I love you. Every time.

Gen X just acted cynical. It was a product of the very dark background noise of their formative years. I think they were the most earnest cynics you could ever find. Truly, they wanted to believe. They just couldn’t find anything to believe in. These poor kids were being raised by the Boomers, just after they gave up…

Nice call on Decembrists. I’ve always wondered if I would have loved them, no matter what, just based on their name...

Solitude Standing is a pretty decent song. Maybe if First Aid Kit covered it or something. I don’t know. It was a long, long time ago.

In Sydney, the Royal Botanic Gardens is a fantastic place to pull up a blanket, a bottle of wine and a book: https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/welcome/royal_…

I grew up in Ohio and we definitely called it a dip in the backwater region where I lived. When we went to Columbus or something they might have said scoop. The old people all said dip. I am pretty sure the old folks I knew in Kentucky called it a dip too. Maybe it’s an Appalachian regional term? Not sure. The same…

I am old enough to think this is hysterical!

HOW can she sing? When I was pregnant, I turned down every gig after about 10 weeks. Was it because my kid was breech and had his stubborn little coconut head jammed under by ribcage for 6 months solid? I just wanna know how somebody that pregnant can perform. I’ve seen several artists do it now (Lily Allen, Beyonce,…

I made the mistake of taking my 4 year old son to see Cinderella. Roundly a failure. It was like taking him to see Pride and Prejudice with some great CGI. However, we got a family motto out of it. “Have Courage and Be Kind” is the best advice I’ve ever heard. Or at least it’s right up there with Kurt Vonnegut’s…

I starred this, but honestly, it could go either way.

You can strike “in Hollywood” there.

My aunt is the sick burn dowager empress. Something about funerals brings out the absolute flamethrower in her, too. We were at my grandfather’s funeral and the former mistress of another aunt’s husband was waiting in the receiving line. My aunt stared her down like a cattle dog until she reached the family and then…

Come to think of it, yeah, that was a pretty sick one. I play a long game.

Yep. Me too.

Oh me too! I tend toward the unfortunately passive aggressive. Example: I used to work for the guy who I ended up marrying (years later). He had a girlfriend who HATED me at the time, though we’d never met. She was really rude every time I answered the phone, so I started to pretend that I didn’t recognise her…

No, the money being withdrawn isn’t welfare. At least not “welfare” as thought of in the US. In Australia, everyone who isn’t basically wealthy ($140,000 salary) gets a government subsidy for child care. A child care tax rebate. It’s substantial, and is of great help to working parents. Also, there is a “baby bonus,”…

I did NOT know the Burroughs reference. That's just so right on for them, it's hilarious!

But one thing I will continue to hammer to the jez audience is that the past 30 years have not been a straight linear progression of enlightened thoughts. Shit happened and we learned from it, and then the U.S. rubberbanded in such a huge way that we’re currently behind the point that we were then. That is something…

Your comment has a delightfully Pratchett-y feel to it. I've been re-reading since he passed away, so my head is all in Disc World.

I read this on my phone and had to run to my laptop, where I'm logged in, so I could star immediately. This is the weirdness that makes me love Jez so.