1. Fact: All lists and things being listed can be subdivided as for Jocks, or for Nerds. The MLA's Top 100 Novels list is no exception.

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  2. doesn't Terpsichore mean "delight in dancing"
    you don't seem very delighted

    it means a lot of things

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  3. Naps are best taken as a pack.

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  4. You all make this place a safe haven of kindness and decency and I treasure you.

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  5. Later ones included Exitstageleft99 and Exitstageleft200 (I don't have a lot of ideas, but when I have them, I stick with 'em).

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  6. Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me-eee, buy me all of this stuff. Please?

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  7. I gave The Bartender the week off so I could share with you how PUMPED UP I am by my new workout top. Also, please click through to hear the sweetest thing you've ever heard.

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  8. If you are a current or recovering Person Who Observes Lent In Some Fashion, feel free to weigh my sacrifices in the balance and find them wanting. If you feel like it, tell us the weirdest/hardest/dumbest thing you ever tried to quit (for any reason, not necessarily religious) and we can revel in our successes and failures together.

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  9. This is where it began. And his is where it ended. Finally_Aaron did it. He finished the song. He finished the song .

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  10. Her face is very squishy and soft, can you tell how it would feel to futz her fur? Reflect on it briefly.

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  11. I've got a CRUSH on you

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  12. A few months ago I wrote a couple of knockoff letters from Union General and Certifiably The Worst Ever Guy George McClellan, who spent the entire Civil War complaining about his oyster and champagne supplies and professionally not attacking the Confederate line.

    This week, I heard from a group of Civil War enthusiasts who performed a dramatic reading of the letters set to "Ashokan Farewell."

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  13. I just genuinely think if you haven't seen "Bustin" it's time you saw it.

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  14. I hardly know where to begin with this, my thoughts are so scattered and unfocused, and because this is Exactly What It Says On The Tin. Ayn Rand once had a breakup that went so badly she cursed the guy's penis for the rest of his life and he moved to Los Angeles to escape the Curse of Ayn Rand, only it didn't work because once Ayn Rand has it out for your genitals. you're already…

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