another post's worth of material), I don't really see how this applies to what happened Tuesday night without a little stretching.

A) The patient plot: Clancy had a brother of sorts (or a sister -- they didn't specify, did they?) who died. But he didn't die by Clancy's hand, and he had to die in order for Clancy to live: no real parallel there.

B) The House plot: Where the pun comes in. 'Nuff said.

C) The Wilson-and-House plot: All right, they're close like brothers, and Wilson betrayed House, like you said, which makes Wilson Cain, I suppose. But Cain hated Abel, whereas Wilson quite clearly cares for House. And is this supposed to imply that Wilson has been acting out of jealousy -- that suddenly he's envious of House's diagnostic genius and is seizing on the opportunity to keep him down at his level? I don't think so. That's looking too far into it, probably, anyway. Moving on. The "brothers"' strife doesn't end in death, but it does cause a rift. I don't think we've seen the end of this; House took it calmly, doubtless because he knows better than anyone (except maybe the ex-wives) how capable Wilson is of deception, but he's not going to forget what Wilson put him through.

Part of the trouble with the Cain and Abel comparison is that Wilson's Icarus reference during one of the most critical scenes in the episode (along with the parental roles he and Cuddy took) sets them up as father and son rather than brother and brother, with Wilson in the role of Daedalus, as you implied so nicely in your drabble.

What I like best about the title with regards to Wilson is the "Am I my brother's keeper?" angle. Wilson has clearly answered "yes" and has been trying hard these past couple of weeks to do what he thinks is best for House, however misguided and inappropriate his methods and despite the fact that it would probably blow up in his face.

Sticking stubbornly with my Wilson's-brother-was-an-addict-who-crashed-and-burned theory, the title would work nicely if we ever learn than Wilson caused or helped hasten his real brother's destruction with his interference (or cessation of previous enabling interference). That is a very big reach, though.

Sorry you asked? :D No, really, thanks -- that was fun to work out.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, see, I knew you'd come up with answers!

I... hadn't actually thought about how it applied to the POTW, so that was very comforting, because it implies to me that the secondary meaning was the cane pun, and - because I think trying to fit three references into a title is going a bit far - any connection to the House/Wilson arc was probably incidental. Although I'm still worried about them. Damn. I was so sure Wilson was instantly forgiven before I read those posts. Too much fanfic. Thanks for the analysis and link.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I can't tell if Wilson was instantly forgiven because House knows he's a liar and he accepts that, or if this will be boiling beneath the surface for a few more weeks until it explodes. (Or neither, if the writers drop that plot line in favor of something they think is more shiny.)

long response again!

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2. Is that sarcasm? XD *blind*

4. YES! ♥ [I think Foreman and Chase notice the pain too, they just don't start trumpeteering it all over the place. What if it had been one of *them* that saw the patient post-Cortisol?]

He seemed a little too pleased with that taunt about House not having been right about the brain cancer guy.

But, like... House was *still* right. Despite all lies and taunting.

Is it dark!Wilson or inconsistent!Wilson? I-- I just want them to read carefully. Yes.

5c. Nah, that's long and forgotten history. If he had figured it out, he'd have brought it up. I'd say it's safer to think he didn't figure that one out.

5d. I read somewhere that the ketamine coma was done four weeks after the shooting. Go figure.

You thought *that* was long?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

2. Partly, but he really was as delightful as Cuddy said Cameron wasn't.

4. Yep, they did, though not as early or as often as Cameron.

What if it had been one of *them* that saw the patient post-Cortisol?

Good question. Will ponder. I did like how even after Foreman knew the truth, he continued to use the "fact" that House hadn't been right about brain cancer guy to convince House to do what Foreman wanted for the alien abductee.

Is it dark!Wilson or inconsistent!Wilson?

Yeah, uh... It's hard to say when half the time Wilson is just a mouthpiece for the exposition gods writing team. I think we'll have to wait a few more episodes to see where they're going with all this before we can answer that for certain.

5c. Old news, indeed, but it could be that House figured it out at the time (or soon after, when his normal reasoning returned) by following the same line of thought as he did this week, and either accepted it and moved on or is saving the knowledge for a time when he can use it to his advantage. Given the short attention span of this show, I'd say the latter is unlikely. It's also possible that House has been revising his opinion of his friend as he's seen him commit more (and more serious) transgressions/deceptions over the past year or so, so he might not have thought two years ago that the detox plan originated with him. I think I may be agreeing with you.

