Dylan Hicks - brilliant fiction about autobiographical music journalist Doug Belknap, a man so socially retarded he doesn't know when his wife is two-timing him through discoparties. The whole thing was told through Streisand fandom and I kept getting images of Christina Ricci standing in the middle of the street with Babs paintings a la Fear and Loathing.

Drew Daniel - Someone give this guy a book deal so he can be the king of smart-people media. "How to Sing Along with 'Sweet Home Alabama'" - namely, wait until the line "Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth." and scream it as loud as you can.

Lizzie Ehrenhalt - "Because in the end, the Holograms were not truly, truly truly outragous." best line of the weekend. Reclaiming all things Jem for an audience of folks who still dream of the all girl rock band utopia.