What about that? I'm part Kentuckian by virtue of my mom's side of the family, which has a tiny home place in Rowan County. But I haven't made it yet to Montreat, close as it is - raised Southern Baptist so I missed all the youth stuff (except vicariously).

That's a great story. Nothing trumps the power of a Presbyterian old lady! I aspire to be such a person some day. Meanwhile, it's good to meet another Presby Jezzie, a good thing to be even if it's hard to say.

That was a great response. Thanks for posting it.

As a former (Presbyterian) pastor of mine used to say of televangelists, "I know that on some level they're part of my family, but they're the embarrassing part."

Certified church geek/elder at your service:

I don't know what a woman looks like.

Thank you for redeeming this song so beautifully! As far as I'm concerned these are now the official lyrics.

My mom was a cheerleader in that era. The only criterion then, at least at her little school in rural Tennessee, was that you had to be able to buy a uniform.

I did a Google search for an editorial question and got a banner ad LOOKING FOR A WRITING DATE? I don't even know what that means but it frightened me.

Same here. I know someone who's working to lose a lot of weight, and she credits her communication with him for being the most helpful thing in her life. It's sadly rare for people in that situation to find the combination of acceptance and encouragement he gives. He's one hundred percent true to himself and his…

I try to make it harder so it'll last longer - turn off the # of letters, make myself do them in order. Once in a while I break down and spend a buck, but I'm like you, mostly just the daily games. And it's so beautifully designed.

It's 7 Little Words for me. I could play it forever. Hell, I DO play it forever.

This was exactly my thinking in not circing my son (who's now in college). Leaves both options open for him to choose as an adult.

This is why I used to love having a subscription sent to my rural West Virginia ZIP, just to mess with their demographics.

Maybe they're fans of the supporting cast of Seinfeld.

I have a William too! But mine is vintage 1993, and it's a family name on his dad's side.

One of the things I loved about the series - especially in terms of its YA audience - was how well it moved from being primarily a personal story to, by the end of the third book, almost entirely a political story. It did a great job of showing the origins of political revolution in individual experiences and…

The same is true for Presbyterians (at least the PCUSA, which is the largest Presby denom): http://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/101…

I'm kind of thrilled at a sighting of "defuzz," which was the verb of choice in my beloved 1970s teen-girl mags. Of course in those innocent days it was just pits and legs (and only from the knees down unless you were a cheerleader or something). Also we used the primitive spelling "de-fuzz."