They really should have explained this for all of us who worried.

"overcorrects horribly"
Excellent description, Snarkoleptic.

Her character isn't really ugly though—just scary.

Well, there was the time when she first got to college and found out that there are people who don't love America. I could see this coming. Sue is nothing if not an enthusiastic joiner, and political groups don't cut anybody!

Glad to know I'm not the only one dwelling on minutia!

I'm the opposite—still political, but lazy.

Clothes caught most of it.

I think it got lost amid all the great scenes! If all clergy gave such advice we'd see a surge in attendance at services.

No way it happened upside down by the kitchen sink. That's a man's position.

Yes, he actually listened to her talking about spin class.

Excellent assessment. I am thinking of Moonstruck, the first and best film I saw him in.

His depiction of the idiot porn actor in Boogie Nights was fantastic.

John C. Reilly used to be my marker for a good film, along with the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Once Reilly got more popular he was in a lot of less good movies, but his presence is still a pretty good sign.

fare on average
-the grammar and syntax lady

I finally watched the last season of Mad Men so I know you are right.

This has seeped into blue collar jobs as well. One of our local trade schools offers a certificate in being the flag holder on a road crew.

They enjoy trophy hunting in Africa. The shooting kind.

Hooking up meant "meeting", as in " I need to run a few errands and then I'll hook up with Susan to go to the concert." Not super common, and probably less so now that hooking up has come to mean having sex.

It bothers me, but for a different reason: the over-scheduling and over-supervision of childhood.

Yes! So creepy. Used to be we had "falling in love" for romance, and perfectly good "love" for other relationships. I think it's the same people who say "we're pregnant."