the awesome/terrifying freedom

look at what viacom owns!

clay and ruben visited frenchie in 'rent' this weekend. i'm surprised '19' allowed them to be seen with that ultra-talented slut.

maryindiana writes in with a gem about a recent clay appearance:

Did you see Clay on Extra or Inside Edition? He went to some big event and actually took a girl. The reporter on the red carpet asked if there "was a somethin' somethin' going on between them." Clay blushed and tried to say "Welllll...." in a way that indicated that there WAS a relationship. Then the girl in the slinky red dress on his arm ruined it. "NO! Clay and I are OLD FRIENDS!" Someone needs to teach her proper beard behavior!

indeed. the beard guide states in situations like this a good beard is to: drunkenly stumble and then half whisper to the interviewer 'we totally just fucked in the limo.'

mary also chimes in our discusstion about offensive humor:

I'm not sure about Rhonda's theory that it's the disconnect/situations that aren't our own. I tend to find funny the jokes made about my race/religion/whatever. I (mostly) recoil at the ones about other races/religions,etc. I guess because I know when my ethnic stereotypes are true or not true and just go with it.

ah, i totally agree that identification can be an even more powerful factor in humor than superiority. i'm reminded of chris rock saying to a mostly-black audience 'there's two kinds of black people: black people and niggers. and the niggers gots ta go!' the statement brought the house down with roaring applause. meanwhile, the few white folks are saying 'hoo boy, fred, not sure if i should laugh at that one.'