I saw that—it's a great movie! I kind of knew who he was before, but after I have massive amounts of respect for him and his brother.

OMG—that movie hit me so hard, it was horrifying!

Sinead was in a Magdalene house? I'm not saying this to sound trite, but that really does explain a lot and shed light on her beef with the RC church. I mean those places were basically hell on earth, and I can only imagine the emotional scars from being sent there at such a young age/vulnerable time. I feel…

I actually had a FB friend say something about how a positive from the shutdown will be that people will see how a small government can work. I wanted to go through my computer screen and choke someone when I read it. Needless to say that person is no longer a FB friend, but I just don't understand how the public at…

Thank you for the link—it's not a lot but it's something, I guess. No real winners in this story, hopefully Montana justice system will come through with a harsher penalty for him but I'm not going to hold my breath.

You are totally right! I remember one of the descriptions of her outfits as something like a '50's housewife mom with a humongous skirt. In any case, I saw this thread as a slight opening to remember one of my favorite Pam (TV) scenes.... in a kitten sweat suite! It's so classic! I'm sorry—I'm totally fan-girling out…

Can anybody tell me why he doesn't have to register as a sex offender? There are countless stories about people having consensual sex with minors who get caught/turned in who end up having to register for the rest of their lives so how does this dip shit get away with it?

My personal fave: Pam in a sweat suite... with kittens!

Ok, so I've heard of Nutritional yeast being used mainly with vegetarian dishes but have never tried it. What does it taste like? Is it more of a seasoning or supposed to be like a cheese replacement?

Soo, maybe he was a 'douche-bag in disguise?'

Seriously! The one that's supposed to be 19 looks like she's 32 at least... I hope that doesn't come off as judge-y but I still do not understand who/what this Courtney person is supposed to be.

This kinda reminds me of how in 'Eat, pray, love,' spawned hordes of privileged yoga loving white women going off to "find" themselves.

I think the idea is especially problematic when you think about it from the tourism aspect. Are they 'finding' themselves by witnessing the desperate living situations of others? (usually made worse by their own countries foreign policies that they themselves are almost wholly ignorant of) Like the tour buses that…

Absolutely! He makes such a good 'grey' character, because his face makes me want to trust him but I don't know if I should. Even when I thought he was a crazy stalker, I really wanted them to work it out which is def a testament to his likeability.

Your comment is spot on—she hasn't really been in anything major since October Road and that didn't do all that well. This show garnered all sorts of praise, for her to just leave right as the show is poised to really blow up is very odd indeed.

I have just now connected Grown-up Sarah Polley to the child actress from Avonlea. That's Crazy!

A close friend of mine from high school is married to a gentleman of mixed heritage, and they now have 4 (!!!) beautiful children—all under the age of 6 btw. The thing that gets her, is not the comments about race because really only one her children looks more like her, is that no one believes she's old enough to…

Fellow DC-er here, they were actually discussing that on NPR last night, it was fascinating for a city with such a vibrant African American community to have the history associated with it.

I heard on a news program or maybe read an article about how people perceive happiness, and it definitely said in there that our perceived happiness is greater when we think others are unhappier. So, basically we're completely normal.

I'm legit ok with seeing my ex on FB. He looks like he swallowed a hippo, and I'm no skinny-minnie by any means so I'm a bit embarrassed to admit how gleeful I am about this but at the same time, in a small, very petty part of my heart... I win the game of life?! Sigh—I'm going to go rescue a kitten or something to…