Lava pool on the cover. Remember? There’s a line on that Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album Californication that goes “Farley is an angel & I can prove this.”

If the divine is supposed to foster joy rather than suffering, and bridge the light fluffy clouds and pearly fencing with humanity, then maybe the late great Illinois man was a messenger of some kind. Which is biblically, on the money.

Pal said, growing up, he had as great an influence on him as any one person he can think of. He said he helped him developed a personality, and some semblance of charm through watching him on Saturday Night Live, and those movies.

I told him this GIF, which was once a Vine, was one of the only things I could salvage from the old JUST GRIN,BABY blog, after Blue Host flushed the whole damn thing down the toilet.

Justly, it possesses three weapons that can help you overcome most setbacks: comedy, coffee, and a brilliant rye green jacket.