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Finding out that Alex had an eating disorder in his early adulthood was pretty shocking to me. I know it's very common for teenage girls and young women to be obsessed with "good" foods and "bad" foods, and occasionally crash-diet, but it's not quite a common in men. It's called orthorexia.

And this is all anyone has to say about it?

I'm on the waiting list at my local library. The system has 2 copies, and I'm #3 in line. Can't wait.

I sent a message to C-SPAN to ask if a reading could be included in their weekend programming, dubbed "Television for Serious Readers." You can too. https://www.c-span.org/about/contactUs/

I just sent an e-mail to C-SPAN 2's "About Books", which is a weekend program on American cable TV ("Television for Serious Readers") and requested that they broadcast a reading. I had nothing to lose but a few seconds of my time. https://www.c-span.org/about/contactUs/

People who can easily decipher time and especially key signatures boggle my mind. The latter is a sign of perfect pitch, and when I was in college, I dated a man who had it. Example: We were in a restaurant and someone broke a dish, and he said "That was a B-flat!" that kind of thing.

Keep in mind that "Xanadu" and Dr. Helvering are the same age - both debuted in 1977.

His channel is mainly him doing reviews of progressive and classical songs, and even whole albums. His latest? Side 1 of "Moving Pictures." His evaluation of "Xanadu" live is worth watching as well.

Mr. Stanley was born with one normal ear, and one that for whatever reason didn't develop, and he just had a tab of skin and cartilage on that side.

Are you aware that Paul Stanley only has one ear?

King's X were My Other Favorite Band in the early 1990s, but when the band started to lose their Christian faith, the quality of their music also took a nosedive, and subsequently they pretty much fell off my musical radar. However, I have long thought that the perfect double bill would be Rush and King's X, but sadly, it's too late now for that. My two favorite bands, BTW, had several things in common. 1. Underweight, left-handed, sometimes bald lead singers who have had body parts ridiculed by Beavis and Butthead (and incidentally, are both gay). 2. Songs titled "Fall On Me" and "[The] Burning Down." 3. Their bass players have both said on the record that the bands have endured because the band members loved each other like brothers. 4. Both were trios, eventually. Can you guess who the other band is? You can't? Okay, it's another now-defunct band, R.E.M. The songs I've heard so far sound pretty good. I'm glad they're back, especially because they've had some tumultuous times in their personal lives.

A cynic might say the whole trend is simply making a profit off pretending to like people's favorite songs. And he wouldn't be far off. He'd be spot-on in most cases. This is frequently all about building up a big enough subscriber base to monetize one's channel. Well, his political videos have very few views and seem to garner equal hate and praise. His reaction views are much more popular, and they seem to revolve around a specific type of music and a few artists. I didn't see any political commentaries on Doug Helvering's channel. Who are you talking about, Goose?

Here's a link to the "Xanadu" reaction video. I just discovered this guy a couple days ago; his identification of notes boggles my mind. When I was in college, I dated (and briefly thought I would marry) a wonderful man who had perfect pitch, and he'd do things like hear a glass breaking in a restaurant and say, "That's a G!"

I believe I had it before the disease was formally identified; I had a mild cold that lasted a few days, went away for a few days, and then came back, and when I heard about the returning symptoms, that's when I began to suspect I had it. I have not had an antibody test, so I just don't know.

I remember when Jerry Falwell said that he was offended by Hustler because he was a Christian, and Jay Leno said, "Pagans and Druids are offended by Hustler!"