Courtney loved Nevermind, was incredibly jealous of it, and was determined to write an album just as good. Asking her husband for help would have been out of character, and Kurt was fine with that. He knew (at least back then) how to support his wife without underwriting her. At least that's my interpretation of the…

Dear Diary Queen,

"You think we're all going to jump out of bed in the morning and have a big, tall, steaming cup of PIGFAT?"

It's easier for him to get a hold of himself if he leaves it out of his pants. Maybe.

I'm looking forward to Ultraviolence, but I understand that it's hard to find on vinyl because there's a bleeped version that is not labeled as such.

Perhaps, but I'm not going to and you can't make me.

In Texas, it seems like the more you need to run your AC, the more useless empty space the house will have. There must be some sort of weird conspiracy between Big Real Estate and the power companies.

A few new additions to my vinyl collection this week:

I was only out for one night, and my car was closer to the campsite than it normally is to my apartment. I have gone backpacking, though, and I ate pretty good then.

A couple weeks ago, I bought Lana Del Rey's Born to Die on vinyl. I had never heard any of her songs, but there was just something about that album cover that called to me. I finally listened to it last night, and holy shit, what a great album. Need more.

Went camping alone last weekend. Marinated a strip steak in soy sauce, garlic, and worcestershire sauce. Also marinated some zucchini spears in olive oil, lime juice, and salt&pepa. Grilled up both and had a pear for dessert. Some things taste better in the woods.

My car had a 36-month/36,000 mile warranty. So of course now that I have had the car for 38 months and put 38,000 miles on it, it has to go to the shop for repairs.

I think Arnold Schwarzneggar as a big halfwit who can barely speak English makes that movie.

I'ma let you finish, but Conan the Barbarian is the greatest fantasy film of all time.

It's almost as if a corporation founded in Indiana and headquartered in Kentucky has no idea what it's actually like in Texas.

Comment/username synergy is through the roof.

I have a couple vacation days saved up, count me in!

In certain parts of the country (especially Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana), Dr. Pepper is very serious; and if you don't sell it, your business is going to suffer.

When I was a kid, it was just called The Skipper. The color of the can was the only clue as to what was inside.

In my Kansas experience (stopping along the interstate on the way to Colorado), people go to Pizza Hut because that's where everyone else is. Kinda like with Dairy Queen in Texas - it was the first and sometimes only chain restaurant in the area, and that attracted a lot of people. The restaurant becomes a social…