That's a generous take on it. As an ex-attorney, I thought it seemed fair. And because I am not the least bit proud, what does ""IMO" stand for?

So if you were going to label the size of this settlement, would it be a short, grande or venti?

Allegedly, on the first night after JFK had been assassinated, Lenny Bruce was performing someplace. He walked out onstage, stood mutely at the microphone for a long pause, and then said "Let's give a moment's silence for a man whose life has ended—Vaughn Meader."

The questions that scream from this piece were never addressed: How could this poor kid's father not know the level of torment he was receiving on a daily basis if it was going on for years? Obviously, there was a huge disconnect there. Secondly, this video is unequivocal proof that Casey had no choice but to defend…

@IpsoFacto: Curse you for making this known to me. Now, in a perverse need to see how anyone could be worse than this cypher, I must find this Alexa Chung and bask in her putridity.

How is it that one woman can so singlehandedly assassinate a format as simple as "ask a semi-intelligent question, listen. repeat. Thank the guest, etc."?

Cultural relevance is hard to maintain a grip on when you get older in a business in which doing so makes you a status criminal. And it doesn't get any easier when your job is to kiss the hem of some queen's skirt and make it look dignified.

@Sunniejaqac: With all due respect, it is indeed always Dick "Yes, Irony Isn't Dead" Cheney's fault. That man did more to set this country back in the years 2000-2008 than any wave of terrorists you can conjure.

This is bittersweet irony given what a Consummate Fuck Dick Cheney is.

Moving this young lady to an all-girls team is like lowering a river's level because the bridge isn't high enough.

@Queerulous: From your quips to my ears.

@MissContrarian: That's as generous a comment as I have read in awhile. Then again, tis the season, right?

I hope Ms. Jolie is at least kind enough to put papers down on the floor in the corner should her lap dog, the man formerly known as Brad Pitt, decide he needs to answer nature's call. As for the picture of Mr. Pitt in leather pants, it is clear that someone lost a bet. A really large and vacuous wager.

I just can't wait for the new line of casual fashion wear for the latest niche market—it's called Gap Fetus. They are conducting a talent search for their first spokes-fetus, though it hasn't been easy with auditions requiring an ultra-sound and all.

@MrGOH: Had this occurred in the fall, I would have been a rake.

@GamerKT: I've really fallen. I used to be a fop. And a dandy. Never simultaneously, mind you, but you get the picture. Now I am a mere scamp. And a little one at that!

@GamerKT: I know—I am such a scold, aren't I?

Reading this, I am moved to wonder why his spider-sense didn't even tingle?

Nothing screams "a dandy and a fop" quite like iridescent powder blue, does it?

In an earlier comment, someone invoked Magellan and the fate he suffered as the main course at a cannibal's buffet.