Dog-Bitch Bess for the win!

I don’t know the song at all, but it’s obvious how to parse that lyric. Where was the copy editor to explain the difference between like the verb and like the preposition? Were they overruled?

That’s what we all want!

This article just came across my newsfeed. Do you have to go head to head with this guy? apple.news/AMRD4_okbTJW...

That’s why I love Lovecraft pastiche, but not actual Lovecraft. I get to the end of one of his sentences, and I forget where I started.

Depends on your appetite for scenery chewing. And how nasal he’s being. That’s why I hated him in the first thing I ever saw him in, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED. Then MOONSTRUCK changed my mind about him.

And which cut? It has to be the one where Howie stays two nights and Lord Summerisle watches two snails mating.

They had a few in front of that British-themed bar Telephone that used to be on 2nd Ave. I used to use one of the last working ones in 1991 London. Great for calling my parents in the US because the heavy door gave you some privacy and street sound blockage.

It was the new dictates for the opinion page that caused me to finally drop my subscription. I was only hanging on for Carolyn Hax, but that was a bridge too far.

It’s a wonderful museum. Last year they had a special exhibit from a Sami artist who does all her work in embroidery.

Oslo is awesome! Clean and gorgeous and everyone speaks English. If you have a break, go to the pop music museum and make an album cover! Or do an afternoon boat tour of the local fjords.

I guess I have the first five books?

Honestly, the book brought me back to the moment where I realized I could quit my PhD program. It was so freeing.