Is that, in fact, true? I'd read (or hell, maybe "misremembered") that gazpacho, as well as Caesar salad and mint pea soup were all Roman lunch inventions served to slaves. Whatever, the Goopster does as the Goopster wants, we all just marvel at her tonedeafness.

You indeed have a vexing avocation; the one who catalogs the Goopster's genius. I both envy and empathize with you. I also thank you for your service, and pray/meditate for your sanity semi-annually...one day we shall have gazpacho before the consuming warmth of my wood-burning oven, thereafter we will swing from…

Ah, Sephora...blessed godsend and Bermuda Triangle/black hole, where the better half will vanish into, thus allowing the lesser half and offspring to saunter off quietly to Gamestop, Barnes & N, Target, take a nap on the bench, etc. Also, the monster-in-law can just get her a gift card and all is right with the…

You're right. I've wasted my life. Good bye, cruel world...hold on, do they play The Band's overrated pop music in Hell?

Holy Christ, '71! Calm down! The Phish site kicked me out, where else should I go? I just said that they (the Band) were overrated, not Ray Lewis fans! Oh, and I took care of that poopy prob, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Hippiesteve, I must ask you to insult me...it just doesn't feel right! Re. commercialization — I hear ya, brah.

Quite a while. I appreciate your concern.

Thanks for your thoughtful response. Here's my own — I like that one Lips cd "Vs. The Mystics" or whatever. Everything else I've heard, not so much.

You had me at "Despite being 4/5ths Canadian..." Hilarious! I know, right? Those Canadians, they're so polite. See above...

I think that you're being way too generous. Howzabout "dick" instead? Much better....

That is probably the most polite threat I've ever received. It brought a tear to my eye and restored my faith in humanity — please offer the proper place and time for our grievance-airing via fisticuffs and I will modestly attend. Canadians, they're so NICE! XOXO

So...you're saying that being absurd is a BAD thing?

Okay, thanks for the clarification. Oh, and that night I was probably tanked on Bombay Sapphire w/carrot-ginger juice. Haven't had Kool-Aid since 1978 or so.

No, actually it was all pretty horrid. The Sting/Mars bit was almost worth the time...almost.

"Podunky hokum." Classic! (I must admit that Hornsby did a cover of "King Harvest" that I liked. Sue me. LOL)

Thanks for the ass-deflation. I needed that.

You're right. I'm an idiot. And a hipster. Thanks for the self-realization, and the history lesson. Consider me learnt. Hold on, lemme watch "The Last Waltz"/put on any classic Band album yet again. Hold on, oh I get it, totally....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Wow, thanks for the clue. Sorry, being shitty. Just reveling in others liking Keith David; yes, I was aware of the voice-over work. Keep on, keepin' on fellow Davidite...

A little late, but what the hell — boy, now THAT was a good one. LOL

Forgot about this until now, but figured that I'd share this tidbit as one of the cliched "mass reaction in a theater moments" —