Yes. It's been a sort of uncanny valley thing for me, as I mentioned upthread, but it was in response to someone who said that it seemed purposeful, like a heightened reality nod to the comics, which i like as a theory.

They really worked him over in an over-the-top state of decomp, didn't they?

That cheer routine was awful. (But it would be, wouldn't it? Cheryl created it.) Other than that though, I was struck by how much that pep rally looked and sounded like my own high school's football games. I don't see that kind of perfectly pulled off evocation of them on tv or movies very often (though I never…

That actually made me really happy.

I'm 47 and I'm loving this! I had no idea that I had so many feelings about Archie comics until the revival of sorts over the last few years. I read them all the time as a kid and I guess I still have a little room in the back of my mind devoted to them. Loving Afterlife With Archie, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,…

Aha! What you said about the aesthetic - I've been trying to put my finger on what the deal is with it almost seeming uncanny valley at times, and you nailed it.

So did I!

No, we cannot, sir.

Oh, we have it here in Ohio too. I suspect it's not so much regional as just middle class.

My standards for him are so low that I am mildly pleased that instead of conspicuously ignoring Black History Month or saying something purposely nasty about it, that he actually delivered a brief bullshit high school paper sort of speech about it that was positive in tone.

Upvoting for mention of that album. I played that cd until no one around me could stand to hear it anymore. (And that was a great cover.)

This is neither here not there, but you have a really clever username.

I'm in, buddy! I'm always up for a cheeseburger, and you'd be fun to hang with.

Me too!

Happy birthday!

Seriously! Get her a card and write "WTF? I had to find out by calling mom?" inside. Hmph.

Wow, that's got to be upsetting and disorienting for you. I'm so sorry.

My whole damn family is on both sides. Ugh. They have never had the most basic understanding of who I am as a person, let alone my politics.

Made a couple of bracelets last weekend, will make a vision board tomorrow night, and am making some tea tree and eucalyptus shower gel and lotion for my aunt this weekend. Winter is Craft Time for me.

Yikes. Happy birthday to him, and hang in there.