Two excellent things to read this morning: the post on 2719 Hyperion blog about Symposium on Popular Songs and, of course, Michael Barrier's review of Neal Gabler's biography of Walt.

There is another thing you might want to add to your "to do" list according to Tamu Townsend:

[Set the timer on your VCR/DVR, then tell your friends: The French documentary Walt Disney: Once Upon a Time, a companion to the similarly named museum exhibition that is nearing the end of its Paris run, is airing on CBC Newsworld across Canada on December 24 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT and again at 1:00 a.m. ET/PT. If we could, we'd already be lining up for the exhibition's arrival in Montreal on March 8; as it is, we'll content ourselves with devouring the hour-long special. ]