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It depends on how one defines the ego and what perspective you're looking at it from. I think of it in terms of both self-worth and pride as well as from the perspective of Jungian psychology wherein the Ego must integrate with the Shadow self. Anybody still reading after that?

Either way, we can still brag that our section of the population gave the world Robert De Niro movies as well as the songs Once in a Lifetime and Psycho Killer. You're welcome, everybody.

I've been saying it for years: blood is funny!

Maybe not a majority, but definitely a surprising proportion that includes some highly influential names. David Byrne, Tony Iommi, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Plant, all left-handed musicians. Renaissance painters Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Rafael were left-handed. W.C. Fields, Robert De Niro...

Left-handed people tend to think with the right hemisphere of the brain more predominantly, which focuses less on logic and data crunching than creativity. Connection? Possibly. I'm just an armchair psychologist, not a doctor of neuroscience.

Which is to say nothing of the Shadow. The thing is, to be a performer requires a certain degree of selfishness. You have to get off on the applause to some extent. The problem is that I notice most people are still trying to find validation through it. Nobody has their **** together in high...

Dude... Calm down, I wasn't out to attack you. I don't know what I did to be put in the crosshairs, but Jesus!

I got the same results no matter the brand or color because at the time I was acting suspicious. I had the same problems doing copper/silver transpositions for the same reasons.

I know you hate when I do this, but I just wanted to highlight this. I already made clear many times over during my time here how I do think about this and how I've gotten over the problem. That's why I didn't feel the need to bring it up for the umpteenth time, I thought you already knew...

As a friend, I'll forego my usual approach. There is a lot to be argued about the idea of appealing to everyone versus a niche. And I have yet to come across someone who said that appealing to literally everyone is a good idea. If you're working the corporate market, you wear suits and have...

That assumes that all preconceived notions are negative, which isn't true. Granted, the way I dress I'm not going to land the international corporate gigs, but I'm not after that market. If I was, I'd have cut my hair and shaved off my beard a long time ago. But I don't also look like I...

Define unordinary. Who says it's just about taste in cards?

So ask a question.

Dana, don't take this as a dig or anything, but I think if you want really good, constructive feedback you could do a hell of a lot better than asking here.

Fixed. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say my countrymen assume this because, "Tally ho!" is something our Saturday morning cartoons told us was peculiar to British people.

Tell me about it. I'll bet 50 bucks that most of the people aren't even reading past the first post. They're posting a favorite band or song and occasionally checking in to see if someone gave them a digital high five for their choice. Even more depressing, think about this: By the time...

Because not everybody wants to be on TV? Just putting that out there. Actually, there are quite a few who dislike this place because they don't enjoy listening to snotty arrogant teenagers tell working pros how to do their jobs. No, I'm not referring to anyone here in particular. Just...

Why? (bloody character minimum)

Could you at least tell me what your screen name over there was so that I can at least see for myself what happened?

Which is quite often because the internet is populated by a lot of people incapable of discerning quality from suck.