Same! Heck, this verges on 21st century Proust! No longer tea and madeleines at auntie’s, but queso and fritos and HGTV!

We could be siblings. I’m 55, and I watched tons of HGTV at the beginning. Room by Room! Kitty Bartholomew! Decorating with Style! And my favorite, Paul James’ Gardening by the Yard. I never missed Paul James, and I don’t even garden! Nowadays the how-to stuff is mostly supplied by YouTube, and you can find multiple…

The noun is “ordination.” The verb is “ordain.” Priests are ordained, not “ordinated.”

Was gonna share this article. Much easier to ungray you instead. :) The idea is fun.

Hugs. Of course you’re scared for yourself, and that’s your right. I’d be scared, as I think most people would. Wishing you the best. 

Well, if anyone knows tacky, it’s The Donald. All kidding aside, though, that really sucks.

Yes, I remember that. The Buddhist statuary was on the UN World Heritage list.

Thank you! Just now seeing you link. Observation before reading article :): I’ve been doing the smallest possible step spontaneously for awhile, and it does help. I’m sure the article will elaborate on it. Thanks again!

Solden’s book, “Women with ADD” is excellent. It opened my eyes and led me to get therapy. I recommend it. As it turned out, a few years into therapy, neuropsych testing revealed that I don’t have ADD, but less well known condition, non-verbal learning disability, which still isn’t in the DSM. Some of its symptoms…

Wow! What a great thread! I’ve been having big-time issues with all this stuff lately. Very helpful advice and great to know I’m not the only one. No, “everyone else” does not have everything all figured out and organized! And you all are proof of that. Wishing everyone the best, and don’t get bogged down with New…

Wow, if I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were me! We’re not alone. What (sometimes) works for me is to put the nagging overthinking thoughts aside (like “it would be more efficient to start a load of laundry, then clean the kitchen)...and just clean the kitchen. Then I say, OK, I’ve cleaned the kitchen, that’s…

Does said psychiatrist have a book out, or a web site, or something? Trying to get out of a really debilitating procrastination spiral. (That’s the short version of things.)

They were saying that about my generation in the 80s. See: Alex Keaton. 

I was reading up on “The Nutcracker” earlier this evening, trying to figure out why there are at least 2 major productions this year where the heroine is called Marie instead of Clara. (Briefly, there are different versions of the story and the ballet.)

When I was very small, I was fascinated with princesses and being one, but I outgrew that. Maybe because my dad told me I’d never be a princess in real life because I wasn’t of royal blood. (I guess he was thinking of Wallis Simpson rather than Grace Kelly). The Charles-Diana wedding happened the summer after my…

Counterpoint: A friend shared an article on Facebook about how all the “Friends” Thanksgiving episodes were going to be shown in theaters. My response was, “Why-why-why would they do that?” My friend replied that it would be like “Rocky Horror,” with the audience reciting the dialog, which would be fun. He wasn’t a…

...and not just my mom, but many, many people who were the children of immigrants. Early American furniture is (or was) a sign of American-ness.

At least the show had A) Schlafley as an advertiser, B) Everyone but the uber-white voiceover guy concluding they just couldn’t do this.

For instance, if you visit hometalk.com, which is a blog where a hug swath of people share their DIY home improvement projects, you’ll see a huge number makeovers in which the rooms, or the cabinets, or the rooms *and* the cabinets are repainted “a nice gray,” or even “a beautiful gray.” Also lots of DIY shiplap, lots…

My parents got married in the early 60s, and much of the furniture they bought (and kept while I was growing up) was Colonial Revival,or Early American, as it was also called (thought I think there’s a subtle difference: Early American for the more “rustic” pieces, Colonial for the pieces that reproduced or were…