FWIW, Mrs. Goatee has a tattoo and hasn't had trouble either, but I think she's always gone with groups of Japanese friends in a small town we visit for an exchange program that I help out with, which probably makes a difference.

I realize that the plural of anecdote isn't data, but I've never run into this in Japan. I really enjoy onsen and I have large tattoos on my upper arms. I do get stared at, but spend enough time in Japan as a non-Japanese, 6' 4" guy and that more or less fades to background noise. Getting a cab after midnight,…

Littlefinger winds up with all merchandising rights to Dragon Mittons and the Dicktowel (eunuch edition). Mac eats Rob Stark's marriage contract.

Just so long as one of them hangs dong.

Nobody says no north of the Wall. …Because of the implication.

Okay, number one, your honor? Just look at him.

Herman Cain! Yet another excellent Onion headline. "Rumors Of Extramarital Affair End Campaign Of Presidential Candidate Who Didn't Know China Has Nuclear Weapons"

[BLARTS]

*startles back to the conversation* wha-huh? Oh, sorry, I was just daydreaming about how great it would be if the Futurama people could sue Sandler into bankruptcy over this.

The cost of subsidizing ESPN is one of the reasons Apple TV works fine for me as is. I get most of the shows I watch from Hulu+, pick up the occasional season pass for something like Adventure Time, and I'll probably get HBO Now during the GOT run. I get to watch pretty much everything I like and save hundreds of…

I was kinda hoping it was because of the video she just did with Dave Foley for Self's song Looks & Money. https://youtu.be/eDgBjnOZlaU

I wasn't talking about the relative attractiveness of it, I just think it's funny to imagine my generation aging. I mean, someday someone is going to have to write a pamphlet or shoot an instructional video about caring for geriatrics with enormous earlobes and that shit makes me giggle.

It's going to be pretty sweet when these people start showing up in the nursing homes with earlobes hanging down to their nipples.

The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman. I'm finding it easier to parse/read than Riddley Walker or The Book of Dave, but no less interesting so far.

Yeah, I'm from Michigan so our standards for amazing Mexican food are probably slightly different. Casa Bonita: Even people from Michigan know our Mexican food is garbage!™

It probably doesn't help that there's an abundance of amazing (and usually cheap!) Mexican food in Denver, so you're deliberately choosing to eat something shitty for more money.

Joe Biden and wait for it Joe Biden.

I distinctly remember reading The Lost World when I was 14 or so and thinking that each chapter should have been named after the shit he was going to buy with the money he made from his no-effort sequel. Chapter Two: A Lamborghini for Each of My Houses. Chapter Seven: Toilet Paper made of Tiger Fur and Rhino Horn. …

As Murray says above, their last album is pretty damn solid. They had bright moments on Mescalero and Rhythmeen as well, especially Rhythmeen's title track. I'd love to see them ditch some of the goofier drum machine-driven stuff and put out a full album of lean Texas blues snarl.

The very best I've ever had was a $220 bottle I got for my father when he retired. I knew a distributor from The Balvenie, and he was able to find me a bottle from a cask that was laid down the year my dad graduated from high school. It's a good thing that stuff cost so much, it went down way too easy.