It’s the last week of Lent, starting with Palm Sunday and ending with Easter. (Christian isn’t part of the name, just an extra adjective, so that bit of my clunky writing may have been a factor.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week

Right, I get that, but it’s a problem when those same districts then turn to minority religions—usually Islam, although I’m sure it would also apply to Judaism in some areas—and say, sorry, we have this strong strong policy against accommodating anything faith-based.

Right. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that the school district’s spring break falls during Christian Holy Week. I’m pretty thoroughly Christian and the inequity of this stuff just kills me.

That’s a great idea—I try to promote the fact that it’s available through letters to the editor etc. when the topic comes up. One of the provisions in the declaration is that it also be distributed to the media.

I’m surrounded by awesome women named Kate. You all are the best! And you have that great Ben Folds song.

There’s a statement you can file with your will called A Declaration of Life, developed by Sister Camille D’Arienzo of the Sisters of Mercy back in the 90s. It’s admissible as a victim’s statement if you’re murdered, saying that you oppose the death penalty and don’t want it to be considered for your killer or…

This just made me remember a great one from a friend of mine at an appointment with a student health doctor. Her name’s Kate, but for some reason this guy called her Katie. Then when she corrected him, he got a little pissy about it and said something like “Eh, what’s the difference?” She looked at his name tag, which…

In defense of your date, I used to find the concept of “petting” (as used in old-timey sex ed books) to be very confusing, and I assumed for a while that you’d just pet someone as if they were a dog or cat.

This was my first thought on this thread!

I know! I’ve probably watched the trailer 100 times.

At first I thought it said “Big Ass Madonna,” which would have been so much better.

I know! I don’t even like to admit I watched that show.

Yes and yes!

Nah, you know what? I am her age, give or take. And sure, this side of the age of consent she can do who and what she wants. But there’s an element of ageism in her assumption that the only way to be sexually active and relevant is to act like an edgy, transgressive 25-year-old.

That’s exceptionally awful. GAH.

I will say this: sourcing quotes is a million times harder than it used to be because the wrong stuff is everywhere. Something gets misattributed online and it spreads like crazy, not just in search engines but in print media and even books. I’ve seen plenty of smart and well-educated people get sucked in. Checking up…

YES. I love this stuff. It's nice if you want something natural-looking, no clumping or crazy business. I use it with a curler and it just makes what I have look better.

YES. I love this stuff. It's nice if you want something natural-looking, no clumping or crazy business. I use it…

Yikes, thanks for that fix. It’s completely the other way around in my memory for some reason.

Sorry, never mind.

Thanks, y’all, for making me feel shallow, or maybe old, to have kept up with her in her heyday. She was the best: She was married to a guy named Topper and had this crazy southern mother, always ALWAYS posed with her legs crossed, and had a train wreck of a reality TV show LONG before there were any Real Housewives.