Thanks but it was really disconcerting - I definitely don't look back thinking "man didn't I do such a good job" because if I can miss something like that what else am I missing. Growing up in a world of white male middle class WASPishness (I'm mostly Polish so not quite WASP material) I've realized I see the world…

I grew up in a fairly liberal home with strong independent women that I looked up to (my mom, grandmother, and aunts) and have always considered myself a feminist and it didn't really hit home with me until I got frustrated at my wife when we got a dog. It was because I was always the one that took the dog out at…

What about college?

I had the weird dynamic of growing up in Philadelphia but my dad was a Cowboys fan - so I followed 1 initially (now 2 because I spent 18 years there and am not trading that for 4 years somewhere else) and now I double like the Eagles because it pisses him off and I take pleasure in that.

FUCK! I know this comment was forever ago but you just blew my mind. I never connected that it was Francis in the Goldfinch… holy shit!

And the dust

Yeah but then you have to be in West Texas…

To Whovians defense, it takes a very poor sport to blame their lack of skill on the control being broken.

Except the only issue with Washington (depending on where you actually live) is you could run the risk of a earthquatsunamicanoe if everything goes wrong at the same time

No mountains though… this has been my biggest frustration with living in Texas. I miss having mountains, that hill country just isn't hilly enough.

Pennsylvania worked out pretty great for me growing up. I lived outside Philadelphia, but I imagine living by Pittsburgh would be pretty nice as well. Two large metropolitan areas, plenty of farmland, mountains, and forests. The only issue is the lack of access to the ocean - damn you Jersey!

Any sort of "disdain" I may have towards the young kids singing is dissipated by the fact that I know that it's just because the show is such a catharsis and joy! I think unabashed sincerity is how John writes his music and that really shines through in his shows. I don't know how anyone can maintain an aloof posture…

Ah man - Source Decay just kills me. That and The Mess Inside.

Oh man - I can't imagine how difficult this must have been to narrow it down to only one hour of music. I can't really disagree with any of the inclusions, but I would have liked to have seen something from Get Lonely up there. Probably Get Lonely, Wild Sage, or Woke Up New… well really any of them, I think thats the…

"I bought a monkey for two main reasons: 1) It was to be our last pet purchase, and 2) I wanted to teach my two teenage girls about the responsibilities of caring for an infant. Hopefully, they wouldn't get pregnant prematurely. This backfired. My older girl loved having something (someone) dependent on her—this was…

I'm pretty sure that Roy is in this too

Well… shucks

Well I don't want to steal David Hasselhoff's thunder but I think that my birth really brought about the end of your time there so you can give me all the credit for making sure you weren't stuck there longer.

That just means you are the reincarnation of Lennon and Hitchcock - I hope you've been working on your music and movies

I don't know if this has been posted yet but I was at the ATX Festival this last weekend and they had an Evolution of the Simpsons panel with Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Selman, and David Silverman. Someone actually asked about this episode and David talked about how few people really knew it was Maggie at the end…