On a side note, The Pretentious Nipples is a good band name.

You guys, you are totally underestimating the Power of the Mature Female Nipple!

Impressive. Still, I don't think Donkey Shows will be replaced by Turtle Shows any time soon.

She should be so lucky.

"One party systems don't do democracy much good."

Don't even let the women get close to the poetry stuff! They'll want to start running the place!

WHAT are they so afraid of when it comes to women?

Well, it is a little funny that they have to object in pink, right?

Only 61%?! Christ on a cracker.

If heels were easy to wear, believe me, men would be wearing them to add height.

Good litmus test. Now you just have to get people to use it in their heads before their mouths open and they say stupid stuff.

Yes, but it was the 80s, so it doesn't count.

"Getting married young is not a death sentence."

You know, you may have hit the nail on the head. I thought people liked him (or pretend to, anyway) because he tells them all this seemingly complicated social stuff and then tells them exactly what they are supposed to think about it. So it's ostensibly deep, but he spoon feeds you the answers on what it's all about.…

Thank you. Who says whiskey doesn't fan the flames of good writing?

The Corrections still had some good story-telling and writing. It's over-long, pretentious and self-indulgent, but it's getting at some good points on family dynamics.

Which book? Corrections was interesting (a giant turd man following someone around as his guilty conscience? fine by me.).

AS Byatt - another woman-hating woman.

Funny. But the squid man is kind of hot.

The Corrections was a good book. Freedom? Gaah. If you want to tell me a story, tell me a story. If you feel like you have to tell me that you are telling me a story and this is everything you think the story is about and you want to make sure I am not missing any of your author 'notes to self' on what to include in…