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You're forgetting, or trying to forget, Roger McGough.

That reminds me of a student I had who asked to write his end-of-term essay on Paseo by Jose Donoso.  I read the story and thought, this kid must have very hidden depths, so I said he could.
Then I read his essay and realized he knew fuck all about the story.  I already knew he knew even less about how to write.  Not a

Too late for in person, but he did record it, and the BBC has it.  I heard it not too long ago—and it's fantastic.

Where in Bay Ridge?  I'm from Dyker Heights, so I will have a general idea of the environs.
And, Heaney recorded his Beowulf—they ought to get the CD or whatever and play it over a couple of nights.  It's really good.

Mickey Dolenz has an  Afro-mullet.

I love a man in cuneiform.

He moved onto the next plane—that would have been a happy thing.

And perhaps live to regret it.

You wouldn't say that to Roger Moore.

I thought Gamora was a giant turtle or something.

With Lynda Carter, Wonder Woman was the Big Two.

Bullshit.  He's very tall.  I'm in.

Why, thank you.  

cheffette?

Grill him, Bobbo.

Things I found out yesterday:
It's possible to do the Heimlich maneuver on yourself on a low concrete wall if you're desperate enough.
When the stuck bit of food comes out, it's more like throwing up than shooting something out of a dart gun.
Afterwards, you feel like someone has been punching you, and it hurts.
It's

It's not a pun; it's wordplay.

Is this the one where he's impaled by a swordfish?

I'd give some of the credit for the bankruptcy to Afghanistan.  Something we really, really should have learned.