But that's one of the things I love most about Jez — off-topic tangents are never (as far as I'm aware) discouraged and generally lead to the best stuff, like how snow conditions are handled in Iowa! :-)

I'm so excited about your response that I'm going to try my luck with another question! What's your take on the Kenneth Anger publications/books/stories? He's almost impossible to follow sometimes and his stuff is so ... weird, I guess. Is he believable or just crazy?

Actually, I just spoke with him and he was all, "No, no, I'm not Butters and Butters isn't me ... but now I'm worried that we're all gonna get grounded!" This gets weirder by the day.

I've heard for quite some time that Paul Newman did, in fact, cheat on Joanne with a journalist despite his non-cheater rep. True or false?

LOL!! OK, OK, so you're not him! He'll be thrilled about your love for XTC, though.

I've been about 75% convinced that you're him for a couple months now. Except your refusal to capitalize is curious ... you may be trying to throw me off.

Or "Californication," which I definitely don't watch either. Especially not binge-watching, which can make a person want to poke their eyeballs out.

MrRDog's second-favorite band ever!

Ooooofffff...I doubt they'd work on salt. And sand gets down into places nothing but a vac can get to (as you know!). I'd just recommend them for quick pick-ups/offs but especially like them because stuff sticks to them; there's not all that lint, etc., flying around as you're leaving the room. But I hear you about…

Or...OR...you can turn them into your friends. Allies. Like, against the cat. We had a Rottweiler and that shit would never fly with him; he would've just sat on a Roomba. Result: My Dog Made Me Do My Housework without Any Help Except An Electrolux. :-(

I worked for a few months in an office in SoCal that kept their Roomba as sort of a pet. I'd assumed they all were just unhinged Californians until it started coming toward me, I casually and verrrrrrry slowly moved from my chair to on top of my desk ... and I was a goner for the balance of the afternoon. My only…

I was raised on dust-cloths, which I always thought were a waste of time because all they did was just rearrange the dust. But then, sort of like Morty and his wife in the commercial, I discovered Swiffers and haven't looked back. I'm loathe to recommend stuff (except Noevir products and Avalon Organics), and…

Oh, dear. I love me a good vacuum. I think I respond to my Electrolux the way Cartman does to WoW. Seriously.

Korb. Her last name's Korb. I really don't even think it matters.

There are no better BOOMs than those of Jon Stewart.

I just spent way too many minutes trying to figure out how to do that.

Thanks, BG! "Common" is just about my favorite insult ... but you should've heard it coming out of my Great-Aunt Blanche's mouth. Withering. ETA: Aunt Blanche worked in a ridiculously high-end "dress shop" here in Denver back in the day, and her stories about all her "old billy-goats" who she dressed were hilarious…

But please hold off until I get caught up with "Ink Master."

Yep. I stop reading as soon as I see, "They're a Democrat..." or "They're a liberal..." Not because I'm opposed to either one, it's just that too often those labels are used to define a person's character. Geez, my cousin's a Republican and he's the second best person I know!

Evidently she's been spending way too much time with kids. "You hurt my feelings" is not an appropriate "reason" for anything. Learning how to deal with hurt feelings is part of being an adult!