And it may have been one of the first shows I watched for the dubious pleasure of snarking at. At least, I distinctly remember my brother and I practicing our wit [sic] on it. We were probably at the point of outgrowing the books; but also, well aware that the girls were, or had been, crazy for Shaun Cassidy, we…

Good lord, yes. Can’t imagine why I watched it, except that I’d been a fan of the books. That, and nothing else on TV Sunday nights, probably (if Sundays it was).

Or, if/when the firings continue/escalate, “I Think We’re Alone Now”.

DeBois is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job, and is getting recognized more and more, I notice.

True, though I think you mispledded “one of the only two dudes...”.

That sounds enlightened. And of course I can’t say there was no binge drinking, as it would be called now, when I was an undergrad (Canada, early- to mid-80s), or that there’s none here now. (Or that I didn’t go in for some of it myself).

Excellent. And if you should find yourself in search of a new challenge, and revenue source, you could always increase your leather inventory, and branch out into the manufacture of spats.

Oh, that’s easy. I’ve developed a bunch of typographic shibboleths, is all.

Yes, probably. To encourage binge drinking in your children:

Personally — to paraphrase Bogart in Casablanca — I came to proofreading for the money.

I imagine the combination of state laws that (are supposed to) restrict drinking to the over-21s, and campus “zero-tolerance” policies for violations of same (not that I have experience or much knowledge of either: I went through post-secondary education in another era and country) has inadvertently encouraged a lot…

Hole. E. Crap. Thanks for that. I’d never heard of (or had forgotten about) rifftrax; but nemmine Twilight, Fifty Shades, et al ... their No. 3 stream/download? The infamous/wonderful Star Wars Holiday Special, which Lucasfilm has been trying to suppress since 1978.

Or, just as likely with that crowd, it’ll be both-and. When you’re not restrained by either principles or simple logic, why miss an opportunity to smear people who happen to belong to this or that population you hate?

I dunno, but I imagine that even if they’re “disappointed,” the Trumpoids can find a silver lining in this... they can start attacking the “so-called prosecutors,” for example, as they have judges. Call them “liberal,” or “soft on crime,” or “politically correct,” or something horrible like that. If the State’s…

Yes, I eventually got that, thanks to Halfpastdrunkoclock (except for the WSU detail). Makes sense — are the Twilight books set in Washington state too?

Don’t go in much for hair-care products myself, but I have a collection of shoe- and boot-care products that would impress a cobbler. This is the home of Fluevog Shoes, which are worth keeping in good nick. Not that the climate here is excessively rainy or hard on leatherware or anything: not a bit of it.

Well, I mean really. 99.999%?! Gross exaggeration. Not more than 50%, shurely. OK: maybe 55.

I love Portland, but have been only twice. Longish drive, though the train was a nice way to go.

I’d somehow overlooked that NPR link before; will read that story.

I said nothing about red v blue states. I understood OkiDoki to be saying the prevalence of fentanyl in the Midwest had to do with the relative difficulty of smuggling heroin there. I thought you were suggesting: