I don't remember whether Ponyboy came off as a dick so much as I  remember him seeming like an older and more hardened version of the Ponyboy from The Outsiders. I'd say he probably earned that veneer.

I don't remember whether Ponyboy came off as a dick so much as I  remember him seeming like an older and more hardened version of the Ponyboy from The Outsiders. I'd say he probably earned that veneer.

It's been over 20 years since I read it but that sounds vaguely familiar. The wiki for That Was Then, This Is Now also mentions other characters from The Outsiders who figure into the story; brothers Tim and Curly Shepard as well as Randy, the Soc mentioned in the article, all make appearances.

It's been over 20 years since I read it but that sounds vaguely familiar. The wiki for That Was Then, This Is Now also mentions other characters from The Outsiders who figure into the story; brothers Tim and Curly Shepard as well as Randy, the Soc mentioned in the article, all make appearances.

I remember being really excited when Ponyboy made a cameo in That Was Then, This Is Now. It might have been one of the first instances when I became aware of an author setting their stories in the same fictional universe. The Stephen King books I was reading around the same time just about epitomized this device but…

I remember being really excited when Ponyboy made a cameo in That Was Then, This Is Now. It might have been one of the first instances when I became aware of an author setting their stories in the same fictional universe. The Stephen King books I was reading around the same time just about epitomized this device but…

*hugs*

*hugs*

I was 15 years old when Jim Henson died and it stands as the first time in my life I can recall crying over the death of someone I didn't know personally. I don't know if I could make it through those eulogies without breaking down either.

I was 15 years old when Jim Henson died and it stands as the first time in my life I can recall crying over the death of someone I didn't know personally. I don't know if I could make it through those eulogies without breaking down either.

On the serious tip though, reading obits like this just reinforces my belief that all the folks involved with  The Muppets, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock and so on are deserving of sainthood or something. They put so much goodness out into world.

On the serious tip though, reading obits like this just reinforces my belief that all the folks involved with  The Muppets, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock and so on are deserving of sainthood or something. They put so much goodness out into world.

You're, you're asking me if they've ever done a Sesame Street in which the Count kills somebody and then sucks their blood for sustenance.

You're, you're asking me if they've ever done a Sesame Street in which the Count kills somebody and then sucks their blood for sustenance.

HACK!

HACK!

I came to terms with my complete dislike, bordering on hatred, for 2Pac and his oeuvre a few years ago. I think what it came down to for me is that I never bought his shtick. Hip-hop culture and its fans can be overly concerned with the issue of authenticity so it's ironic that one of the most popular figures in…

I came to terms with my complete dislike, bordering on hatred, for 2Pac and his oeuvre a few years ago. I think what it came down to for me is that I never bought his shtick. Hip-hop culture and its fans can be overly concerned with the issue of authenticity so it's ironic that one of the most popular figures in…

I always thought the lyric was "the way that Bobby Brown is just an impolite Michael." That's 21 years of wrong rhymin' on my part. Damn.

I always thought the lyric was "the way that Bobby Brown is just an impolite Michael." That's 21 years of wrong rhymin' on my part. Damn.