You have my sword, babe.

That’s a good point, thank you.

That’s true. The video that this quote comes is actually about Ellison trolling someone (and in a pretty mean way, too).

I’m inclined toward your view on this.

Thanks to DJ Greg at Radio 1190 for reading the piece on their show after I shared it with them. https://ndhfilms.com/hangmanshollow

Centuries before Samuel Johnson’s “I refute it thus!” moment.

This gave a good laugh, thanks!

A shepherd is only your friend until you get to the killing floor.

Yes.

I have some sense of where you are coming from. I remember having mixed feelings when a friend of mine said they were trying to conceive with their partner: happy for them, but also sad knowing the friendship would probably change, and bad for feeling sad.

I also have to commend you for understanding that you need friends beyond your boyfriend/girlfriend. Not everyone understands this!

And then he doesn’t even like Star Wars? What’s up with that?

Granted.

No one to lie to you also means no one to lie for you.

Sit down in a sauna, look around, and say, “Wow, it’s like a sauna in here!”

This is good to know. I’ve been having trouble getting Invidious to work, I’ll have to check out Piped as a front-end.

Thank you for reading! Pencilforge is a talented artist, I have been wanting to work with her for a while.

Comedian Frank Caliendo used to do an impression of John Madden:

“You know what I’m thankful for? Kids who pay sixty bucks each year for what is basically the same video game. A-heh-heh-heh, cha-ching!”

When you awaken the Crimson Beherit.

Not hip-hop, but the slide whistle on Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited.

I would recommend lurking in the Regretful Parents subreddit.

REO Speedwagon is great for those late-night drives down the highway.