To me he will always be Xavier from The Doom Generation. I've always wanted to do a Monster Montage of that film but cannot find the uncut version in widescreen.

The Heart's Filthy Lesson is one of my favorites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=be1…

Initially I thought Rusty was using the term 'kid' as a derogatory statement intended to belittle me. But then I reread it and now believe it was intended as an old-timey term of endearment toward the author of the article, sincerely praising his broad vocabulary and well-written article.

I was not trying to insult him. I am actually curious about the process of writers.
We all come to learn interesting words over time. And this is such a specific word that it simply makes me wonder how it found its way to him.
In my own amateur writing, I know that big ideas germinate from small ones. An entire story…

Indeed.
One wonders how the author came to include this word in his vocabulary. (Word of the day dictionary, perhaps?) And I'm also curious to know which came first: Did the discovery of the word lead to the idea of this article or was he writing the article when the thought occurred that there must be a snappier term…

"Too cool to care about anything"?