The only Corliss I know is basketball player Corliss Williamson, who is a guy.  Is "Corliss" a female name?  (Insofar as it is a name to begin with, that is.) 

Then again, is "Cassandra" a male name?

Now there's an Ebay selling tip -- whatever it is you're selling, just find some way to work the phrase "WHAT'S THE BEST THING YOU GOT" into the headline somehow.  You'll probably get a good four, five hits a day just off that phrase.

remember how bad the "wee britain" story arc was in arrested development?

For reasons that had nothing to do with the "Wee Britain" premise itself and everything to do with a) the stupid Michael-doesn't-realize-this-girl-is-retarded storyline, b) the fact that said stupid storyline was carried on way too long, and c) Charlize Theron's complete inability to play comic roles/general lack of charisma? 

Yes, I remember that. 

As for this arc, I think it's turning a corner... I liked the first one, enjoyed the next two in a lukewarm kind of way, and now... well, this one is better.  I don't know why, but I think something's emerging beyond the repetitive British jokes. 

Of course, that means the arc is probably over.

I think my favorite thing about this strip is the implication that most of Ray's really serious transgressions involve him stepping on musical instruments.

Fair enough!  I know it means "shell", but... well, I guess I could go into a whole spiel about how this seems odd, but guys called "Dick" doesn't seem odd, though I sort of assumed in this case that "dick" i.e. c*ck was because of the name, whereas in this case the use of the word as a name and the use of the word to describe genitals are probably essentially separate, so does that make it different?

But anyway, it probably doesn't seem weirder than Dick because of etymology, or some kind of sexual double standard, it's because I've known that Dick was a name for a guy since I was a small boy, and also that it meant "c*ck" since, well, whenever one usually finds out that bit of information.  So I'm used to it.

What the hell?

(In all fairness, the last one is presumably accurate.)