Lesson 1 in taking things out of context: It's fun.

For example, here's a direct quote from an e-mail I just got from Basile:

Man, I loved when she got punched in the face

Sounds insensitive, right?

Well, here's the context:

I e-mailed Basile about Dan The Man's most recent post about the 24 finale. Here's the part of Dan's post that Basile was referring to:

[edit] Removed the spoiler...

And Curtis punched a girl in the face. Closed fist. No hesitation. Right in the nose. I don't know why, but that made me laugh really loud.

OK, the context doesn't really help Basile that much. Haha...