I had a friend years ago who decided it was ok to use “fag” because he was “using it the way Eminem uses it, not as a homophobic thing.” He came to visit me in NYC and as we’re getting out of the subway in Chelsea I gently suggest “Can you try to refrain from tossing around the word ‘fag’ while we’re here? There are a…

As a father of a daughter . . . (and now I get to say whatever dumb thing I want).

My sister-in-law (in Massachusetts) once said of her then 10-year-old son “He doesn’t need to know about gay people.”

My Massachusetts family:

This article surprised me. It surprised me because I was 100% sure one of the two women would turn out to be my sister. 

And printers and paper companies and the US Post Office. Also, starving meme creators and debate joke writers. Although, on that last one, Bloomberg might be within his rights to ask for a refund.

Can I finish?

This is the only solace I hope for. I need Biden to choose a (younger and Progressive) Cheney—a competent VP* who will actually run the country from behind the curtain while the president stumbles and bumbles around in front of the cameras. And someone who will be set up to take the torch once Biden heads home.**

Thanks for pumping half a billion dollars of your obscene horde back into the economy and giving some people jobs (at least temporarily).

I’m sure he’s got a nice guaranteed contract and we’ll see him pop up on MSNBC pundit panels once the election kicks into full gear in a few months. Why give that airtime to someone under 70 and not a white man in a race between Biden/Bernie and Trump?

He was originally an evil monster (Evil Grimace) who stole your shake. Since he was introduced the same year as the Hamburglar, I’d guess someone in marketing eventually realized it was repetitive to have two characters who were thieves. But you’ve already got the costumes and don’t want them to go to waste. Easier to…

I want to like new rock music as well, but I think it should and fully expect it to go the way of jazz. There are many musicians making some interesting, genre-redefining jazz in the 21st century, but nobody expects it to regain its position as the dominant popular music of contemporary culture. Jazz had its day on…

Which is like a copy of a copy because so much of 80s culture was nostalgia for the 50s and the 90s was nostalgia for the 60s and 70s. We’re going to have to create something new soon, or else we’re going to end up in that weird opening scene from Star Trek where a kid hundreds of years in the future is listening to…

He’d only had a couple minor songs by that point. Dude didn’t even have “Fly Away” yet, so there was really nothing left. Also, to be fair, the opening guitar on “...Go My Way” was reasonably distinctive in 94.

I love rock, but I would be ok if it died. Bands have been trying for decades now to squeeze the last few drops from a genre that was drained a long time ago. Instead of trying to keep a relic from the 50s-60s relevant, maybe we can accept that we live in the future and come up with something new. Western culture…

I saw Lenny Kravitz open for The Rolling Stones on the Voodoo Lounge tour in 1994. Ten minutes into his set, the crowd started chanting “Play the one we know! Play the one we know!” Then they booed until he played “Are You Gonna Go My Way.” I’ve never considered Kravitz relevant in any conversation about rock.

This was the film I showed at Backyard Movie Night two years ago. I was kind of shocked how many of the moms in the neighborhood hadn’t seen it. I just always assume this movie is secretly beloved by millions and millions of people in their 30s and 40s. Well, I’m doing my part to spread the gospel.

This is how I won Christmas. The 3-year-old hasn’t taken it off or had it far from his reach in over 24 hours.

That sounds pleasant. With Stardew Valley, I missed whatever the festival was where you get a bunch of stuff and so I felt stifled in my progress waiting for another year to roll around. In DragonQuest: Builders, I just kinda got tired of digging up dirt and laying mudblocks. I don’t think I would like Minecraft.…

So, I’ve never played Animal Crossing. Is it like DragonQuest: Builders, Stardew Valley, etc.? What is it about the game that has people so excited?