Although I am obsessed with eBook readers (hereafter “ereaders”; likewise, “ebooks”, “epaper”, “efotainment”, etc.) and have wanted to have one since the first Kindle was announced, I’ve spent the entire time since then vacillating between models, complaining about the prices, and drooling over unreleased models (both officially announced and rumored devices). In that time I’ve probably spent $300 on boring old printed books, so with the recent ereader price wars I decided to get in the game with Barnes & Noble’s cheapest model, the new wifi-only Nook. I ordered it on Monday and it arrived, impressively, on Tuesday. I haven’t spent much time using it yet — half an hour yesterday and about half an hour this morning — but I’ve already formed some concrete opinions on the device. They follow.

First things first. Two and a half hours of television recapping is way too much to proofread, so you’ll just have to forgive me my trespasses and learn to let go. Thoughts on the final episode of Lost, “The End”, after the break:

1. Oh boy. Here we go. We all, everybody!
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Just kidding, it wasn’t all a dream. As far as we know so far, anyway. But the rest of this post is 100% spoilers so heads up, people. Thoughts on this week’s episode of Lost, “What They Died For”, THE SECOND TO LAST ONE EVER, after the break:

Thoughts on this week’s episode of Lost, “Across the Sea”, after the break:

First, I should tell you that it’s very late right now and I am not going to take the time to spellcheck this. I hope it is coherent, or at least entertainingly… not. Thoughts on this week’s episode of Lost, “The Candidate”, after the break:

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Thoughts on this week’s episode of Lost, “The Last Recruit”, after the break:

Thoughts on this week’s episode of Lost, “Everybody Loves Hugo”, after the break:

1. Previously on Lost: Just read the archives, slacker. PS, I’m exhausted from a 6 hour conference call so I will not be as thorough as usual this week. Deal with it.
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Thoughts on this week’s episode of Lost, “Happily Ever After”, which in advance of watching I’m sure will be both fantastic and disappointing, coming up after the jump: