Do members of Gen X have a higher rate of suicide than other generations? Starting in junior high I have dealt with friends, friends of friends, acquaintances and the occasional celebrity killing themselves on a yearly/twice yearly basis. It's fucking unabating man.

Because I am an atheist and believe this is the only ride we get. Because I watched my mother's decline from brain cancer and wouldn't wish that on anyone. His current politics are reprehensible but he is at least one last voice of (semi) reason in the GOP. Because he is a fellow traveller on this path. That's all.

Exemptions to this age rule:
Mobsters
Hip hop moguls
1 percenter biker gang members
"the guy with the hookup"
Media moguls
Former President William Jefferson Clinton
Off duty cops, but working the door only
Sheila and Herb Cohen of Ronkonkoma, 52 and 54 respectively, who only "wawnt to see what awl the kids are tawking…

OMG you guys - did you see how he slowly and un-athletically climbed up that news van's outer ladder? This guy is a MADMAN!!!!

We took our little guy to the new fancy wood fired pizza place down the street a few months ago - ordered the Buffalo mozzarella Neapolitan pie with some type of mild salami. The boy hated it and even told the waiter that the cheese was stinky (cue cringing parents). We went home, ordered a Domino's pepperoni pizza…

My wife and I have tried to walk a fine line with our kid between blasting him with standard American kid's fare loaded with fat and sugar and turning him into one of those mini food snobs that are common in my neighborhood (we're going to Saffron's favorite Larb place tonight!). Aside from a hatred for seafood he…

My 6 year old won't eat seafood and we are working on it. If you think we are working on that situation by pestering waiters and chefs then you are wrong, sir, you are wrong! Our kid has quirks with food (for some astonishing reason this 6 year old half Irishman won't eat potatoes, not even fries - whaaaa???) but at…

I just finished the very very hyped "The Force" by Don Winslow. let's put it this way: this book is going to make a very fine film and was clearly engineered as such. I love Winslow - "The Power of the Dog" and "The Cartel" are definitive works on the workings of the DEA and the Mexican Cartels. Powerful shit, also…

Or Tyrion. Or - this is a longshot, but Euron has travelled the world - a dragon egg!

Haters gonna hate. Let's try a different tack. I hate Norman Mailer much the way you hate the Beatles. Norman Mailer along with a handful of others (Didion, Capote, Wolf) is credited with creating a literary style known as New Journalism, or creative non-fiction. I find Mailer overbearing, often dull, and a macho…

Not sure if Rumi is the greatest name for a kid but the 13th century poet/philosopher has some lovely pearls of wisdom. Here's a few:

No the hype is not that but - just to toss this back to you - nice strawman. The ACTUAL hype is that multiple threads of pop and rock to this day can be traced to their career trajectory with maybe only the Beach Boys, Dylan and Hendrix having as much impact. And by that I mean not only musically (although that is a…

The Carter children are going to make the Smith children look like ascetic monks once they get a bit older. The ego feedback loop between this woman and her fans is just a wee bit much.

He is going to be an underdog participant in the game of thrones as he has a legit blood claim - the actor is booked for this season so we will be seeing Gendry this year for sure. I have a feeling this season is going to be one final push for the Iron Throne with Jon Snow all like "you fuckers, the real war is in…

The Grateful Dead: 30 shows (this counts about a dozen shows outside in the parking lot outside of the stadium which was still essentially a Dead show). Odd thing is, I'm in no way a hippie or a Deadhead.

I don't think there will be a double release or anything but yeah, I also think he has not only completed The Winds of Winter but is also ready to ship A Dream of Spring to his editors. TWOW for this holiday shopping season, ADOS for next year's. Please.

The three headed dragon prophecy has to come into play here somehow - joint rule by Dany/Tyrion/Jon Snow?

I think that is the obvious structure for the final two seasons but with a few complications. I think there will be a schemer disrupting the efforts of whatever army is going to war with the White Walkers in the final season - I think a Littlefinger/Cersei alliance might play that role (I also think Cersei might be…

Let's just get this out of the way: New York Mexican food will never be able to approach California, the Southwest and parts of Texas. Never. That said, NYC has seen a massive upgrade in two regional cuisines over the past decade or so: barbecue and Mexican.

I apologize for my obtuseness then. But seriously, steal all of Michael Bay's shit.