Whenever we drive over the Yolo Causeway, I say it. I can’t help myself.

We have a Yolo County in California, so it must be SOMEBODY’S name. (It’s near Sacramento.)

Fast and bulbous? Nice moniker.

Sounds as if you didn’t make it past the first chapter? Because after that, nobody is bored pretty much ever, unless trying not to die is your idea of boredom.

Come on, have you SEEN Abbie?

This will turn out to be much more clever than anything the writers come up with.

Honestly, I just grunted a little. He is really very cute, if someone a foot taller than me can be “cute.”

Is it shallow of me to say I really liked this ensemble?

Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV — could also be an excuse for the break-up with Major.

Yes, we mostly hear about the wealthy white women, but pioneering journalists Ida Wells and Mary Shadd Carey were black suffragists in addition to their anti-lynching work. But they are mostly known as fighters for racial, rather than women’s, equality.

Domino’s: Also known for having hot delivery boys. God, the 1970s were a long time ago.

You might want to read up on bonobo behavior before you start generalizing about what affect a uterus has on social roles.

How do you know what Cro Magnons or Neanderthals thought about gender? The literature from that era is pretty sketchy. People who say stuff like “Men evolved X characteristic because they hunted in groups” are making assumptions that can't be verified.

Doesn't everybody die in that book? I seem to remember Esmerelda, at least, having an unhappy fate.

That was true, initially, but as I have gotten more used to e-readers, I have used the bookmark, underline and spotlight features more. Underlining was great for discussing books — you can pull up a list of all the parts you’ve underlined, then jump to the specific page. Spotlight is great for big novels where you…

Literally all you need to know is that anyone not shown in the season opener is dead.

This was my immediate hope as well. She was terrific, and I wanted to see more of her.

I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT. THIS IS “EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”-LEVEL EXCITEMENT. GIVE ME THE BOOK NOW PLEASE. DON’T MAKE ME WAIT.

Seriously, this generation. Phoning in a bomb threat is WAY more than you need to do if you want to get fired.

And their state legislators are better at passing bullshit “voter fraud” laws that discourage turnout, not to mention better at purging the voting rolls of eligible voters who are unlikely to support the GOP.