It's Elvis's word too. In the liner notes on the Rhino-release CD version I have (I think of Get Happy!, but it could have been Armed Forces), he talks about him and Steve Nieve being hugely influenced by ABBA, especially in the keyboard, for Armed Forces.

I think it is exceedingly common for 40-something folks to divorce and start their lives over entirely, so although you got there a different way, I think there are probably a LOT of people around in the same boat. And society is different than it used to be. Fewer people have kids and own homes.

I'm rewatching The Good Place now, and it is clear that the writers knew exactly how the season ended from scene 1. It is remarkably well-constructed.

Unfortunately, I DIDN'T get to see them. More accurately, I learned about the concert a day or two before, and ended up not going because it was a 6 hour drive on a weekday and I wasn't in a great position to ask for a day off from work. It is a major regret.

The bigger disappointments are the ones we could have seen, but did not. For me, I turned down a Joe Strummer show a year or two before his death.

FFVI is a magical, wonderful game—and that you are doing it without a guide is absolutely the way to go. I envy you in that way!

Your metaphor game is ON POINT. (not sarcastic.)

Maybe you should meet people before deciding what they are like, much less guessing what their self-image is.

My niblings (aged 4-6) watch a ton of youtube videos and, as play, as my sister to take videos of them. At the end of the videos, the youngest one will say "click like and subscribe." This is seriously where culture is going, and I don't think that has sunken in for us lawn-yellers.

Hell yeah, especially on the Weavers. So good.

Yeah, that's cringeworthy. Especially where "see" and "you" are so easy to type, there's really no excuse. Hard to cast judgment on one sort of text-slang while using another, but somehow there's a measure of bad taste in "c u there" that you don't have in "LMAO."

Did you make that up? That's good!

Isn't it so L337 how that happens?

For me, it was the realization that I was typing "haha" when I hadn't actually laughed—which immediately felt disingenuous. I reserve LOL for literal application.

It's one of those internet slangs that is probably outdated now and I always thought was dumb. But here I am, using it (I literally just started using LOL this year, as I always found it too insufferable, but then realized that just typing "haha" usually isn't an indicator of actual out-loud laughter).

Your mileage may vary

I suppose YMMV, but I love it. It's Tina Fey, so if you liked 30 Rock, you'll like it.

It is terrific—it carries on 30 Rock's gonzo, joke-a-second tone (and its wonderful score, if that matters to you), but with a conceit that is so dark that is is astounding it is so constantly funny. Maybe my favorite comedy in years.

I'm going to see Garfunkel tomorrow!

It's important to remember that what those bigger things that Walsh and Pohler did, were through a hole in a sheet.