Random observation: I feel like stripper noms de guerre are starting to skew more towards the "real." When I first visited a strip club about 12 years ago, it was all car brands, gemstones and flora. These days, it seems like many of the names could actually appear on their birth certificates.

"New research from Pew shows that not only do three out of every four Amurricans born between 1973 and 1995 have ink . . ."

That was a really interesting article. Thanks for that.

Hell is being stuck in an elevator with Colin Quinn?

Gotta love that Willy-Wonka's-fucked-up-boat-ride scene at the 0:35 mark...

They put Siri in a Teddy Ruxpin. That appears to be literally what they did.

That...was not it.

I'm doing a quick mental tally of all of the Russian women I know in NYC, and I'd say that about 90% (out of a few dozen) opted for non-Russian partners. What's also interesting is that that virtually all of them have a large number of close Russian female friends, but seem to have little to no interest in…

[looks a picture of foreign-born wife]

Well, it wasn't a recommendation so much as an "it could be so much worse" advisory.

Oh, that's nothing. If you ever want to see something truly cringe-inducing, watch the YouTube videos of people removing botflies from their skin. Holy fucking hell, those will make you fear and hate nature....

To be fair, there's every reason to believe that the elevator is made from cardboard too.

Yeah, I don't usually like to take cheap shots at people's personal appearances, but fucking over your fellow passengers like that more or less makes you fair game.

"[T]he Twitter feed for the group includes lots of pictures of girls posing with food."

You're not naive for not being more sexually active (though it does arguably limit your frame of reference). You're naive because of your woefully underinformed attitudes regarding sexual activity (others', as well as your own).

Maybe a better question would be "How seriously does sex need to be taken?" I'd argue that sex only needs to be taken seriously to extent that both partners (a) play safe, (b) procure consent, and (c) refrain from any deception, manipulation or abuse. Beyond that, it's a recreational activity that doesn't need to be…

After taxes and attorneys' fees, they're going to get a helluva lot less than $2 million apiece.

"I've never lived within 500 miles of Chicago."

[Wikipedia searches "Gurnee"]

Ha. I've lived in NYC for almost a decade now, and even I'll concede that Chicago-style is by far the superior pizza.