Old Man's War is good old-school fun. Very Heinleinesque. I was tempted to go further into the series, but I suspect there will be diminishing returns.

The problem (as I see it) is the way the mainstream press so frequently focuses on white male authors. Alternatives can get lost in the crowd.

Poking a Dead Frog has so many wonderful interviewees, it's pretty much impossible not to enjoy.

I know most everyone disagrees with me, some even mock me, but I think pretty much all of the first Tin Machine album is just great.

Me too, though Ladyhawkes was initially unconvinced when I gave her a summation. Then she asked, "so, like Northern Exposure?" "Yeah…. yeah, just like Northern Exposure." Let's see how long that lasts.

That would be close to the most exciting game I've ever seen. Packers fans are enraged, I guess.

Yeah, I probably should have chosen something more direct, but I love that line.

Super High Me often tells me I am not Super High, and should have another joint, much to Even Superer High Me's chagrin.

I used to make my own t-shirts (it's cool!). So, when I went to a music festival that Richard Thompson was playing at, I wore my "God never listened to Charlie Parker" t-shirt, hoping that it would be an ice-breaker to meet fellow Thompson fans. Of course, it failed miserably, but I did get a confused, bemused look…

I don't expect customers to be witty, but some conversational variation is always appreciated. (I can't complain. Most punters are fine with a nudge in the right direction.)

"I wondered while watching Making A Murder if Brendan Dassey’s life would have had a different outcome had someone taken that interest in him and told him he wasn’t stupid."

ha ha ha ho

Watch The Counseler again? You cray-cray.

A long time fan of both Roth and Oldman, I finally saw Meantime the other day. Roth was passable but Oldman was deplorable (as was Phil Daniels).

I'm pretty fond of a muscular thigh on a woman.

I started work in a large office when I was twenty. Being socially inept and less than handsome, I never suspected I would be rumoured to be sleeping with 3 or more fellow staff over the next five years. If you're really close friends with someone of your sexual preference, and go drinking all night with them, sooner…

Ha. I swear I had already fixed that before you posted.

I wanted to take some photos the other day for wikipedia, but they were young semi-professional female soccer players. I'm 98% sure no-one would have batted an eyelid, but who wants to risk that 2%. So, Ladyhawke rolled her eyes and did the thankless task yet again.

I love Conan, but he's incapable of letting a guest tell a 20-second story without interrupting with a joke, and he's far from the worst.

I used to sell portraits of Dern on the Fiverr, but due to copyright violations, I had to erase her head.