(BTW and not for nothin’: don’t vote for evil, please and thank you.)

True. I recently learned of “boot”, but that seems to be a more elite/ivy league/prep school term than people of my background would use.

Does anyone still say “hork”? (Did anyone but me ever say “hork”?)

I saw the same pair, and yes they were! Years later I played Keene Curtis’s younger self in a reading, and got to tell him what a strong impression he’d made on me at 15. He was as lovely in life as he was onstage.

Somebody check on Rod Dreher, he’s probably having a rough one.

Cinnamon is the #1 Top Pop Tart, followed by cherry. No further questions at this time. Thank you.

Bravo, sir. Don’t spend it all in one place.

I grew up in Louisville, went to high school with their son Andy, and spent two summers in my teens at Kentucky Shakes. The Rud was our regular post-show, post-rehearsal, post-anything hangout.

It really is a perfect conversation-ender.

This wouldn’t have been the Rudyard Kipling, would it?