Yeah, but being a child star is the most notable thing she ever did.  I'm not saying that to diminish her in anyway: she is massively famous for her work as a child, and nothing else compares to it.

Not funny.

I'm certain that I'm not qualified to say exactly what age someone should or should not have sex.  But I'm pretty sure no one ever ruined their life by waiting until at least sixteen.

I didn't think I was being shallow by giving due consideration to authorial intent.  I didn't think that's what shallow was.

Leaving the business of the chords aside (since that's improbable enough), have you ever noticed the lyrics?

Another interesting thing to note is that every major key contains the same notes as another minor key.  For example, the notes of C major are C D E F G A B, while the notes of A minor are A B C D E F G.    The difference lies entirely in which note is considered the "tonic," which is typically established in basic…

I'm sorry, you're just being ridiculous now.

I know the name.  I'll have to google him to remember what he wrote.

Dude, whatever.  Penny Arcade is a top tier web comic, and anyone who says otherwise is insufferable.

Dude, I am a guy, and I like superhero comic books.  I have a bunch of superhero comic books on my book shelf.  I'm generally knowledgeable about comic book lore.  I consider myself a comic book nerd.

My parents give me a box of nerds in my stocking every Christmas.  I love Christmas.

Agreed.

You might as well ask why anybody has ever tried to make any sort of statement using anything except plain language.  Asking "why poetry" is the same as asking "why painting" or "why music" or "why sculpture."  It's the art of the thing as much as it is any particular idea. 

Dude, you really should read the whole thing.  It only gets better.

Un burrito importante.

I play bass guitar and write short stories, too.  But mostly my girlfriend likes me because I'm a teacher and because I'm a nerd like her.  Are my hobbies legitimate now?

On the contrary, the vast majority of poems follow rules: even free verse isn't always entirely free.  It's just that many poems use rules on an ad hoc basis, and many readers aren't necessarily familiar with what the rules are.

Bravo.

Speaking as a writer of poetry, I think poetry can actually be crystal clear and cutting, or it can be obtuse.  Neither approach is really typical of the art form as a whole.  There are plenty of very good poems with very apparent meanings.  There are others that don't seem to mean anything at all.

Absolutely the same.  /ɔ/ is actually a little awkward for me to produce in isolation, and when I hear it it just sounds like an affected /ɑ/.