@Mafalda para Presidente: As a child of the original seasons of Sesame Street, I would like to say that Ms. Palin's speeches are not cogent as a "AAAAAHHH, COOKIE" or "Hello, Big Bird."

@jenjen: I'm old too, but Pink Floyd has been there for LOTS of young people, from vinyl to cassette to CD to MP3.

Disintegration by the Cure

I think the main point of this article was made when someone who knew her for a long time said that her nickname is high school was Barracuda. Have you ever been called Barracuda?

The second wave of effects from this torture is a whole new generation of alcoholic abusers.

@Rosaxe: You'd be surprised. Some people with educations only hear what reinforces their worldview.

@BrightonShiny: yup, should be modded up—brilliant.

@Princess Leela: I know. But I was just trying to say that we have a romanticized version of what a 'colony' is because we just transfer our warm fuzzies about our 13 original colonies over to any British colony. There is a positive bias, even if the reality of even our own, not to say the African, India, Caribbean,…

People in our dear, dear homeland don't understand that there were colonies beyond our 13.

I love, love, love my Sinead. She is a bit off—but she is the original Fierce one. And when she is soft and gentle, she can cut your heart in two.

Everyone should own—ok, maybe not everybody—Ooh la la, Max in Love,

@burningdinner: I did that too!

Ok, more self-promotion. I took summer computer programming classes in high school (St. Brendan '84)and a History of Computers in 1986. Ada Lovelace was prominently featured. My Network Admin hubby and I just wrote a book called Digitally Daunted—about sharing the tech love to those who want to be smart about tech…

@Jeangenie: sorry, that was directed at the whole thread. @bessmarvin,girldetective , it did seem angry, you know your posting and responding. We are all supposed to be among friends here.

@resonanteye: WTF y'all, good thing I don't stay up late commenting on Jezebel. Ease off, snark on.

@Spacegirl.goes.home: I love Blur.

@heatherwritesstuff: But I do think at some points the wives and families need to wake up and realize that they are married to or related to a molester.

Ok—for a really grim reality check, have a boy and a girl child. As each enters puberty, take them clothes shopping.

@ocho97: Netflix has it. Brilliant, brilliant.

No one mentioned the Weasley sweater he's sporting.