Wherein Beth and Matt address Ssssss, “The Body,” and Will simplifying his life. They also attempt to discuss Bella without weeping.

The guy in Ssssss. Beth said Matt’s junior high school graduation photo looked like this.

Nice links:

• Ssssss Shout! Factory release
• Tarantula directed by Jack Arnold
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• Books by James Cabell
• The Innocents directed by Jack Clayton
• Terry Albury article in The NY Times
• Buffy Season 5 (The Body is episode 16)
• John Donne’s “A Fever”

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  Leo G. Carol in Tarantula