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Linda, I’m sure you’re right. Now let it go.

We e-mail. You already know I missed you, looked for you, and yes, I did check the obits. I especially missed you on our birthday, which we will have to take greater pains to celebrate next year now that I’m […]

You’re both full of shit. I saw this by myself one afternoon when I was struggling with the insanity that is work and claimed I had an appointment so I could get away from the office and decompress. I thought […]

@ MilitantRubberDucky: Mother?

This is the kind of thing only you do well, CBL. Love the mood, the humor and especially the lingua franca.

Very beautiful prose, BRB. The moment was palpable, even to your readers.

That’s a real shame. If you get a chance, you should visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, which is very simple and beautiful.

@ FracturedAcetabulum: Aren’t you sick of my boobs by now? Or are you referencing the Dutchess’s boobs, which are probably far more leer-worthy?

@ theDutchess: I totally get your point having worked in situations populated with obnoxious customers/students/clients. It is freeing, though, to just put them in a metaphorical hot-air balloon…[Read more]

You need to read “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace. I’m thinking the fat guy (and why do they always have to be fat? skinny people aren’t annoying?) has way too much power over you or you’re in the wrong profession.

@ gotta-have-cereal: Also, I loved this comment. I hope my kid is in the thick of things trying to make her voice heard, no matter how impossible, rather than defend The Man with his own bullshit spiel. Good one, Cereal.

You guys. We’re just shouting over one another. I think it’s obvious no one’s going to convince anyone else of the rightness of his/her point of view. I’ve yet to hear a compelling argument against the protests/protestors and in fact, have heard a lot of patently false rhetoric about Wall Street and its ability to [...]

BTW, am ordering Tango today.

@ Chillbear Latrigue : You’re kind of turning into a Mr. One-Note on this whole thing, neglecting the bigger picture. So the protest does not suit your criteria and therefore will not get your support. Under the circumstances, I think that’s probably for the best. And ditto on the TEA Party. Remember when the Libertarians stood for something [...]

@ Chillbear Latrigue : That’s true that the universities, themselves, are not publicly traded corporations, but their funds are enormous and they are definitely big investors and have a huge stake in Wall Street. I think people generally feel helpless about the economy and this is one way to do something, so to speak. It’s not for me [...]

@ WhyamIhere?: Isn’t it all about the haves versus the have-nots?

Also, if you all don’t “get” the protest, then you’re not paying attention.

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Go for the pizza stay for the criminal record.

Smokie, please!

Thank you, Mr. Sance, for this incredible outline of lunacy in action. As you know, I sat next to one of the Phelps sisters at CLE last week and she was reading the new James Patterson Alex Cross novel, so for those concerned about things like homosexuality, God, and strange ideas, I can say, unequivocally, [...]