5d. I did mean the coma back in the infarction/Stacy days, not the post-"No Reason" ketamine-induced one. But either way...four weeks seems like an excessively long time to wait to treat gunshot wounds, even on House.

your long scares me not!

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5c. Though more of a problem than House's memory or his capacities to unravel the long thread of Wilson's deceptions is the viewers' memories. The show does respect the viewer's intelligence more than most (they knew that some of us would catch the refrains to the pilot in 3x01)-- but to have a storyline based on some forgotten early episode years ago? Not likely.

If it weren't for that, then I'd go and agree with your original idea that House might eventually figure out who was behind the detox idea. (This would make for a great fic-- where House starts reinterpreting all the years of his friendship with Wilson.)

5d. four weeks seems like an excessively long time to wait to treat gunshot wounds, even on House.

Hahah! No. No. Not quite. I think they treated the gunshots. When House regained consciousness he talked over the ketamine thing with Cuddy. That'd make more sense than Cuddy just going ahead with the order of her possibly delirious patient as he was wheeled into the operation room.

Re: Title. I just saw this on TWoP, let me-- ah, here! Nothing you didn't already say above, but at least you can see that others have reached the same conclusions as you.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

*curiously, from the middle of her regular compile* Do you collect the reactions of others every week?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I tend to search out as many reactions as I can in addition to those on my friends-list; I like reading other people's interpretations. This season, yes, I started adding links to the posts I like best and/or in which I've participated in discussions. Same goes for post-ep fics. Seemed easier to do it this way than to keep sticking things in Memories or rely on other people's tags. It's an ongoing process; I keep having to go back to last week's and to the premiere to add fics and reactions as people see the episode or finish their stories.

May I ask why you ask?

(And while I have you here, may I also say that I thoroughly enjoy your meta posts, even the bitter ones, and will soon be adding one of yours and one of catalase's that I found off yours this morning.)

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

*waves* I'm the person currently doing the meta round-ups on pagingdrhouse--you did swing by and leave us a comment, though I notice you're not a member; may I sadpanda at you for a moment about that?--and if it's a habit you intend to keep up, it has the potential to be extremely handy for me, for obvious reasons. (Also, your url in your linkage on the newest post for nightdog_barks is a bit farked.)

It's kind of one of the ways I'm keeping my hand in, but it's a fairly tiring job, so even unintentional help is appreciated.




Thank you.

A lot of the bitter ones grew out of the non-bitter ones, really. There are whole wastelands of last year I can't look at--I consider it exemplary of the sort of thing that regularly goes down on my LJ that my attempt to beat out a coherent timeline for the show turned into several arguments about how it would be completely realistic for House to be abusively taking Vicodin before he was hired by Cuddy, and one very impressive specimen who was arguing about what a horrible miserable excuse for a disabled character House is, and when Cat tried to debate otherwise, this person informed her that her opinion was vile and proves she's never known any disabled people.

Her response when I showed up and pointed out she was in the LJ of one was arguably worse.

Even when I do meta anymore, I rarely turn on my comment emails. The show... I have a lot of issues with the show. But the fandom made them vast degrees of worse, and proved my issues with the show have a certain validity, I suppose; my problem is that I see what they're trying to do--what interviews tell me they're trying to do--and I appreciate it, but I have all the evidence I need in front of me to tell me that I'm right about the fact that the way they're going about it couldn't be more wrong if they were trying.




Keep an eye on Cat. These things don't happen to her, for some reason, so a lot of my ideas have a tendency to wash up on her shore.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Quick response and proper reply later -- thanks for the head's up about the nightdog_barks link (was missing the http:// part), and FYI Diane Kristine is the same person who posts at blogcritics.org so you probably won't want to list both, and you're welcome to mooch off the links I add, and I'd be happy to send you the unedited list of sites I've checked each week, somehow, if you like.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

Yeah, um, sorry for kind of ranting all over you. I'm trying to be better about that these days, but it's like an old wound that flares up every so often or when it gets bumped, and then I dump a bunch of bitterness all over an unsuspecting passerby.




Ooh, thanks. I only glance very fast at most of this stuff, so I wouldn't have caught it.




Swiping out of your post is good enough, I'll just have to remember to keep checking back.