Yeah, luckily I had a saintly 'leader' on my committee. He really smoothed things out, since he outranked pretty much everyone else involved. It's not an experience I regret, but it was definitely not what I would have predicted.

I was taken aback when I got into grad school and had to associate with the professors on a personal level. I quickly realized they were insane backbiters. Getting anything done while trying to navigate their weird vendettas and hurt feelings was exhausting.

Nah. I gave up and started using an old breadstick.

When you're right, you're right! Hey… you got any more of them dildos? I'm asking for a friend.

Ha! I'm pretty sure last time they ran a story about this house, there was a long thread about why there was carpet in the kitchen… not sure what that means/proves, but I like it.

Oh God, please don't let my wife find out. True story, when she was in labor with our last kid, there was a CSI marathon on cable. She only let me turn it off when the birth was imminent.

I LOVE the Adam Eget: Nazi Hunter premise they come up with. I think Gottfried's level of amusement over the whole thing takes it up a notch.

I know. It's funny, because no one makes foie gras nachos, or has a Nacho King festival (that I know of, anyway). Is it just because it's French fries, or because it's Canadian that people are treating it like that?

You should check out Norm's 'podcast,' which you can watch on YouTube. It turns out he's super-knowledgeable about comedy history, and has some great anecdotes. The episode with him and Gilbert Gottfried ripping non-stop into Norm's sidekick is one of the funniest things ever.

Victoria Jackson's beef curtains.

Not to be pedantic, but I think cupcakes are made with batter. Maybe sexy cinnamon roll dough? With lots of melted butter and sugar, and she licks it off her fingers. it's so hot in the bakery… sweat collects in the dimples just above her pert rump. Then the health inspector comes in, and the action really gets going…

Captain Eastern. I always picture him with a lot of chest hair and a big porn 'stache.

But… it's OBummer's Watergate! This film will take down that dick tater!!!

I know, right? Not sure why, but I'm pretty bummed. But it sounds like she transcended what could have been a 'hey, where are they now?' kind of a career, and had a good professional and private life. Godspeed, Ms. Gore.

You're a good egg, Coogin. She needs you…

It's tough… I equate it with the same sort of thinking that comes with far-right and -left government conspiracy theory people. No matter what you say, you're deepening the resolve that they're the only sane ones left.

My wife's friend has moved from 'vaccines might be bad and I'm concerned' to 'vaccines don't even work at all! It's a medical conspiracy!' I'm going to send this to her and hope that the Force can be the voice of reason…

We had a designated tiny black and white TV we hooked ours up to… I still have the little Radio Shack tape deck my dad bought to run programs. Didn't even have a floppy drive… using that thing made me hate computers until the late 90s, when I finally realized porn had become much more viable.

I'll never forget the day McCain picked her as his running mate, and my extremely Republican boss came into the office so happy, yelling "now we're gonna beat that socialist son of a bitch!" Man, oh man, if I could have shown him the future…

I once saw Primus open for Public Enemy and Anthrax. Definitely a weird crowd.