But the House of Buggin' reboot is still a go, right? Come on, I need this!

His Twitter feed is a non-stop font of poorly spelled, oddly entertaining lunacy.

This was in Chicago, which actually has a thriving culture of readings in bars, to the point that some of my friends there say it's bordering on oversaturation. Bar readings are a lot more fun than ones in coffee shops. There's so much more engagement and interaction without the whole "this is a serious artistic…

Oy. Yeah, I learned the hard way that you don't go see Holy Grail at the rep theater if you expect to actually watch and enjoy the movie on its own.

Nah, that was still a prick move on his part, but it didn't justify our overreaction. A good old-fashioned barrage of boos would have sufficed.

I was in left field at the semi-infamous Twins-Yankees game back in '01 when the Metrodome fans pelted Chuck Knoblauch with a steady barrage of hot dogs and insults.  (Knoblauch had been a beloved Twins star before he demanded a trade and blasted Minnesota in the press. And it certainly didn't help that he landed on…

I used to co-host a creative nonfiction reading series at a fairly divey bar. The management loved having us because we packed the place on normally dead Wednesday nights, but the regular barflies resented having their hangout invaded by literati. Most of them just went elsewhere but a few would hold their ground and…

I'm right there with you. Their season finale was a remarkably strong hour of television. And I didn't know Liza Weil was dropping by! That just makes me all the more excited, as Paris was my favorite Gilmore Girls character by a wide margin.

Looking at you, Downton Abbey review…

Less pretentious Easy Rider + more pretentious Smokey & the Bandit + too much Delaney and Bonnie = Vanishing Point

I've lived in both Louisiana and Illinois, and I agree with all of this. I actually found it weirdly disheartening to move from the overt, cartoonish corruption of Louisiana to the cold, cynical corruption of Illinois. Illinois was more of a "Fuck you, pay me" system, whereas Louisiana was more "We're all fucked…

I shall try to find that. Thanks.

I'm from Wisconsin and a full 20% of the girls in my grade had kids before 18. It's no strange thing any which where.

I'm almost tempted to find this interesting, because Edwards is one fascinating son of a bitch, but I'm sure the reality TV combine will weed out any genuine insight into the only genuinely relevant cast member. I'm probably better off just re-reading Bad Bet on the Bayou.

I see your little, petrified skull labeled and resting on a shelf somewhere.

I dunno, my favorite Chipotle employs a girl with a visible pot leaf neck tattoo. You just have to find the right niche.

Hey, it's always 1995 somewhere.

Feat. Lil Bobbitt.

I've been out of the skate scene for a while. Is Duffs still around? I liked Duffs. I had a pair of Duffs skate shoes that I wore for a good five years before I finally had to admit they were no longer tenable.

My favorite bad celebrity tattoo used to be that lopsided star Lamar Odom had on the back of his head. Then I found out that was his haircut and not a tattoo at all. A little piece of me died that day.