It's Fundie Speak for saying that she has divine protection, which is symbolized by the Blood of Christ.

Don't tell that to my evangelical aunt who loves to pray to God to cover her SUV with the Blood of Christ before she departs for a long drive.

The new team motto: "It looks like you're writing a letter! Would you like help?"

It was the first Tibetan Freedom Concert hosted by the Beastie Boys. Yep, I'm that old.

Sunburns during overcast days are no joke, I once suffered a nasty burn that took almost two weeks to recover after attending a concert fest at Golden Gate Park on a cold, foggy day.

Was it that pirate bar in Maryland?

The Church of the Sub-Genius prevails! (Yep, I'm old and I'm still cracking late 80's/early 90's underground culture jokes).

"Tonight was a DISASTER."

"Queen of the HARPIES, THE HARPIES!"

Damnit, you beat me to the punch.

One of my favorite "Reality Shows."

Indeed, Zoom pretty much defined the X sound.

That's too bad, X's first two albums are classic Sunset Strip punk. This reminds me of Moe Tucker becoming a Tea Partier.

This is precisely what futurists envisioned how the Internet could impact American culture 20 years ago.

A lesson from the Karate Kid: It's justified to break a tournament's "No Kicks to the Face" rule if your opponent is a Stereotypical Blond 80's Bully.

Unfortunately, gin has been a hipster's delight for the past few years.

Indeed, I recall that the Pappies were once easy to find in CA about five years ago, and then David Chang told the foodies about it.

I hear ya on the trendiness, but I do have to say that quite a few small distilleries have popped up in the past few years and produced some good whiskeys. Unfortunately, the vast majority of bourbons from the small-batch varieties to the plastic jugs of rotgut are produced by a handful of corporations.

Woohoo, the author correctly spelled the band's name. So many writers write out "?"

No, she meant the "hard" news pubs as well. You'll be amazed by how many of my classmates couldn't bother to read the morning papers. There's an old joke about how alt-weeklies are in the business of entertaining bored people while they wait for their lattes.