I think the number one thing I can never have again is the amazing pizza I remember from my childhood (in a part of NY with extra good pizza). I guess it is my madeleine.

Cool, thanks! Maybe I will try it this weekend while we are snowed in.

This reminds me of the NY Times articles a few weeks ago about how dangerous stick blenders are because people are too stupid to unplug them before sticking their fingers in the blades to clean them.

That was the point (actually, it was way before that point, my kid didn't even gestate that long) at which lots of pubic hair became something we all just had to deal with.

Do you need any special equipment? Apparently my grandma used pizza dough for one of her special (non-pizza) dishes that I have never been able to recreate. I guess I could just do what she did and go down to the local pizza joint and ask for some dough, but I feel weird about it.

Hummus and gorgonzola crackers?! Is that one item or two? What have I been missing out on?!

I found Mrs. Crimbles chocolate and coconut macaroons in a bodega by the DMV a few months back. They are, for me, a way better version of my favorite, Samoas, since I'm not that into caramel. Plus they are gluten-free!

I see. I hadn't read all of the comments yet. :)

What you've described is just a slice of NY. Millions of people live here and we weren't all punk rockers back then and aren't all soulless i-bankers now. :)

In terms of the wardrobe, I am sure it is intentional. They don't want the kids thinking the characters look weird— they want them to think they look cool. And let's face it, authentic 80s wear wouldn't have done it (says a child of the 80s).

Yup, you're right— it just depends how you enjoy socializing, I guess. My freshman year there I went with two guys I met in my dorm and two I met elsewhere; several of the women on my floor also dated men they met elsewhere. But I went there specifically for NYC, so there's that. I wasn't a drinker back then so most…

You're doing the right thing. Good luck.

Yes, I have made relationship mistakes in my time, so I am in no way being condescending or thinking I'm smarter or whatever, but you saying that it's easier not to fight is chilling.

Coming from someone who doesn't know much about finances: A trust fund is basically money that has been set aside for someone and is controlled by a third party, but, I believe, can't be used by the third party. So, theoretically, a 20-something could have a trust fund that is controlled by his parents and that pays…

It hasn't been my observation that women in powerful positions are seeking/making these types of changes as often as we'd hope. I've more often encountered the attitude that they succeeded in an environment that was created for men with a spouse at home, so why can't the rest of us do the same? Just look at Marissa…

Murdering someone because his dad raped his mom is a-ok with you? That's bizarre.

There is a pool in Flushing Meadows Corona Park that is relatively cheap to join (the parks dept website says $150/year). During the summer there is lap swim in the early-ish morning at Astoria Park that I believe is free to sign up for; maybe they have it at other public pools, too? I believe that there was…

I don't think the celibacy helps hide the abuse, exactly. I think the position is one of such trust that it is very, very easy to have access to lots of children to abuse. I hope that today it is different, but before these scandals came to light, who wouldn't entrust their child to a man of god?

In response not so much to this article, but to many of the comments it generated: I find it kind of distressing that it is considered by many to be some kind of feminist victory if I pay a less well-off women of color relatively low wages (because that is the profile of most child-care workers where I am, anyway) to…