Ah, the Great Jessica-Ashley War of 1985. We lost a lot of good men (er, girl babies) that year. I count myself among the fortunate to have escaped unscathed.

I too have a pretty common Irish last name:

BOXCAR CHILDREN!! I plucked a random one off the class book shelf in 2nd grade and it was absolutely the series that turned me into a reader. I made my brothers and neighbors play Boxcar Children with me- I was always Violet, but IRL I was a total Jessie.

Go Rapids

Oh jeez, I thought we were going to discuss soccer jerseys. Goddammit, I think my American citizenship gets revoked now. I don't deserve it anymore.

I still think season 4 should be a Gothic ghost story. Check it out- Branson picks up baby Sybil but she always seems to be fixated something over his shoulder. He turns around, but nothing is there. Sybil's first words are Mama. The nanny hears baby Sybil babbling with someone in the nursery, but when she opens the…

Funny, I was just listening to a This American Life episode where Moynihan's crisis announcement was used as an example of something that would be completely, unbelievably unacceptable to say in today's politics. I guess we were wrong :(

I LOVED season 4, though I did always think it was really weird that all these wealthy kids basically quit school and became townies after high school. So weird...

It brought her the wrong kind of recognition. Because obviously she would have been a vury surious actress winning all the Oscars if it wasn't for silly teenz stardom.

That's it exactly! They treat us like would-be criminals at every opportunity. That's what really gets me. Jesus, you can trust me with the unlocked cabinet of extra menus and napkins for 5 damn minutes, I'm not a thief and nobody wants that shit anyways.

Sure, but an employer that's already flaunting the law by not allowing their employees a break to eat ain't gonna give a shit about the other laws that say they can't fire people for filing complaints. And what would I do about it, pay a lawyer to contest my firing, all for a bullshit minimum wage restaurant job? It…

Damn Canada, I thought you were some socialist utopia!! Now where will I aspire to live happily someday??

One girl I work with just told me last night about how she once had to work 11 hours straight with no break for food, so she wrote to HR of this nationwide chain and complained. They instituted breaks for about a week after that for everyone but her. And that was just for the gift shop employees, not the people who…

I don't think so? I live in a fire-at-will state, though, so they can pretty much do whatever the hell they want.

Job loyalty? Yeah right.

Mine eyes hath seen turtles doing the nasty- at a children's petting zoo no less. The sound of their shells frantically clacking together will haunt me forever.

Yikes yikes yikes. I'm having anxiety shudders remembering the summer I worked at a kids' day camp watching 2-6 year olds in the pool. There weren't any close calls, but a couple times a kid went under and it. is. TERRIFYING!

She may have been subtly mocking their accent!

I wish they would've added "No actors were harmed in the making of this ad" in fine print or something.

Not bad, but nothing will ever beat this, my favorite condom commercial ever. Or, just favorite commercial, period.