Diane Rehm and her guests just finished having a conversation about The Lord of the Flies — it should be up at that URL soon. No new revelations, of course (wait... it's about society?!?!), but it sure brought back a lot of memories. I love that book — in part because I like my symbolism glaring, thank you very much. But mostly because it reminds me of my first exposure to weeks-long pseudoacademic bullshitting on a single topic. You know, where the teacher signals how hip she is by sitting on a desk. So bohemiam.

And on a related note, allow me to join the governess in expressing excitement over tonight's Lost premiere. My crazy karma machine theory isn't looking too hot based on the plot rumors I've heard. But falling silent just because you're wildly unqualified to speak about something would run contrary to everything I know and love about blogging. So, to that end, Catherine and I have created a new category just for posts about this season of the show.

So: you've had a few months to ponder it. What do you think's in the hatch? My money's on g-g-g-ghosts!