My 70-something mom LOVES middle-year "South Park". She has a change purse with Cartman's face beaded into it and sometimes when she pulls it out she makes a point of showing it to the sales clerk. She has a huge Kyle magnet on her fridge. She owns seasons 1-10 on DVD. What cemented is was the "Chinpokomon"…

Well, I just found a rabbit hole of men speaking French. Here's JGL:
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How can you hate people who speak French? Look at Bradley Cooper. I mean, no, seriously, look at him. Speaking French. I'll… be in my bunk.
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Yeah, I read Hofstadter during a phase when I read Susan Jacoby and Dick Meyer's "Why We Hate Us" ten or fifteen years ago and I have to say they were pretty much right. Depressingly right.

The US has a history of distrust of what the masses perceive as "intellectual" types, going back to, heck, Plymouth Rock - see Hostadter's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" from 1963.

One of his advisers dismissed it as a joke and then congratulated the POTUS for "developinf a new social media platform". Demonstrating that the words "social media platform" do not mean the same thing to a presidential adviser as they do to, say, people who actually develop social media platforms.

Trudeau wasn't so much elected as the last Prime Minister (Harper) was unceremoniously tossed. Harper was drifting/veering further and further right, and some disastrous moves at the end of the longest federal election campaign in Canadian history torpedoed his administration. Our left-wing party had an outside shot…

Bleah, you're right, she tried to trademark "Kylie". Thanks for the catch.

Did you have the pear dream again?

I did this at the library a few weeks ago - walking around going "hey this looks interesting and I need a new book" - and that's why I'm 2/3 through Al Jourgensen (of Ministry, Revolting Cocks, et al)'s autobiography.

ME THREE WTF

Kylie Minogue blocked Kylie Jenner from copyrighting the name "Kylie" in the US. Which I like to think is the judge telling Jenner that legally she ain't no thang compared to Miss Minogue.

One year I chose my NHL draft based on hotness. After the first handful of picks, the bar was way too low so I went on "how much do I giggle when I say the player's name in my head?" Luckily for me, it was a good year for Sergei Gonchar.

NB: Don't count on anywhere near Toronto or Vancouver unless you've got at least a million dollars to spend on housing.

Man, I would watch the SNOT out of that show.

It's the Littlest Teleporting Psychic Hobo!

And he can even find extradimensional treats by scent.

Also WHOOOZHA GOOD TELEPORTING PSYCHIC PUPPER?
WHOOOZHA GOOD TELEPORTING PSYCHIC PUPPER?
YOU ARE
YESH YOU ARE

Lockjaw looks pretty good - like, way better than I had dreaded - but where's the wishbone on his head?

The way he eats, I'm surprised he poops at *all*.