Heheh. It’s weird what sticks with you. I also remember way too much more about The Facts of Life than I should. I’m sure that’ll count against me in the afterlife.

Cool. Never seen this one before. Nice to see Hillel there, again.

The setup and the situation for the show wasn’t sexist and homophobic, but the writing was. I can’t believe I made myself look this up, but at the end of the Season 4, Episode 7 (“Nude Photos”) there’s a gratuitous homosexual-panic riff between the parental characters about Mike being gay because he was reluctant to…

I’ll second that. I’m not happy when anyone dies; at the same time, if we’re remembering people here, I don’t value anything he did in his career. I guess he had a hand in Fernwood 2-Night, but that would be it, then. I remember especially all the cringe-inducing shit from his late-night American TV show, including…

Cool handle, man. I mention Mervyn Peake to people and get a blank stare in return, every time.

Thanks man. I don’t think I’ve ever so much as stopped for gas in Temple, but I will make a point to visit Green’s the next time I blow through there.

Thanks man. I appreciate the expertise — I can sound like I know what I’m talking about. :) Seriously, these little food cultures are one of the few positive things about having to live my life in Texas.

Indeed, it’s good. The town of West is as modest as it could be and it’s a real bright spot on I-35. Texas kolaches are, uh, a statewide Tex-Czech thing that aren’t really like the real item (a Czech friend set me straight on that). I can say that even though a kolache can be the ideal of dude food (sausage and…

This is the problem now: with such attention on Trump, this “let her heal” bullshit implies that he’s being merciful and great-souled, when he has never been either in his whole life. CNN swallowed the bait on their homepage today. The media doesn’t have room to report that, in fact, prosecuting Hilary for any…

As a former Catholic, I’d just like to outline some missing information here by way of explanation, and to add my voice to those who view this as a positive step, which I believe it is. You can still think the Church is fucked up here (I do, and it is), but I’d like to explain a bit more about what this all means.

Absolutely: I totally agree with you there. What I find utterly hysterical is anyone in Trump’s camp appealing to “fairness” when they’re engaged in nothing but realpolitik, as your cousin pointed out, and they will never budge from it. There’s no concrete good that they promised to enact. If it’s just about hanging…

An obvious shanda, yes — I don’t really know that much about the younger Kushner, but apparent it’s only going to get worse from here. My experience with Modern Orthodox (his branch, right?) folks is that you get a wide range of approaches to religiosity. Some regular people are very observant and don’t shake hands…

My thoughts exactly. I’m too exhausted to think straight about this right now, but reading this, that’s how I’ve thought it’d play out....fingers crossed.

I’m a little disappointed that Bannon wasn’t named Chief of Staff, because now the fucker can hide, to some extent. Trump’s electorate was totally okay with all kinds of out-and-out racism and cheerleading for sexual battery, and more explicit antisemitism will just be the icing on the toxic cake.

Completely agree. It’s why that scene in Bull Durham works so well. And I’d have to say of all the shit I’ve seen guys call each other in anger, “cocksucker” is one I’ve never heard thrown around. A guy could call a guy a dick or tell him to go fuck himself and still maintain a relationship with him afterward; with…

Yes, totally. And I agree that gender is something of a factor here — in the story, she’s described as specifically being proud of drinking guys under the table, and undoubtedly she was proud of outworking them also. She was overcomplying with the culture. It’s inconceivable that she could’ve let her guard down at…

Tremendous piece of work here, Dave. This is the sort of writing I read Deadspin for in the first place.

Quora appears down right now, though they are sending out emails.

Not that I think she’s Emma Goldman or anything and I’ve never had any feelings about her one way or the other, but I’m finding Kathy Ireland to be damn inspiring, recently. I saw a bit of an interview she did for a business website and right now she looks like a real human being allowing herself to age, unlike so…

Thanks for posting that. As I remembered it, she just rode it out until she got to something worth talking about, which was his upbringing in Israel and the fact that his parents went through the camps. Maybe there’s not much to say about that -- but then it’s not like Gene to dwell on his feelings in public, to say…