Gregory had what was (and may still be) known as “gender dysphoria.” He would fluctuate most of his life between male and female identities. (While fathering eight children in the process, I might add.)

The main character in The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes, was rendered impotent by a war wound. Hemingway, on the other hand, fathered three children after his own injuries so it appears he avoided the same fate, albeit narrowly.

His son Gregory later become known as Gloria. Coincidence?

Like the saying goes, “Never meet your heroes.”

No wonder he raised so many of them!

During the — let’s call it extended downtime — this pandemic has offered, I’ve chosen to correct a severe lag in my reading activity.

She was the abrasive, boozy, emasculating mother I never had. I am genuinely going to miss the shit out of her.

Can he sing, Jeremy Piven?

God damn it.

I do remember that episode, and that “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!”

No Roger, No Rerun, No Rent!

From the University of Arizona’s checklist:

I was going to say Captain & Tennille, but your theory makes more sense.

Best Carl Reiner/Saul line: “I’m dating a woman who works the ‘Unmentionables’ counter at Macy’s.” Man, I love that film.

“I’d never been to Belize!”

One of my Top 10 all-time favorite films.

In my more cynical moments, I like to think that Sling Blade, released two years later, was Billy Bob Thornton’s rebuttal to Forrest Gump.

I’m still not over Prine yet. This doesn’t help!

Getting your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that’s the way I want to go!