Yes, absolutely. This is ultimately up to everyone to decide for themselves, and despite all the arguments I was party to in grad school about the urgent political meaning of everybody being outed unilaterally (these were the days of ACT UP and Signorile dragging everyone out in OutWeek), it’s never that simple, and…

Yes, totally. And even with all that, it’s going to take way longer than it really should to get to the bottom of this..

Yes yes! he’s not just anyone. And on top of his musical career, he hosts the fabulous program Song Travels:

I’m not sure I agree about Trump not inspiring loyalty—everybody around him is very loyal. But on the other hand, the confusing thing is those thirty people or so represent all of the relationships he hasn’t absolutely shredded yet, the latter of which is in the thousands. I guess I’m amazed that anybody is still…

Wasn’t he quoting Arse-nio Hall from the Chappelle Show....?

Okay, looking at the actual Tales from the Yawning Portal, I see that Tomb of Horrors is included in it — cool and apologize for the redundancy.

Back my day, we only had one lich per dungeon, and we liked it! That was good enough for us, you young whippersnappers!

Yes. Here’s hoping the moderate Republicans do something, as you point out — a lot of people do have a lot to lose, and Trump’s not going make life easier for anyone. And coal country in particular will be interesting to watch; the folks there have really long memories, and the wall — if any of it gets built — will…

I don’t know anything about negotiation, but it seems there’s one basic thing that Trump never addresses in anything he’s been associated with: what’s the other side supposed to get in exchange? How do they benefit from “dealing” with you? And aren’t you supposed to make them feel, at least, that they’ve done well? …

Right. Not looking forward to seeing this unfold.

This is pretty much what everyone else saying, but I do not understand how in the fuck anyone in the media can speak of Trump’s “political capital.” He fucking has none, and isn’t going to ever have any. What the fuck sort of incentive does anyone else have, seriously, in voting the way he wants them to, considering…

Are you going to post it here, if you see fit? Very keen to hear it.

I know. It’s tempting to shut someone like her out cold, but we shouldn’t, we can’t. Somehow, the center is now a bunch of flaming Marxists, according to the Republican Party—there’s nowhere else people like her can turn.

A&M has changed a lot just over the past 25 years. FWIW, I was speaking with a colleague the other day who told me that A&M has been deeply involved in a statewide effort to recruit Latinx students to 4-year universities and support them once they get there...because they, not Spencer, understand where the future is,…

This all makes total sense and I’ve never heard it broken down like this before.. The impact of Mountbatten’s assassination by the IRA can’t be overstated, really. It was gravely traumatic for the whole country if not the world — IIRC, the most high-profile casualty of the Troubles, perhaps along with Ross McWhirter.

Why did I forget that Chilli was the main vocalist on this iconic song?

There’s also “The Yip Song” from Robyn Hitchcock:

I came here just for this or to post it, and I was not disappointed.

The visits aren’t, to my recollection, recounted in In Cold Blood, though Capote’s correspondence with Smith is. Fascinating, and of the two, would not have expected Hickock to write this, as Smith was the one who seemed most interested in taking stock of himself. From this very brief excerpt, it’s about what I…

Damn this fucking guy to the Hell that I don’t believe in.