I was across the ocean when she was PM, but all I remember clearly is that the absolute worst people the world had to offer were all united in hating her.

We’re well aware of their songs’ meaning. It’s just that the meaning is too silly even to be mad at. RATM is like the adorable toddlers whose hapless attempts at being badass just make them cuter.

All this time, and some rappers still haven’t learned to avoid at all costs finding themselves “outside of an Atlanta nightclub.”

I’m not Hindu.

If limited to novels, I’d have to go with The Ceremonies, House of Leaves, Ghost Story, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. But horror is VERY tough to maintain over novel length, so my real “scariest-ever” list is overwhelmingly short stories or novellas. M.R. James’s Collected Ghost Stories, Thomas Ligotti’s Grim…

Counterpoint: my first Bond was Moonraker.

CLEANING WOMAN?

I belie3ve you mean “sitting Justice ACB.”

We Have Always Lived in the Castle should get her at least half a credit.

Most linguists consider Galician an outright dialect of Portuguese. (Of course, the distinction between “dialect” and “language” is often hazy, and where it gets drawn often has more to do with politics and power than linguistic realities.)

Someone appears a tad diaper-rashy over a recent swearing in! That really must suck.

I believe you mean “having already been appointed a Supreme Court justice.” Oof.

YES

At last, someone spits the facts.

You proved yourself a coward

Letterman did a pretty good job, and he was pretty damned funny. His Oscar appearance only has a bad reputation because Hollywood types (and their pet scribes) are used to being treated with the seriousness & respect that they wrongly think they deserve.

Sorry; I meant that in a country with functioning education, a HS diploma would equip you intellectually in ways that currently you need post-graduate classes to get.

Whoopsie.

I have known any number of PhDs. In a country with a functioning educational system, not a one of them would need more than a high-school diploma to do what they do.

PHIL:
[Creeping up the blind side
Shinning up the wall
Stealing through the dark of night
Climbing through a window
Stepping to the floor
Checking to the left and the right]