If you're not glorying in the midst of it, from the outside it just looks stupid.

Having been a "McPunk" (as the city called us because there was a McDonald's nearby) hangin' out pretty much through the 80s in Uptown Minneapolis I have this opinion on why we ran screaming from what "punk" is today.

Back then, those of us who dared to adopt the music and styles were already suspect (screw that, they called us poseurs) in the eyes of the older Downtown, Harmon Place type Punks. So, we took our integrity very seriously. I know, I know teens? But we did. Weekenders were weeded out pretty quick. Faux Hawk? Yeah, your ass is getting kicked. So you were always aware of being real.

Now? C'mon. Do I even have to explain the state of the "movement" now? Who in their right mind would want to be associated with this foolishness? I gave up way back in the 90s myself. I always want to go up to the little Goths (I hate the G word, we used the name "Darksider" in Mpls.) and tell them that if they really want something to be morbid about that I looked just like them 20 years ago. Heh.

Also, there is a time to grow up. I know, I know, I was going to be punk forever. But I was 15 years old when I said it. There were a couple older punks who tried to hang out w/us and they were sorta creepy.

So that's where we went. We still have the spirit but we're hiding out so we don't get confused with the "fashionistas" (I hate all ista words too) and the creeps.

Electra Rebellion on her big sister's Salon account.

... Terms of Endearment, Annie Hall. Basically any rom-com containing Diane Keaton and/or Jack Nicholson.

Livingston Taylor once said he would rather have his life than James's because he still got to sing for a living, had a nice life and a great family, but didn't have to deal with the albatross of fame. Hillary Clinton came in second in the primaries and now gets to travel the world doing great work without the hassles of the top job. Adam Lambert will likely follow the path of so many other Idol also-rans and do better than the winner.

Winning is overrated.

Don't get too excited: It's not that kind of letter.

Who were you addressing when you wrote this? Do you realize that people who still want to vote for Hillary are reading this? Are you really so ready to write us off? Do you really think you can win without us? Do you really think the only people you need to address are those who've drunk your Kool Aid?

...completely miss the point. If the measure of devotion is what your man does on Valentine's Day, you're truly swimming in the shallow end of the love pool.

Indoor plumbing doesn't generally rot your brain.

Anonymous Size 2, you attempt to equate what you've endured as a thin person with the bigotry against fat people that shows itself so beautifully in this very comment stream. Let me ask you one thing: If you could, would you trade with a fat woman? No? I thought so. Yet a lot of (maybe most) fat women, no matter how much they try to love themselves as they are and ignore the hateful messages they deal with daily, would trade with you in a New York minute.

A dramatic and daring bank robbery took place in Kenora on May 10, 1973. An unknown man entered the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce heavily armed and wearing a 'dead man's switch', a device utilising a clothespin, wires, battery and dynamite, where the user holds the clothespin in the mouth, exerting force on the clothespin. Should the user release the clothespin, two wires attached to both sides of the pin complete an electrical circuit, sending current from the battery, detonating the explosives. After robbing the bank, the robber exited the CIBC, and was preparing to enter a city vehicle driven by undercover police officer Don Milliard. A sniper positioned across the street from the bank shot the robber, initiating the sequence of events required to detonate the explosive. Recently, Kenora Police submitted DNA samples from the robber's remains to identify him, but the suspect was never positively identified. He has since been referred to as "Oliver Town", because he was found all-over town.

The Clinton team has tried to project her candidacy as an imperial effort, a foregone conclusion, even though the Democratic primary remains a closely contested battle in early voting states.

No, the media does this. You guys are the ones putting the snotty spin on a competent, thorough and serious campaign, pushing your "foregone conclusion" narrative so you can gleefully knock her down at the first hint of bad news you can make stick.

In Iowa last week, she undertook a four-day, 10-city bus tour without once making herself available for a general press pool, even as she boasted of her open "conversations" on the stump.

I don't blame her for ignoring the press. Why let them get it wrong when she can talk to real people who can draw their own conclusions?

Like there's not nearly enough genuine corruption to go after right now in an administration that is 1000 times worse than Clinton Redux could ever, ever be.

Fine. Vote for Nader, then. You know he'll be running. See where that gets you.