YEAH, SCIENCE!  James Poniewozik attributes Breaking Bad's boffo ratings to the Netflix binge-watching effect.

CLIFF LEE AND STEPHEN STRASBURG, TEAMMATES: Kudos to Domenic Lanza for figuring out what each MLB team's 25-man roster might look like if comprised solely of players each franchise drafted.

BUT WHERE'S BOB LOBLAW? Now, the story of a thunder god who lost everything--it's Thorested Development.  (HT: Frequent Commenter Maddy)

WELCOME TO THE CLUB, KRISTIN CHENOWETH:  Because she and about twenty other female singers get roped into one ambitious take on a Jim Steinman classic by impressionist Christina Bianco. I might turn around the order of the song, because every now and then her opening Adele falls apart, but that's as fine a Bernadette Peters and Patti Lupone as you'll find.

OBJECTIVISTS AND ANTI-RECURSIVISTS, UNITE!  The ALOTT5MA Grammar Rodeo and Chris Traeger Desks are at loggerheads again. If you go to Google and type in "define literally" it will now give you the following secondary definition for the adverb:

Used to acknowledge that something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling.

INCLUDING SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS:  There are sixty-four foods available on a stick at this year's ongoing Iowa State Fair. Wisconsin's recently concluded state fair, however, had ninety-five, including country-fried bacon on a stick with gravy.

TREAD LIGHTLY:  Wow.  I didn't quite see how they were going to put Walt and Hank back on an equal footing after the end of Season 5.1 but, by God, that was brilliant.  Spoiler away in the comments.