how ru-uude

Professor Emrys Westacott is my kinda guy. He says that rudeness gets a bum rap.

Ever called a friend “Meathead”? That, he said, might strike some as a bit rude. But calling someone a meathead could be a “way that we establish, affirm and strengthen bonds of friendship and intimacy,” Professor Westacott writes. … In addition, he writes, “teasing is one important way in which asymmetries and pecking orders are established, sustained and challenged.” …

That’s why God invented snark. And David Letterman:

Welcome to the show. You folks are here on a great night. What a tremendous night to be here. Apologizing tonight — Jason Alexander and the fat guy who played Newman.

But it is a beautiful day here in New York City, isn’t it? So beautiful today that Michael Richards was apologizing in the park.