THE FROZEN CHOSEN: For sure, Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay has a lot of fans around here. His new book, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, hits stores Tuesday, and he sat down to discuss it with the NYT, including its historical basis in the (abandoned) plan of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes to allow Holocaust refugees to settle in Alaska.

P.S. Looks like the Kavalier movie is off again.

I WONDER WHETHER DOMINIC MONAGHAN LIKES IT: You know how some terrific songs get so overplayed that you cannot bear to listen to them any longer? For me, at least, the hiatus period with "Wonderwall" by Oasis lasted over a decade, but I heard it in the car last week and have been playing it a lot since then. I love the deceptively simple acoustic intro. I love the eloquence of the lyrics. I love the dramatic way the drums and strings kick in just before the word "backbeat" is sung about 45 seconds after the song begins. The piano near the end is haunting. And maybe, I believe that love saved me.

VIEWER MAIL: Reader AngieO writes:

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I'M MISSING MY SHOW, THE SEATTLE GRACE SHOW: Since there seems to be demand for it and we haven't had one in a while, here's a post to talk about Grey's. I've found the mopey MerDer plotline a little boring, and, probably because we're about to get a whole lot of her next week, we haven't had nearly enough Addison the past few weeks (or nearly enough Bailey). I did love the moment of nobility we got from McSteamy with Addison (albeit not the weird proposition of Meredith), and the meta with Ava taking the place of the viewer, though. Of course, the Ava/Alex/Addison/McSteamy thread would be far more interesting were it not for the widely leaked spinoff plan, since we pretty much know how this one's turning out.

THERE'S A THING AT THE PLACE WITH THE THING: Two Sorkin-related notes for today:

• You won't have to wait for DVD to watch the remaining episodes of Studio 60, which NBC will air at least one of, giving it ER's Thursday at 10 slot the day after May sweeps ends. Of course, that's arguably where it should have been in the first place.
• Sorkin alum Melissa Fitzgerald (aka Carol, CJ's assistant) is apparently contemplating a run for Congress in Pennsylvania. No word on if Jed Bartlet plans to stump for her or if Josh Lyman or Will Bailey will manage her campaign.

NOBODY SAID IT BETTER: Deadlines from hell have kept me much mute the past week, but I couldn't resist sharing this list from the Onion AV Club of 15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Did or Ever Will.

And in honor of No. 1 on the list ("I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.' "), I suggest you download the new single from Feist, "1, 2, 3, 4," (careful, the song starts up as soon as the site loads), perhaps my favorite counting song this side of Tom Robinson's "2-4-6-8 Motorway."

MATLOCK! MAAATTTLLOCK! Who knew Abe Simpson's relative was running for President? Seriously, I half-expected the guy to start explaining how we all needed robot insurance.