Still love the idea of Obama resigning tomorrow, installing Biden as the 45th for twenty-four hours, thus invalidating all of Trump's "45th President" merch.

Precisely—part of comedy's purpose is to break boundaries. Hot may have been somewhat scandalous back when it came out, but it's charmingly tame now. Saddles has some raw shit in it still, which makes it feel edgy.

The things I wouldn't give to have Mel Brooks joyfully and irascibly address me by name.

Yeah, I showed my girlfriend Blazing Saddles for the first time this weekend, and she was shocked at how great and relevant it is. I adore Some Like it Hot, but it's a piece that remains firmly attached to its environment, like, say, The Big Sleep. I always end up having to suck away a layer of artifice before I get…

Read this in 24's voice, for the record.

Does anyone else read this as "Peet-ZA-Gah-Tay" and imagine an Olive Garden abomination that fuses three kinds of Authentic Italian Cuisine into a chimeric wad of carbs?

Ha, will do. Also, I was typing a sassy response, but I can't top @dirtside:disqus there.

Say "hey" to my girlfriend and make her buy you a drink for me!

I'm seriously excited about trying it, now. Cocktail hour is only an hour and a half away!

And mint, of course. Ooh, peach nectar, mint and basil soda, and vodka. Well, should this go down in the next four years, I know what I'm drinking to celebrate!

Hell, if Trump has a piss thing, more power to him. But even in the whole golden shower story, the point was that he was using prostitutes to degrade the Obamas. I don't believe it for a second, but it would at least be in accord with his stated attitudes towards sexuality and hygiene.

Oh, I know—trust me, I've been following their development for the last three years or so. Their boots-on-the-ground and dispersal techniques for their reporters, combined with a willingness to actually do follow-up reporting, means they're the best example of adjustment to post-monoculture media we've got. I'm…

Buzzfeed's pivot—by capitalizing on its massive network to capture in-the-moment stories before anyone using a more hidebound method of reporting—has been shocking and affirming; I heard NPR call them "news site Buzzfeed" this morning and only went "wellllll" for a second. Their success in being so agile is what makes…

Not a bad option, but I prefer the Westbrook IPA for my shower beers.

Ha, yeah—I've been playing with friends, passing the controller upon death, old-school-style. It's great, but it leads to a lot of thumb-twiddling. "Oh, your first power-up was Technology, okay. See you in 45."

I haven't played anything but Binding of Isaac in the last couple of months, with a little bit of Darkest Dungeon. Isaac is pretty much my perfect game—iterative, puerile, and very tight. Still trying to unlock all the characters and content for it, so I'll be at it a while.

Stay the course—you're doing fine! Seriously, you didn't miss much—it was the same deflection and attack pattern we're all well-familiar with. Terrible enough to be offensive, not terrible enough to trigger lasting outrage.

Interesting—I had an Urban Family beer that was a lactose-sugar and pineapple called "Pineapple Milkshake." It actually worked!

The Trump Years
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Heh, exactly. Just doing my part to avoid letting that become standard.