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Great interview! I read it on the Rhythms website, and, OK, this is probably weird and off the Wilco topic, but I have to say that is in a very cool font. I just notice those things. It gives the interview an even more friendly feel.

Nearly forgot All the Same to Me. Love that song!

He had an accomplished life! That's one book I've not read yet, although friends talk about it and I know much about it. It's been on my reading list for a long time.

It is surprising to not see Chinese Apple. Where is Pecan Pie? Too light, maybe? I especially agree with Radio King, Laminated Cat, New Madrid, Gun and Acuff Rose. I've never warmed up to Family Gardener.

That's a wonderful message for us all. Love that picture with the interview. The super-short paragraphs, though, drive me a little crazy!

Language as a whole is just going to hell. Thank you, texting and facebook! (Not that I've not made my own cringe-worthy typos...)

Must add Sarah Vowell--makes me laugh out loud at times. And Zelda Fitzgerald has some excellent short stories that don't receive enough attention. Her fiction was probably overshadowed by her husband's works. Very interesting person, to say the least, in her own way.

Twain is marvelous. He does get overlooked as a "children's" author in some ways, unfortunately, as though we outgrow Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. As an English major, I must confess my reading experience is pitifully lacking in Austin and--shame--Shakespeare! When I was in college, there was a move toward lesser-known authors or canonized authors' lesser-known works rather than classics, which was both good and bad.

Same here re: Great Expectations!

I tend to like particular novels or nonfiction over having favorite authors, but here are a few I like a lot Bill Bryson F. Scott Fitzgerald Charles Dickens (really) Emily Dickinson (only poet I'd count as a favorite)

I didn't realize so few were made--is that typical of shows, or ones in smaller venues? Glad you found one. I went to that show and have that poster too.

Not fully on this thread topic, and arguably a bit of a stretch, but isn't that Jeff Tweedy on the cover of Indie Fuzz that Wendy is reading in a recent episode of Gravity Falls?

Far, Far Away...most romantic Wilco song! From AGIB, how about Muzzle of Bees? I'm assuming you got my message On your machine I'm assuming you love me And you know what that means Sun gets passed, sea to sea Silently, and back to me With the breeze blown through Pushed up above the leaves With the breeze blown through My head upon your knee Half of it's you, half is me Half of it's you, half is me

It's fun and surprising what interests we discover as we get older. As for semi-recent paleontology discoveries, my son and I came across this as we were looking up stuff about prehistoric creatures just for fun last night (that is what my 7-year-old likes to do with his parents for fun...do I have a science geek on my hands or what? And he already says he wants to be a scientist when he grows up, it's so nice to see the OCD gene he inherited from his mom put to practical use). Check out titanoboa: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/How-Titanoboa-the-40-Foot-Long-Snake-Was-Found.h

Thanks for the tips! That sounds like a great plan.

Great forum topic here, but all I have to contribute, kidsmoke already said! (happy belated birthday, by the way) Future science corner topics would be appreciated, FYI--got anything on dinosaurs? Paleontology is a pretty interesting and surprisingly active field, you know. And architecture is intriguing too.

Impressionists through about 1920s Modernism are my favorite eras (just enough to distort reality to some degree but not so much as to render it unrecognizable!). I like artistic photography too. Anything will do for a museum browse, though.

Thus my admission to the stupidity of the question--ideally I'd make a special trip for leisure and tourist purposes, but these days time, money, and a busy family life don't allow that. Rather than keep putting things like this off, I'm just going to go while I'm in the neighborhood. I've spend $23 on worse! Picasso and Impressionists it will be, a quick tour. Some summer I want to take the kids to Chicago for a few days, but not this year; it will be easier when they are older anyway. They have an interest in dinosaurs, so I thought they'd like to see Sue the T-Rex and other dinosaur an

The Picasso exhibit looks very cool!

I'm highly aware of the stupidity of this question, but what is the best way to see something interesting at the Art Institute of Chicago in the shortest time possible ? If I had just an hour (two at most), which parts of the museum would be best to see? No doubt one could spend a whole afternoon or entire day there, but that luxury of time and leisure travel isn't in the cards in the near future. In March I'll be attending a conference for work that is just a few blocks from the museum. I've been to this conference many times and always wanted to go to the museum but just put it off, planni

I dunno about that as a DIY, just based on plumbing and carpentry projects gone wrong that my husband and I have attempted, each one launched with one of us saying, "How hard can it be?" We've developed an instinct for what can be done ourselves and what is best left to professionals! Seriously, though, I hope he heals smoothly and quickly, poor little guy.

Happy birthday to all the January birthday boys and girls! Count me in for a January birthday...Aquarius characteristics to the bone. I have the first week of January off from work, so that's a plus. My kids love snow, although this week we had a thaw and it's almost all melted. Last weekend we went sledding on small hills, which was loads of fun. The snow was too powdery for snowmen or snow dinosaurs (very cute), but maybe next time will bring the right kind of snow. The local parks and rec and county conservation offer free cross country skiing and snoeshoeing sessions once a month, whic

Watching lots of nature, animal, and insect shows on Animal Plant, PBS, and Nat Geo--my kids are becoming science geeks! "Infested" makes me twitchy and borderline paranoid about every little sound and movement in my house, though.

Tweedy solo shows in 2013? At least one in Minneapolis/St. Paul or Iowa City (since I won't make it to the benefit shows in Chicago this spring or SS in June)? On a night I don't have to work and better yet, don't have work the following day? Please? Is that asking too much?

She is adorable! So alert in that first picture! "They grow up so fast" is cliche but so very true. Love every minute with her. She will grow fast and steal parts of your heart you didn't know you had.