I always assumed it was because both polio and TB could be transmitted through infected water/ice, and that New York was slow to forget these things. Maybe it is an old municipal law?

I always assumed it was because both polio and TB could be transmitted through infected water/ice, and that New York was slow to forget these things. Maybe it is an old municipal law?

I'd like Hugo Weaving as Dr. Strange, too.

Good idea; you might get cooties.

Good idea; you might get cooties.

Maybe your school system just had a limited budget for buying new books. My mom was a high school English teacher and used to complain about always having to teach the same texts because the school system already had a couple hundred copies of To Kill A Mockingbird and A Separate Peace and True Grit and Animal Farm…

Maybe your school system just had a limited budget for buying new books. My mom was a high school English teacher and used to complain about always having to teach the same texts because the school system already had a couple hundred copies of To Kill A Mockingbird and A Separate Peace and True Grit and Animal Farm…

whow- that's like a witty pun AND a positive Christian reference in one. You should be a youth pastor or something.

whow- that's like a witty pun AND a positive Christian reference in one. You should be a youth pastor or something.

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 huh, interesting. I've never heard this told as Batman and Robin. I always tell it as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. That adds the fun of doing English accents. Also, I think it is a little more believable for Sherlock Holmes to be camping (though it is absurd in both situations) and to…

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 huh, interesting. I've never heard this told as Batman and Robin. I always tell it as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. That adds the fun of doing English accents. Also, I think it is a little more believable for Sherlock Holmes to be camping (though it is absurd in both situations) and to…

If you are going to mention Rob Schrab and Dan Harmon at all, you should be sure to mention SCUD. Writing for TV was slumming for those guys compared to creating Scud.

If you are going to mention Rob Schrab and Dan Harmon at all, you should be sure to mention SCUD. Writing for TV was slumming for those guys compared to creating Scud.

An Inconvenient Problem?

An Inconvenient Problem?

That one is called "Neon Meete Dream of A Octafish".

That one is called "Neon Meete Dream of A Octafish".

Man I really like most of Paul Williams' songs. I've always just reactively hated "You and Me Against the World", though. But reading this piece I realize it is because it hits me too hard in the sadness spot. I think the intensity of sad responce I feel makes me lash out with anger. Damn, being able to write songs…

Man I really like most of Paul Williams' songs. I've always just reactively hated "You and Me Against the World", though. But reading this piece I realize it is because it hits me too hard in the sadness spot. I think the intensity of sad responce I feel makes me lash out with anger. Damn, being able to write songs…

Ha. That phrase got a laugh from me, too. It seems sad, though, that John Lydon and Jah Wobble are on the outs.