Good piece, thanks. I was too young to be into Collins in his heyday and in my impending uncool-mom-hood have started listening to him (I also just love '80's music). There's a lot of schlock to brush aside but also a lot of really good stuff that is cloaked in being incredibly listenable (my favorite right now is the…

Shameless plug: if you're a fan of Roth, I'll be moderating a panel featuring her, Elizabeth Norris, Aprilynne Pike and Bethany Griffin at Chicago's Printers Row Book Fair this Saturday at 1 PM. 

Shameless plug: if you're a fan of Roth, I'll be moderating a panel featuring her, Elizabeth Norris, Aprilynne Pike and Bethany Griffin at Chicago's Printers Row Book Fair this Saturday at 1 PM. 

I think sport-hating is simply a means of spreading your entertainment value and odds of feeling good about yourself and your choices. If the White Sox win, that's great but if the White Sox win and the Cubs lose and also somehow so do the Yankees and Red Sox, that's even better. Or if the White Sox lose and all those…

I think sport-hating is simply a means of spreading your entertainment value and odds of feeling good about yourself and your choices. If the White Sox win, that's great but if the White Sox win and the Cubs lose and also somehow so do the Yankees and Red Sox, that's even better. Or if the White Sox lose and all those…

Go Ders: ETHS represent! 

Go Ders: ETHS represent! 

I couldn't help but think, because I'm a perv, that the mom's boobs are nicer than her daughter's.

I couldn't help but think, because I'm a perv, that the mom's boobs are nicer than her daughter's.

Agreed and I think they could have pushed Selina's rapport with the baseball players further. You don't have to be a baseball expert to shoot the shit with professional players for five minutes—it could have been made more wonderfully awkward in ways other than "Selina doesn't know baseball."

Agreed and I think they could have pushed Selina's rapport with the baseball players further. You don't have to be a baseball expert to shoot the shit with professional players for five minutes—it could have been made more wonderfully awkward in ways other than "Selina doesn't know baseball."

I just watched last week's episode on Saturday night and felt like last night's was a slight step down. Splitting up the ensemble made me miss all the back-and-forth from the week before.

I just watched last week's episode on Saturday night and felt like last night's was a slight step down. Splitting up the ensemble made me miss all the back-and-forth from the week before.

It's great! The sugar in the apples caramelizes. It's a bit like a tart kinda. Perfect for lazy people like me who can't f with rolling dough. it has almost a floral, fragrant taste in the end. Very popular with the eaters.

@avclub-bc6a370435552949bcf7927a391bac45:disqus we own a greyhound actually but my parents have had back to back shelties. The personality differences between those two breeds are crazy.

The Catholic Church is a known killjoy. But I did listen to it at the salon on my "getting my hairdone" iPod playlist.

The Catholic Church is a known killjoy. But I did listen to it at the salon on my "getting my hairdone" iPod playlist.

There was a time when I was trying to figure out how to work "I Do I Do I Do" into my wedding ceremony.

There was a time when I was trying to figure out how to work "I Do I Do I Do" into my wedding ceremony.

No, we already did that—now we are enjoying our last vacation before shit gets real.