EXACTLY! That's why it's so marvelous. I'm doing fine, but haven't been commenting as much (mostly because I'm Twittering with a bunch of AVC regulars instead — join us! The hive mind awaits!). How 'bout yourself?

I like your local government's style, Banmar!

Hear, hear! Although it made me wonder what fruit I'd consider my own offspring to be… Canteloupes? (Rough outside, sweet inside) Peaches? (Fuzzy and squishy, but kind of nuts inside)

Apropos of nothing — Sugartits, your new avatar is PERFECT with your name! You brilliant woman, you!

Blame it on relativistic-speed travel.

Beautiful and Utterly Mystifying
This is the film that convinced me I would never understand Japanese culture. My brain just melted out of my ears as I watched it.

Haven't seen it, but…
… was this the last movie John Candy made before he died?

SUCH an annoying and pointless book. Bleah.

Big seconds on the reminder, or I'll space it and be furious with myself.

Hooray! My English degree and pathological reading habits will finally prove useful in this lifetime!

For some reason, it makes me warm inside to know that they are still funny people, not just figureheads at the Korean Animation House of Simpsons.

Hey, those are going on my parents' golden anniversary invites!

"Affiliated with the Canadian Musical Masochist Alliance"

Yeah, but now WE'RE stuck with him! Dammit, ya northern Billy Bob foisters!

@Spinner - Are you casting aspersions on my musical talents?

I want to hear more about the history of sackbut reception in the Renaissance. You know they were the precursors of 'bones, right? (No joke!)

Wasn't he a successful braid model?

@bascule
scree - a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope or a mountain
screed - a long piece of speech or writing, typically one regarded as tedious

Damn, Grim Sleeper, you're having a hard time with the keyboard today, huh?

You are entirely welcome, Green Eggs and Sham. I live to humiliate myself.