Not sure I agree about 3 being the best, but four and five really must be read together to get any satisfaction from them. So if you must take a break, don't do it between them.

Hodgman's canvass is our perceptions of him. The mustache, to wit.

I think he's messing with us about being apprehensive to read them. Messing with our perceptions of him is what he does. As gleefully as Martin describes the the sixth course of braised ostrich tarts topped with lemur eyes & pomegranate.

Past time. Really- I don't personally know anyone who's regretted it. Which leads me to believe that those on the 'net who have are 'bots. Just a theory.

As Stan might say: Great green goliath gluteus!

"ADD/ADHD is not a disorder in the way we see a disorder, but purely a side effect of our modern world."

"My child attends public school, she attends "PUBLIC" school. She goes to school with a wide variety of kids. Alot of these children are inner city, come from poorer families, you get the picture... "

Really? Mucous Membrane doesn't sound like a lark to any more of you gits than this?

I'd jam Minmei. I mean... with Minmei.

"As far as staying away from the Skywalkers, I guarantee, when ratings start slipping, they'll throw in a Vader hunting Jedi episode."

Yes- Martin takes a lot from history. Apparently, his genesis for the story was recasting figures and events from the War of the Roses in a fantasy setting.

"They suggest establishing taxes on "sweetened fizzy drinks (soda), other sugar-sweetened beverages (for example, juice, sports drinks and chocolate milk) and sugared cereal." "

I won't even get into how much you're missing the point about progressive taxation because that's not the remedy I actually suggested for cleaning up corruption in politics.

O Noes!!

And mine is too short to really cut off clean... I'd have to send them a bag of Nivea-encrusted hair powder.

It was the crazy hate sex wasn't it?

Every so often at a party, America's Best Comics has too much to drink and winds up loudly exclaiming "I can't be DC! I'm sorry, I just can't- why can't you just accept me as I am?!!?" while His Beardiness tries to gently get ABC into it's coat before any more people turn around to gawk. Jeez- now Marvel's looking!

lololol... Fort Reno forever!

As with the other two you mentioned- it's not his grandkids' educations. That's been payed for long ago- it's their Maseratis and vacation homes he's paying for now, and that shit gets spendy. Not to mention the inevitable rehab visits.

Cable.