We're all okay.

Just a quick update. Everybody's doing very well. Work is busy, wife is busy, kids are busy.

Decided to bury Content Police Episode 4, for a long list of reasons. Listened to it again with wife, and she agreed. Crazy sound artifacts, massive volume differentials, disturbing pacing, it was a mess. 'Course, that's what happens when you try to record with a three-year-old running in and out of the room every five minutes.

We started Lost: Season 2 over the weekend, and I'm much more skeptical going in this time around.

When I do jigsaw puzzles, I start with the borders. I build the outline of the image, and fill in all the gaps.

Lost works from the inside out, and you have no clue how big the puzzle is going to be in the end. Just keep adding pieces. At this rate, I'm afraid there might be no possible way that they can wrap up all of their storylines with any satisfying closure.

It's still engaging, and the characterization is strong, but I'm unsure. My secret suspicion is that Americans have been so numbed by plotless entertainment for so long, that we're dazzled at the appearance of actual complexity. See 24, X-Files, etc.

I just finished reading Watchmen and V for Vendetta again, and I'm astounded at how complete they are. Alan Moore lays out the borders of the puzzle, and fills in the pieces one by one. At the end, you're staring at a mural, painted with a brush with a single horsehair bristle. It's intricate, a thing of beauty (regardless of how ugly the subject matter is).

Anyhoo. Kafka is fine once in a while, but not every day.

Have a good week.