My daughter once declared after hearing about my high school experience, "wow you were Daria. "I even had the brown straight hair and the round specs. Thought I was long past high school days, I loved that series

Lets take one of the world's worst candy and make it even more awful

I don't know how many "patriotic friends " I've had to point this out to, but the constitution and the Supreme Court guarentee the right not to stand or say the pledge. It's well laid out in case law. It's called freedom of speech. Personally as a second generation American German, I've always had a problem with…

I'm a fan of most of Rob's work (with the exception of "When Harry met Sally", which makes me an outlier in most circles). However, I actually met the man once and he was one of the few famous people who've I've encountered who didn't turn me instantly into Chris Farley.

Drew University — it was sometime in the Spring of that year.

I love REM and have followed them since the Murmur was released. There were so many good alternative bands that came out of the South during that period, but REM really stood the test of time. That said, one of the worst concerts I ever saw was in fact, REM at my university in early 1985. Stipe planted himself in…

Rowsdower!!! Now I really miss MST3K. :(.

That bit gets quoted very often in my house. Along with dozens of other lines from Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.

2016 is really going down as the year that everyone I really loved in entertainment decided to have their ticket punched and got on the exit bus.

Donnie Iris played my college along with the Iron City Houserockers. Pittsburgh based bands in the 1980s were an odd bunch. Nice guy to the stage crew (which I worked that year). Also put on a really good show.

In the early 1980s, I dated a guy who lived near Atlantic City. I'd take one of the "gambler express" buses from Northern NJ to visit him in the summer, and we'd take the roll of quarters you got on the bus and play endless hours of pinball in the arcades of Ocean City, NJ. Love pinball, and if you take me to an…

Honestly, forgot they were Canadian :(

How could I have forgotten Propaghandi?

Before Dream Theater, Rush was North America's answer to prog rock. And no, Kansas does not count. So thank you Canada for Rush, though I still am not fond of Geddy's voice

I liked the band Beast, who of course are no more. And for a while, Bedouin Soundclash was a summer driving soundtrack after someone recommended their CD.

I always found her songs to either be loaded with bad high school poetry or whines about life. Besides, I just can't respect someone who can't tell the difference between irony and coincidence / bad luck

Cecile B Demille 10 Commandments over 5 days! With Commercials!

One of my friends had the misfortune to approach him in NYC once. The nicest thing she said about the encounter was that he definitely was a curmudgeon. There's some interesting stories in Bill Graham (another successful person who was a nightmare to deal with ) autobiography about Simon that pretty much solidifies…

Mel Allen was pretty much irreplaceable. One of my earliest memories is being very young and my Dad listening to Mel Allen while doing yard work. Great broadcasting voice

Ralph is sorely missed by all of us long-term and oft suffering Mets fans.