The only thing that makes me doubt Allen, given the evidence we've seen, is the allegation that he'd been seeing a shrink regarding inappropriate behavior towards Dylan prior to the alleged assault. Where did that information come from? It can't have been the shrink. Is that part of Mia's narrative credible?

You know who else was adorable and endearing in this? Rebecca Pidgeon.

I saw them in '91 (Gilby's 2nd show, Worcester, MA, Dec.6) and there was a full hour and a half between Soundgarden and GnR. However, they then came on and did an amazing 3 hours. The point is, I guess, that Axl's always been a complete asswad, but it didn't always ruin shows.

I got married in a hotel room. Are there places that require you to marry at a courthouse if you're not doing a church?

Mavis Staples lives down the street from me (or she did a few years ago, anyway.)

Some reviews on Amazon (a minority, to be sure) said the setup stuff about Nantucket and whaling was boring. Reading it, I'm like, "WTF are you talking about?" Endlessly fascinating stuff.

In the Heart of the Sea, about the wreck of the Whaleship Essex, which partly inspired Moby Dick (but is IMO, far more interesting).

Lee Atwater, despite his deathbed conversion/apology, was a horrible human being. Fuck you, Lee Atwater, I hope your cancer was painful.

I am a huge supporter of Groening's "Olive, the Other Reindeer" - that and Rudolph are the only required viewing at Christmastime. (Well, those and Die Hard.)

Definitely a fantastic album from front to back. 'You Cause As Much Sorrow' is my personal favorite, but nearly everything this is great and time has even managed to make 'Nothing' listenable again.

Yeah, being "not too bright" was partly an act that made people underestimate him more often than not. The problem wasn't intelligence, it was more that we was intellectually incurious. He was also mean and petty, like his mother.

I thought it was common knowledge that the "cheating" incident was more of a "got caught doing what everyone had been doing for ages" thing.

Did anyone else see the Kristanna-Loken-starring Painkiller Jane? No? Just me then. That explains its cancellation then.

OK, maybe he's not as bad as all that and I'm just pissed about what an awful, awful film Spaceballs was.

There are people that believe that Mel Brooks is an unfunny hack and that his only good movies were 90% Gene Wilder and 10% Mel Brooks. Those people are named me.

I just watched the edited version of Die Hard with a Vengeance this weekend - Simon sends John McClane to Harlem wearing a sign that reads: I hate everybody!

I had an exceedingly bad experience with Dish. I suppose I could try DirecTV, but the whole 'tv doesn't work when the weather gets bad' thing sucks (and was part of the issues I had with Dish).

Apparently, it's never going to happen. What I've heard is that Comcast wants people using its OnDemand service (for the ads, I suppose), so has no plans to add support for non-mobile devices. Why Xbox works is beyond me.

A word of warning to Comcast customers: You can't use HBO Go on a smart TV or Roku device; Comcast doesn't let you register those devices. I had to have my son's girlfriend let us use her Xbox in order to watch HBO Go on my TV.

I hate politicians like Scott Brown, with his "I'm just like you because I drive a pickup truck" campaign. Yeah, because I also own 6 houses worth millions of dollars.