I think sometimes abusive parents have a tendency to believe the lies they've told themselves about how wonderful their children's childhoods were. Particularly if their children turned out to be decent adults.

As a lawyer, for me the best thing to come out of Serial is getting rid of all the fucking damage shows like CSI have done for the common perception of the justice system. There is not semen on everything. There is not DNA in most cases. There is not some little piece of algae that proves a defendant had mojitos with…

I listened to the first 9 episodes on Saturday while I was cleaning out my closet. I have no burning desire to finish it. I get the appeal but I think the hype machine broke me.

My real nerdy answer? I use Bing for the points system when I'm not doing something important and turn the points into Microsoft $ for buying stuff on the Xbox One. Perhaps searching for Lily Tomlin should have been deemed more important.

I want Jane Fonda's dress on my body right now! I would look charming as hell wearing this, as I eat my third box of Thin Mints.

YES. But it's one of the dresses that you could get in a set from Costco that fit Barbie, but weren't actually the Barbie brand.

Jeffrey Tambor, whom I have always admired as an actor, just elevated himself in my eyes to "fucking hero" status.

But is her middle name is Artisanal ???

What I mean is that she makes it sound like a he said/she said situation when it's actually a "Cosby says he's not a rapist but a whole lot of women say he raped them" situation.

Let's hope that she can find more roles worthy of her. Seeing her opposite Pierce Bronson in the Thomas Crown Affair was everything. It really was refreshing to see two grown and sexy people (as opposed to pairing Pierce with someone half his age, which would normally be the case) getting it on without any apologies.

So I take it we're not talking about little Jimmy Dickens? Met him back in the late 70's. He was a great guy and had some funny stories from all his years on the road.

No way this is anything but a Fred Armisen Portlandia character.

FYI, I am pretty sure you are not dealing with a real person up there. From another one of their comments:

It's probably because I'm British, but I really don't understand the whole American-colleges-have-their-own-justice-system thing. If someone is assaulted/mugged/etc on campus, why is it not a police matter? Can somebody please help me understand?