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Calling bosses? You're kidding. If one of my employees had mommy or daddy calling me to complain, I'd call the kid into the office. Then I'd tell him that if he has a problem with how he is treated, he should deal with it within his employment context...talk to his manager, HR, whathaveyou. Then I'd fire their kid. "Entitled prick" is not a protected class under EEOC laws. *sigh*

There is some truth to that. *chuckle*

Then maybe "legalized marijuana?"

I was going to say "Xanax."

The one at the bowl is less a dog and more a topiary....

I just don't get people who think they have to take seminal works of American art and try to "make them better" by re-writing them, re-adding cut material, cutting out parts that were left in, rewriting the book, et al....but that's another thread.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not doubting the talent of the writers, etc. I was just wondering "why make Tootsie a musical." A good musical -- if based on another work -- has something to say through music. The afore-mentioned "The Band's Visit" is a beautiful example of where adding music and songs augmented the original piece. Others are more of a "chop and drop" -- chop out some of the movie/book/play to make room for an unnecessary musical interlude. I hope the latter doesn't happen. I agree that it would need some retooling of some of the plot points. For example, there's not really much in the way of soap operas anymore on TV....you'd either have to make it an "80s period piece" or give that a tweak...and how many people going to watch a musical want to be taken back to the 80s? Making it based in the theater might be a good way to go....but if there is a revival of Kiss Me, Kate on the horizon, it will be compared against it by the critics (both being about theater and actors). No matter how talented Yazbek is (and he is talented), I worry that he will be unfavorably compared to Cole Porter. There are also troubling parallels in some of the description with "Rachael Lily Rosenbloom," one of the more notorious disasters in Broadway musical history...I hope that doesn't happen and that the critics don't go there.

Self esteem is feeling good about yourself. Self respect is having a reason to feel good about yourself.

Perhaps, but how do you praise "you didn't do or turn in your homework?"

My dog is the closest thing I'll ever have to a child. Would you sell your child for $100k?

They didn't do their job, and they didn't even try. They SHOULD feel bad. And you can quote me on that.

I could be mistaken (I'm no grammarian and it's been a LONG time since I studied English), but many of the capitalized adjectives listed in your quote come from -- or have in them -- proper names. Jew comes comes from YHWH, the name of the Jewish diety. (Note: there are only "upper case" letters in Hebrew...no lower case.) Christian comes form Christ. Names of countries/continents are proper names/nouns, and words made from them carry over their capitalization. Therefore, African American (not african american). Hispanic (derived from Spain). Native American (one of the first peoples) to distinguish from native American (someone who was born here). I'm too far removed from Elementary school to remember other rules regarding capitalization....any English/language arts teachers out there?

"Gay" is a basketball player. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Gay

The first word that went through my head was "why?" After reading the article, I wondered if it had been written by the show's publicist.

How do you keep Trump from tweeting? Give him a piece of paper with the word "flip" written on both sides.

A couple of hate crimes back in the day (pickup and baseball bats one time, some thrown beer bottles another). No property crimes of note that I can recall off the top of my head.

I figured you were plain spoken enough to let me know if I had crossed a line.

If you say so. It wasn't intended as such, and Avalaon doesn't appear to have taken it as such. If he did take offense, I'd apologize to him.

Remember that this is a different age....just turn on the TV or check out twitter...vitriol and lack of self control are all the rage. Manners and courtesy are quaintly out of fashion atm.

I've actually never seen it. I don't watch much of network TV anymore.

Are you thinking about Pete and Gladys? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_and_Gladys (I beat Avalon to wikipedia.....muah hahahahaha.)

What's the difference between a husband and a job? After 5 years, a job will still suck. --30--

Is this a trick question?

I've looked forward to these every year for a long time. They are deliciously silly, but not entirely useless. EDIT For a list of current and previous winners, go to https://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2018

(Not trying to sound harsh, here....) You also don't leave your apartment. Where you carry your wallet is kind of academic since you're not really at risk for pickpocketing, etc.,