Hey thanks man
I needed an idea for my poetry meetup tomorrow. I'm off to write "Ode on a Half Black/Half Latino Urn".

Re the difference between queer and gay, here's my take: gay refers to someone who is exclusively (or nearly exclusively) sexually attracted to/romantically interested in those of the same sex. Queer refers to anyone who is NOT exclusively attracted to/interested in those of the opposite sex. Put another way, queer…

Avery Brooks was my mom's acting professor in college. She describes him as "terrifying" and refuses to watch anything he's in.

I know beauty is subjective and blah blah blah, but if you don't think Kari Byron is hot as fuck then you are visually impaired and possibly gay.

So…is it a catfight just because it was between two women? I don't think so. Catfight means slapping, scratching, hair-pulling, etc.

I was eating ice cream, and I froze with the spoon in mid-air. And it was double fudge brownie!

He's always good to me, always treats me tenderly
How is Darlene Love not already in? She's the greatest girl-group singer, one of the top ten rock 'n' roll singers, and among the greatest singers ever, full stop. Evidence:

I loved Dynamite, but the best kids' magazine ever was Cricket. Anyone else? Cricket? My mom recently told me she found a box of them while cleaning the basement and asked if she should throw them out. I was like, NOOOOOOOOO!!! I'm looking forward to a serious blast of nostalgia on my next visit.

Greg's True Masterpiece
"Clowns never laughed before
Beanstalks never grew
Ponies never ran before
Till I met you"

She talks about writing the song in her memoir. If I recall, it wasn't really about anyone—just an imaginary sister—but the verse about the all-ages show was inspired by an older friend whom she idolized, and who actually did take her to see the Violent Femmes and the Del Fuegos (before they had a record out).

She has a flat face. Flat-faced girls are generally very pretty, but they kind of freak me out. Their faces are just so…flat.

Let us not forget his stellar work as the voice of the Hamburger Helper oven mitt.

I like Laurel Canyon. I like the atmosphere it evokes, and the performances by Frances McDormand and Alessandro Nivola are terrific.

I'll buy that, chavez ravine.

I really can't be arsed reading another one of these screeds, but I saw the word "lesbian" up there—could someone tell me if I should be offended or not?

Clearly you don't understand the clitoris. But since the real Tom Cruise is frightened of female genitalia, I'm assuming that also applies to his wax doppelganger.

Then he said, "I have a firm erection that will allow me to engage in mutually satisfying intercourse with an attractive woman for an extended period of time."

Pontifex, if you're a fan of The Warriors, the fact that I said "from Coney Island to Van Cortlandt Park" in my original post should tell you something. I always thought crossover fanfics were the worst, but that one would have been too delicious to resist.

As to whether Tara was flying the flag for shy folks or the gays, I saw it as both. And as I've mentioned before, I'm both socially awkward and a lesbian (which makes dating REALLY tough), so I had a special affinity for her.

I'm loath to admit this, but blaxploitation Slayer was so awesome that she inspired my one dalliance with fanfic. I conceived and outlined (but never actually wrote) a whole "Nikki the Vampire Slayer" series that would have roamed across the landscape of New York in the '70s…from Coney Island to Van Cortlandt Park,…