Masturbation does not injure or make insane. Your parents were in error. Everyone masturbates.

Yeah, I don't have too high an opinion of the live UTU2TM show, but I'm sure it was a blast being there. Since I wasn't there, my favorite thing about it was someone commenting that when people showed up late for PFT's thing he asked them if it was because they were at the U2 thing "with those two idiots."

I still think about something Harris said at least once a week.

The Improv4Humans with Besser and his wife, Jessica St. Clair and her poet/playwright husband, and… Jessica St. Clair's other two husbands was really fantastic, especially for the dizzying way it was able to bounce between improv and dark (and quite mesmerizing) poetry.

What's all this now?

Movies are such shit these days compared to TV that I don't even understand why the former is still prized over the latter.

The band escaped the Bataclan relatively unharmed—although a member of their crew was killed—then they did not, in fact, escape relatively unharmed. I wish the band and their crew the best and hope they're able to move forward after this. What a fucking nightmare.

Yes! Because of rage.

I have a Lisa-Simpson-esque reaction to the letter.

Everybody like it.

I think I recognize everyone in this clip. Is it possible I listen to too many podcasts?

Of course, yes, that follows.

My mom was pissed about the trailers for this movie over Thanksgiving. She is not remotely pop culture savvy, but she knows a smart funny person when she sees one, and she very much does not think this is how Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler should be monetizing their smart funniness.

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky.

How Soon Is When That Would Be Bad?

"The Queen Is Dead" really did change my life. Is that bad?

Besser as the weird kid, the bit about them having to put "new papa has a penis you can see" on a quilt, "the number 1 pretzel that always reclaims your mouth!" - how do people not love that part?

Oh, Ricky. This reminds me a little of when during the Talking Funny special he would start pontificating and Seinfeld, Rock, and C.K. would all have this "Does Ricky think we've enrolled in his Comedy 101 class for some reason…?" look on their faces.

It's like looking in a word-mirror. Of sex.

I don't think I've heard this one; am making a note to listen…