Thanks, that's interesting. And strange. That's taking a facet and ignoring the theme.

Does anyone else suspect these guys are just trolling. What self-respecting Nazi street kicker is named Romeow?

I don't. What was that?

Twitter was keeping you INFORMED about the world? You are a person out of your time :)

Ace 2016 commentary right here: http://www.newyorker.com/ca…

You should read it if you like Lethem. It's probably the worst flap copy I have ever seen.

The single thing I am most excited about for 2017 is Sharon Van Etten teaming up with Land of Talk (Elizabeth Powell). http://screamingguitars.com…

Does anyone else find that videos hardly work anymore after this new layout? I've tried on two different machines.

Some of the most fun I had reading a book this year was with Jonathan Lethem's new one, A Gambler's Anatomy It's about the travails of an international backgammon hustler, who of course meets with some misfortune. I would read an entire book accounting this suave selfish weirdo's backgammon games but of course there…

Thanks for the in-depth response. I'm interested in several of those.

Money? Libraries, friend! I would read like five books a year if I had to buy them all.

God I wish he had said yes.

Ohhh. Is that why my laptop is having boot up problems now? I tried and tried to stop it's stupid un-asked for Windows 10 updates but ti was beyond me.

I hope it's not just conservative-leaning stuff and I will certainly make sure it isn't with my own little "dispute" clicks. I'm sick of this U.S. Uncut and Occupy Democrats drivel.

Austin, TX, or modern American life?

Yep, F- Salon. I am trying to get my fellow Lib friends to realize this. Poorly researched screeds with little to no original reporting, usually.

Oh ya. Especially since they are doomed to live the climate nightmare.

Yes? Two things can be true at once :) I'm going to keep rocking until I LOOK too old for it. Kale salad all the way.

Damn, I'm getting old. Look how young these rock bands are!

I wonder if, when you're a conspiracy nutter like this guy, when you finally do something that gets you arrested and find yourself denounced as a false flag plant by your conspiracy nutter fellows, you have a moment of awakening about it all.