My mother enjoys making me that cooking friend...neither of us like tasting...

You have a highly valid point, unfortunately I find it really hard to taste things while cooking. I'm unsure why.

Ok thanks, I wasn't getting why so many seemed into her.

Is she famous prior to Jezebel?

I thought Pricilla Presley!

Thanks for the tip!

Yeah, I think the low key weddings were mostly thing of the 70s. Although few can afford a proper flashy American style wedding...and this is probably due to the financial gap not being huge so few people makes loads and few people are truly poor compared to other places.

Sweden is also interesting in that few places are so affected by the US culturally. There's this tragic thing where more and more brides have started wanting their father to walk them down the aisle when the tradition is not at all Swedish but people see it on tv and in movies and do not reflect upon the symbolic…

I can't speak for others but if I pack loads in the carrier bag it's stuff I don't want to lose because I don't trust airlines with my important things.

That sounds like a horrible disease. Feel for her.

See above about Cat Stevens :)

Although he has now taken back Cat Stevens as an artist name...which it always was anyway, his actual name wasn't Cat Stevens.

Didn't realize Asian was race to some people...

Really? I always thought nearly anyone Timberlake dated was too good for him. He seems like an annoying douche that somehow gets women to go crazy for him when he should be chasing them like mad.

Callie, I am increasingly liking your Dirt Bags, so far I've never gone googoogaga over any of the writers here the way some other commenters do but you're really balancing everything a good dirt bag should have!

I saw further down the thread so sorry I spoke too soon.

I live in Sweden. I've seen this tendency in American popular culture as well where Asian means Japanese/Chinese/Korean, not Indian or Iraqi.

You could see him as the white saviour, or you could see that Solomon kept fighting and realized he had someone there who was free to go and help him.

Best thing ever! (though I wonder why)

It's a longing to be so cared for that people would remember without you telling them. I'm sure you know this, but wanted to remind you of the human psychology of it.

Who are the grays?