Hey Stand Up To Cancer, I've got a great idea for a new sponsor!

Yeah. I believe "Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty" is the book that's been behind the recent corrections to his rep.

Yeah, I'm sure he really had to twist their arms.

Your daily reminder that this is what passes for science in the field of mental health!

Almost certainly.

Well of course it is! Any self-respecting veteran of D&D (if you'll pardon the contradiction in terms) knows as much. But I have the sneaking suspicion some auto-corrected misspelling of "I am perplexed" led to the instant locution.

My Dear Sir,

Klonopin is supposed to help with that, too. (I don't sleepwalk, so I can't say myself; sleep-talking and -perving are my things.)

The whole "he's a big guy who could pummel me" thing makes me inclined to agree.

You're not!

Pugachev's Rebellion would always kick my ass when I played as Russia in Europa Universalis. Don't fuck with the Cossacks, man.

My oldest brother was born near the start of 'Gen X', and I was born near the end. We're quite a bit alike, what with being siblings and all, but the cultural contexts of our youths are pretty substantially different.

And guess what, assholes? As long as you're a minimally functional parent—-by which I mean you do things like providing food and shelter and refraining from the worst kinds of abuse—-it almost certainly doesn't matter in the slightest how you parent! How your kids turn out all comes down to genes and non-shared…

Maybe there's hope for the kids yet.

I can't wait for the post-Millennial generation to start bitching about all the things they have fucked/are fucking/will fuck up.

That's almost as embarrassing as thinking it's "Pulling Muscles," instead of "Pulling Mussels."

I always had them mixed up in my head when I was a kid, and they were both on the periphery of my largely-unformed cultural awareness.

People always forget James, just because he decided to be a writer instead.

I've always admired the casual disregard with which the English treat the proper pronunciation of other languages—-French most of all. That is how you do imperialism, right there.

So you're grateful it was just a beer, is what you're saying.