When the Cease and Assist letter got dropped off by legal, Al was most relieved, saying it was "a blessing in the skies," and that when the case was finally behind him, he'd feel like "a Newman."

Cease and Assist? Man, somebody's face is going to be an obnoxious, omnipresent shade of red tomorrow.

Awesome.

tl;de

People at work give me an astonished "Wow! Aren't you good!" when I cut up 2 green apples mid-morning. It's fucking apples! Vegetables and hummus? YOU ARE DOING GODS WORK, SIR. People are fucking insane.

Amazing.

I don't even mean to sound like a dick. It took me pretty much a day each to read the first four Harry Potter books, which are enjoyable AND easy to read. I guess it's like my Umass degree says, I'm an idiot.

Is there a secret to it? Or are you simply aware the book is about people and features events?

You can read three books in one weekend? Did you read them while sitting in the tub while taking in IV nutrition?

I was in 10th grade - in between periods. The "moron/suburbanite thug" archetype approaches me and alerts me that "some dude flew a plane into a building." I replied with "Go fuck yourself man, that didn't happen."

Let us not forget the timeless daydream in which we re-live a recent argument or confrontation but replace the actual, way depressing and emasculating transcript with a one in which we drop crushing witticisms, employ Russellian ninja logic, and use boisterous and convincing hand gestures to make our points.

Yes! +...2?

I love me...

+1

Sick of this.

"Who's got 3.5 thumbs and love hockey? THIS GUY!"

I don't mean to read to far into things, but how so? More than anything it made me aware of how good at something some people can be. And, probably more to the point, how vastly far I am from that level of accomplishment.

Have you seen his interviews on Charlie Rose? He is so shy, so self-conscious, and yet astonishingly thoughtful and well spoken. He is asked how he defines "post-modern" and is immediately worried about how pretentious his answer will make him look regardless of what it is. And he's right, what fucking answer can he…

This is probably lame, but hey, so is my commenting handle (LOL!), but I read that speech at work probably 3-4 times a year. I find it grounding. Although it busts me up a little knowing despite what he says in his speech, he did end up unable to deal with it all. Still, amazing.

Oh, same here. I have only some shame in saying I'm pretty sure I'm not smart enough to read it. 100% think it is hilarious, even though, no, I never got through the whole book. I had such a hard time dedicating the time/focus to keep all the characters, time jumps, unspeakably dense style, disjointed storytelling,…