I’m calling production error, but it’s because I think they picked the wrong band member. I think they wanted to show someone soloing and just got the wrong person on camera. Another horn took the lead riff like a second after they cut to him.

Thanks for the link. We listen to a lot of NPR, so this particular piece is not unfamiliar to me; I actually heard it when it aired a year ago.

I’m not sure what part of my response you’d characterize as defensive. I read what you wrote. I asked a question. You asked me why I was asking the question (without answering…

A few things:

I couldn’t tell if your post was personally aggrieved or just reflecting the aggrieved half-stories you’re hearing from people around you. And this sentence didn’t read like the thinking of someone that has publicly committed to sharing life’s ups and downs with another human being:

“And also to send a clear signal to…

I’m with you. When I first started reading the quote, it sounded like fuckery... But as she continued, it was clear - to me - that the missed opportunity she spoke of was on the part of the institution. That was my initial reaction as well:

Meghan represented an opportunity to have a face to present to the…

Just curious: Are you married?

Mostly.

But some people are self-centered jerks who can’t accept that the day is not about them because they like to be the center of attention, always, even if the attention is bad. I was the best man at a wedding where the brother of the Bride was loudly, drunkenly upset that I got to give a toast and he didn’t.…

A wedding is supposed to be a celebration of your love for one another and your commitment to one another and the relationship you’re building out of that love. You should be surrounded by people who can support those things. There is nothing to do about it except put it behind you and focus on enjoying your day.…

Jalen had to overcome a whole helluva lot. He was Detroit Southwestern, not Country Day...

Red Wings... They make you Bulllllllllll!

Or it’s “unfashionable to talk about the Barbary Wars today” because they happened over 200 years ago and it was never “fashionable” to talk about the Barbary Wars... You noted the direct reference in the Marine Corps Hymn. You noted the skin tone of the people being fought in those battles. I’ll note the line before…

Let’s start with your “also” here:

They (allegedly) killed a man over an item that, just from their knowledge of its existence, they had to know was worth more than $2000... But if they could only sell it for $2000, that means they never had a plan for how to actually sell it for anywhere near what they knew it was…

Whatever you think you’re doing, it’s definitely not improving working conditions for women in the entertainment industry. Just because you weren’t capable of understanding my point doesn’t mean I wasn’t able to articulate it. But nice try. Keep that same childish energy: No gas in the tank for substance, no gas in…

You must really enjoy attention.

On hypotheticals: You used a hypothetical as an analogy. I responded to your hypothetical with my best guess as to how I would have reacted to your hypothetical. You responded with a Cirque du Soleil-level contortion. Bravo.

On equivocation: Every time this conversation comes back to…

You never did.

Her quotes dismissing the experiences of her staff... and the investigation into those revelations... are a pretty damning indictment, but not in the way she thinks.

You seem to have become so superheated about this that you’re responding to the narrative, rather than to me... Or maybe you’re responding to the idea of what you think I wrote... You’re certainly not responding to what I wrote... That’s counterproductive.

I’m not attacking anyone or anything. (If you feel differently,…

I’m not trying to discredit her; broadly speaking, I agree with her. If you want to talk about discrediting her, suggesting that anyone who disagrees with her approach in making this statement is sexist goes a long way toward that.

I’m focusing on her language because that’s what is available to react to. She didn’t…

I didn’t suggest that she failed. I didn’t suggest that she wouldn’t have a future; hell, I started by suggesting one...

I read the Hollywood Reporter piece. I know spin when I see it. I think she wants to end her talk show because her talk show isn’t fun for her anymore. And I think it isn’t fun for her because what…

By all accounts, standup is always challenging. And never more so than when you haven’t done it in a while. So if ‘I need new challenges’ was the only factor here, Ellen could just follow in the recent footsteps of Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, and Dave Chappelle (to name a few) and... return to her roots, right?

That…