Ooh, I hope they mean these drones! They're so cute!

Since we're the token nomadic childfree couple in the family, we usually travel rather than hosting. The most recent time I tried to host a Thanksgiving dinner, it wasn't exactly a disaster, but I'd rate it at least a disasterette.

I briefly considered it in my late twenties, especially since I already knew that I never, ever wanted to actually raise a child of my own. But I hate needles and other medical procedures, plus I'm not sure I'd have been in demand anyway. (I'm short, not conventionally attractive, and have a family history of…

"Elimination of traditional gender roles and the promotion of unlimited mating choice in women unleashes their promiscuity and other negative behaviors that block family formation."

My favorite character has always been Meg. Lois a close second; Brian a distant third.

Hmmmm ... I'm on the cusp of Shiraz (which I love) and Nebbiolo (which I'm not sure I've ever had). Will have to try the latter!

Wow, wasn't anyone else in college in the seventies? Not only did we all date our friends' exes, but all participants regardless of sex stayed friends throughout the intervening forty years. No snark, no joke. Seriously.

In all honesty, I often feel bad for the families of criminals. Yes, some malefactors come from families of abusive idiots, but there are a lot of Marina Oswalds out there too. Crime victims and their families at least get some sympathy and community support*. The innocent relatives of a criminal not only have to deal…

Re Murphy/Monjack: Murder-suicide, perhaps?

I'm in favor of cockblocking the Roastbusters. Encasing their junk in concrete blocks sounds fair to me.

Gaaaahhhh. And I used to think that 18 days of burning cramps and bleeding while adjusting to a new BCP was bad. Makes me (a) glad that I'm now in full surgical menopause and (b) furious that painful and dangerous complications and side effects are considered even remotely acceptable for contraceptives that are…

Haven't paid any attention to these characters in the 50 years since I was of the appropriate age, but I recall that as a kid I thought Maleficent was the coolest. Wasn't she the one who rode into the picture on a dragonfly?

As a kid, I used to pretend that my dolls — baby dolls, Barbie dolls, whatever — were people in their 40s and 50s who whiled away the hours having boring and pointless arguments with each other. You know, just like my extended family did. Life as the only child of older parents is special in SO many ways ...!

Loki, to me, will always be the marvelously sleazy and vindictive businessman played by Shane Cortese in "The Almighty Johnsons". All others are feeble imitations.

They're nasty even to other species. About six or seven years ago, my husband and I made a brief video of some interesting insect behavior as it was happening in our yard, and put it on YouTube for my entomology geek friends. Other folks, of course, viewed it, and I still occasionally get email notifications of…

Glowing G&T jello shots would certainly be interesting — maybe with lime or lemon gelatin plus tonic water?

Well, no. An online public forum designed for people who want to insult someone or accuse her of wrongdoing, in a way that cannot be fact-checked, is an open invitation for people to bully others.

I moderate my intake by putting about a half bottle of red wine into my beef stew. It's delicious, there's no discernible alcohol after a couple of hours on the stove, and since the bottle is already half empty, I don't mind stopping after one glass and saving some to drink with tomorrow's leftovers. (I use white for…

This has to be a serious bully magnet.

We must dance the Fish-Slapping Dance in celebration!