That’s friggin’ horrendous. Hope you are doing much better now.

Why doesn’t Volkswagen take this scandale as a hint and start working on emissions AND reliability? I had a Beetle and loved it irrationally but something went wrong with it nearly every week.

Gawd, that was funny. A gold star for you!

Geez, cut yourself some slack. Two days after my dad died, I remember being at a shopping centre that I had frequented my whole life - yet somehow, I had totally forgotten where I was or how to get home because I was so grief-stricken. Grief can mess with your memory BIG time.

Come and join us in the attic of North America!

Maybe they will also SEVER ties, too. Copy Desk, please!

Thank you for this thoughtful and evocative piece. You are a powerful writer.

You are making me crave the little green mounds of wonderfulness immediately!

I hate to tell you this but the number of women who have had inadequate to outright bad mothers is legion. I had a long distance talk with my best girlfriend about how to bear Mother’s Day this year and every year.The main plan is to keep your sanity until you can leave and/or separate from her emotionally. Be strong.…

Zombie peep, don't you dare listen to Mom. She's not well. You gather all the good people in your life and tell yourself that you can get through this. I'm 100% behind you. You take care!!

Wow... That is SERIOUSLY fucked up. Hope you have found a way to deal with it. Good luck!

You hang in there!

I salute your skills, of which I have none. Love cars, though — and salute your hub for being a stand-up dude!!

When I used to work as a lawyer (a million years ago in a galaxy far, far away), I was young and cute. More than once , I got the following response after I was introduced to the client: “No! I want a REAL lawyer. I want a guy.” Which is one of a million reasons why I’m not a lawyer any more.

Lord, help me. Makes me glad to be an old. What crap younger women have to put up with!

Brilliant. I laughed and I laughed...

Thank you SO much. I, too, am weary of the "I'm so sexually edgy" roundelay. Glad someone else articulated this.

Brilliant! Applause from the cheap seats....

You can get decent bras for reasonable prices but not all of them fit that well. Nothing beats a good bra fitting and a good fitting bra. So whenever you have a few extra dollars, treat yourself to one or two really good ones. They will make you feel spectacular!

Bali makes these great and great fitting bras called "Concealers" which look great under Tshirts and stop the dreaded nipple show through. But OF COURSE, I think they are discontinuing them. I'm trying to hunt more down before it's too late. You should do the same. They really help!