Me too. Two dogs ago, I took home a golden retriever who was sweet and friendly for the first few months I had him. He gradually became more aggressive. I had to re-home him to a family with no kids, when I had gotten a pizza, placed it on the counter, and as soon as I left the room to get something, he was standing…

I am pretty sure my dog is a couple of years older than what the shelter told us. And maybe the previous owners lied to the shelter, who knows.

If a dog is reserved or “depressed,” sometimes that can mask behavioral issues, and as they come out of their shell, those issues emerge.

I am trying to see which part of that statement would give that impression. I don’t see it. Maybe because the comment came from a dog trainer?

I only wish I could do this. I am still ruminating about stupid things I said and did 20 years ago.

“... ‘The dog that we see in the shelter is often not that the dog that we see in the home,’...” he says. ‘And often the dog in the home on day one is different than the dog that we see at the six-month mark.’...” 

OMG... This. My nipples are like fingers. I swear, if my boobs weren’t so big and in the way, I could probably text with them. I once looked in the mirror to find that my nipples were visible through a padded bra, a blouse AND a leather jacket. Not super obvious, but visible.

I hugged and got a sweet kiss on the cheek from Billy Squier (my crush throughout my adolescence, though I met him as an adult). Also, back in ‘88, I caught Stevie Ray Vaughn as he was coming off the stage after his (amazing) show, told him what a great show it was, and he said, “Thank you very much, Sweetie.” And…

I am also one half of a biracial couple (white woman married to a Latino), and I agree with everything you said. We need more women of color in the writer’s rooms and in the director’s chairs. As an aside, I anticipate that when that happens, the perspective of someone other than a white male will make films and…

I wasn’t aware of the others. However, it doesn’t surprise me. I think she recently said in an interview that now, when she gets a letter from a fan, the letter usually has some kind of “I’m not a psycho” line in it.

I saw her in concert a few years ago. Her live show is MUCH harder-edged, and her onstage persona is pretty light-hearted. Looking back, her Mirrorball CD was so much better than anything she did in the studio.

It was one stalker in particular, who then sued her because he claimed that she plagiarized his letters to her. You know, the actual letters that threatened her with rape and murder.

Not that hard. They can always subpoena the metadata.

First of all, I support the right of law abiding citizens (including men) to own firearms, within certain reasonable restrictions (with exceptions for densely packed cities like NY). Second, I never said that men shouldn’t be allowed to have firearms, just that gender should be a factor when considering granting a…

You beat me to it!

Actually, adoption agencies take into account the health, and ages, of both parents, including the presence of any chronic illnesses.

Because purchasing a firearm is so very similar to having a chronic disease...

Almost 40 years ago. In the meantime the vast majority of violent crime in general is committed by men. Gender should absolutely be a factor when determining who should be allowed to own a firearm. Not the only factor, but a factor.

No such thing as an “ugly” dog. True. However, my husband had a truly funny-looking dog, whose breed mixture we couldn’t begin to approximate. He had short hair in the front, long hair in the back (reverse mullet?) face kind of like a German Shepard but smaller. Built like a Corgi, but black and gray. Short, powerful…

I love three legged dogs. If not for the fact that I live on the top floor of a 3 family house, I would adopt one in a heartbeat.