"I don't recall those times as anything special."

"Yeah, I'm not sure that's really Ishmael."

how dare you disrupt my snarky trafficking of stereotypes with empirical evidence!!!

+1 ticket to Hell and/or Tampa

Will the NFL arrange to spot the Raiders and Chargers nine wins apiece each season? Because we all know that L.A. sports fans will only support winning teams.

Yep, I loved it. It should be remembered by more people as a classic.

Another out-there-at-the-time movie plot that is probably only a short time from becoming reality:

Just fantastic. This musician /college admissions counselor / dad / husband to a law school graduate turned photographer thanks you on many levels.

I feel like no one's making a big enough deal of this.

+1 Little Red Book and +1 five-year-plan

I know people like you. Insult someone and then say you "want to be left alone"? Believe me, I take no pleasure in pointing out that you're an ass.

or "the bottom"

I have spent enough time in Houston to confidently say that those who haven't have no idea how weird it can be. (I mean that as a compliment.)

I was being hyperbolic. Point was that most of us are in no place to judge.

We have an entire drawer in our kitchen devoted to ketchup packets and chopsticks, and an entire compartment of our refrigerator filled with individual ramekins of soy sauce. My soul dies a little every time I open either.

"WTF" is an extremely powerful tool.

In a way, the cheating was my reaction to being under constant suspicion - not that it makes it okay.

We're all total asses in our 20s. I was a world record ass, albeit not for the same reason. Thanks for sharing, and forget the judgmental jerks.

I think it's great, actually. Congrats.