Benefits of a classical education.

That's more profound than the one I saw today.

Yes, sadly. So now when I notice an absence of a regular, I start to worry.

"Don't mind if I do!"

Pumpernickel has an interesting etymology. From Wikipedia:

I'm afraid not (yet). And for the sake of full disclosure: I've read bits of Anti-intellectualism, and seen it cited in other works on the same subject, but I haven't actually read Hofstadter's seminal work in full… (yet).

The A.V. Club

The author of Anti-intellectualism in American Life (1963) argues that American anti-intellectualism and the myth of the cool guy jocks vs the uppity nerds is just about as old as the US itself, and is especially apparent in the 1828 election, which favored Andrew Jackson as a down-to-earth "man of the people."

I wouldn't exactly call George Michael a "composer."

Except for where to go for dinner, right?

Well, makes you look like an ass is what he does, Redtube.

Between this movie, and Allied, I'm thinking of going full Elephant Man with my wardrobe.

Do yourself a favor. Don't check the polls.

Nuclear safety inspector.

Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed…

Oh god, I know. Everything is step mom this, step sister that, teen this, MILF that. Why is it all so creepy?

Yeah but https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I haven't seen it. Does it involve pizza?

Damn, she looks so much taller on screen.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.