For the majority of men, I guess what the lads think will always be more important than anything they could find in a book. Maybe they didn’t have a sister. Maybe they’re right. Safety in numbers. Meanwhile, out here at the margin of error, we’ll continue to send up flares in the hope of attracting the waverers, the dreamers, the bored and disaffected and curious, all those whose best idea of truth is to be found within the pages of a book that’s all made up.




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I wrote this in March of 2004, but it is just as relevant today


From The New York TImes’ Caucus blog.  Poor Joel.

From The New York TImes’ Caucus blog.  Poor Joel.


But the long slog through 44 primaries and caucuses has confirmed for us that Sen. Barack Obama’s vision of change - and the way he plans to pursue it - is what we need right now. Badly.

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA | Philadelphia Daily News 

You tell ‘em sister.  By which I mean my actual sister. 



You can’t fake being from the other side. That’s an insult to all ghosts!
Tom, on the Best Show 4/1/08




A+ funny.