I liked a few of the tracks on Tempest, though the last really good album (to me) was Love and Theft. Part of the problem is that he's fucking crazy (see: Pay in Blood). The main problem I had when I saw him live a year or two ago is that he doesn't seem to give a damn about emoting anymore. Instead of acting and…

Maybe. The smoking is supposed to be a sign of their faith, according to a sign on the wall in the pilot. That's why I thought maybe the smoking is about letting go and letting God, as they say in 12-step groups.

Let's see: salt, salt, salt, salt, salt, salt, salt, salt, salt, MSG and pepper. That's 11 herbs and spices!

"Brown—heckuva school! Weren't you at Brown, Otto?"
[Tanning self on hood of school bus] "Yup—almost got tenure too!"

I agree, and I'm sorry you're having such a shitty day, Scrawler. Cosmological and Johnny Thunder may not know this, but you're one of the nicest people on this site and it sucks to see you being attacked. And, in Johnny Thunder and Cosmological's defence, I'm sure they're probably decent chaps at the end of the…

No, I'm pretty sure she meant that you're a Pepper. There's no shame in it—I'm a Pepper too! My father was a Pepper—back in the old country, they called them Pepskis. His maternal grandfather ate the babies of his serfs, but he was a Pepper too so I'll say naught against him. It was a different time, and who's to…

Is there something wrong with his mouth, or is he just really fond of plug chewing tobacco?

I've only seen a couple of episodes, so maybe it gets clearer. I just assume that they are religious people waiting for the rapture to take them away. They can't go on and pretend as though people weren't taken, so they dedicate their lives to remembering (and recruiting). As to the smoking, well, maybe they see it…

Mustache Man in particular looks like he may have created New Mexico from leftover mustache crumbs. "There you fucking go," he probably said, and continued down the road to El Paso for a night with Juanita.

It's odd that they looked at the sexualization of Latina actresses but didn't seem to look at how many male roles are tied to violence and/or drugs (e.g. Tuco in BB, Guillermo in Weeds). [And yes, I realize that BB also had characters like Gomez to balance out the scales a bit]

It could be; I'm not sure. I guess I assumed that guys who use creams to masturbate go over the head too, but I'm sure it depends on the guy.

I think there's quite a bit of variety in men too. I can't imagine wanting any attention to be given to my balls, as mine seem to be good at feeling pain and little else, but there are scores of men who apparently like having them sucked (the mere thought of which pains me). Men are also pretty varied in their…

For what it's worth, I think you write very well.

The answer is probably something vague like "it depends". Studies have shown that deficiencies in neurotransmitters can occur where very young children aren't held enough or where the parent is stressed. For example, baby rats who are separated from their parents are much more likely to make regular use of cocaine…

Thanks to Marah for the article and to everyone who have shared their stories. I was a big Robin Williams fan when I was younger, and I feel pretty sad about his passing. While the silver lining of his death is that more people will be fighting the stigma around mental health issues, it would have been so much…

Let he who has not fucked Xanderpuss' mother cast the first stone.

I can't wait to try some of that quality pelican meat!

You don't need to be Superman to travel back in time—just go to the North Pole and run in circles, thus crossing the International Date Line repeatedly. Make sure you run in the right direction, though, as you could trip.

I wish I knew anything useful in terms of fixing things. It's probably my dad's fault—when I was just a lad, he explained to me that electricity was the product of little chinamen who live inside the walls and run on hamster wheels to generate electricity. I tried knocking down the walls to find them, but all I…

I went to see the newish Woody Allen movie starring Colin Firth. I thought it was pleasant enough, though the fact that I can't recall the title speaks volumes.