Will Not Attend is ridiculously funny.

It's really growing on me. I rarely listen to anything from episode 1, so I usually miss the "finding their footing" phase. It's a great concept for a podcast because so many of us have retail nightmares, and the hosts are so charming and funny.

I wasn't joking.

I only heard of it because I saw ads for it on the subway here in China. Shrug. I'm American, I don't give a shit about Robbie Williams.

"Is a song more 'pure' if the title artist also composed it and performed the music?"

To quote MST3K, that's like being really good at eating cereal.

Let's request it for AV Undercover!

BRAAAAAAAP!!!

"Atticus Finch, one of the most beloved characters in the history of English literature, who in Mockingbird appears as a stalwart champion of racial equality… "

I feel like the only person in the world who didn't like The Martian. I should give it another chance—maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it. Because, seriously, everybody loves that shit.

I read it yesterday (it's short and I'm on vacation). I agree that it's a first draft/first attempt with these characters. I didn't think it was very good, but I'm glad I read it. I'm not sure everyone would feel that way, but I liked seeing a glimpse of the kinds of stories Ms Lee might have written had she not left…

"You've been eating Bobolis with nothing on them?"
"That's why I don't like them as much."

One of my favorites as well. I also picked it for my YA book club and at least two other members chose it as one of their favorites. So I think I've done my part for Andrew Smith. :)

"I already have a tattoo on my ass from a lost bet." And it just gets funnier every time!

My Chinese college students are very physically affectionate, both male and female. I never see the guys holding hands (although I did see two elderly men hand in hand the other day), but they always lean on each other and put their arms around each other. Sometimes my classroom looks like a basket full of puppies.

That message is such a punch to the gut. A change of city might have been what he needed to stay clean and find that joy for life that he seemed to be missing in that second Pete Holmes interview.

I was just thinking about him saying that using again would kill him. I was like, God, I hope he can stay clean, but it's going to be really, really fucking difficult. This is just gut-wrenching.

My personal favorite.

NOBODY HELP HIM!

I just went to the panda breeding facility in Chengdu. They have full- and half-day volunteer programs where you can feed the pandas, shovel poop, etc. You might get the opportunity to sneak a little horseplay in there as well, assuming you're wiling and able to get to SW China.