An Indian I was dating in the Seventies told me his sisters loved Cartland’s novels. And I remember at the time of the royal engagement her insisting that it was “a love match”.

No, they were apart for quite a while after they met, and it’s acknowledged that she had boyfriends. Nobody has been explicit, but she is known as having led the normal life of a young woman.

I have no idea, which means either that I haven’t been keeping up with scandal of the week, or I’ve been keeping up with such dedication that all the scandals are merging into each other.

I remember their orange soda. Does it still exist?

Same. I’ll watch the end, though.

I am sure that if they can depict believable daemons they can depict mulefa. I just hope they don’t look silly.

You never met my 15-year-old daughter...

Thank you both for Wolf in White Van. I’m going to check it out, as in, it’s already in my hot little hand. I read the first 3 pages and am hooked.

I know virtually nothing about this entire genre - so, are there good novels based on role-playing games (real or fictitious) that don’t require a lot of previous knowledge? Maybe in YA?

No, it is slightly changed, and not just the pitch.

I can attest from personal experience that there is nothing like risking your life to help you put everything else into perspective.

I got a kick out seeing Pan momentarily slip when he was walking along the back of the bench Lyra was sitting on — just the way a real animal might.

Back in 12th-grade American History class we were given a list of books from which we could choose two to read. With relief I chose the novels, “The Great Gatsby” and “Tobacco Road”. Like many works which were daringly critical of their time, by the Sixties it seemed pretty pale. The rich lead empty, vapid lives and…

I have occasionally peed in the litter box  when the bathroom is occupied.

A couple of years ago there was a recipe for Thanksgiving dinner made on a single baking sheet (I think it was on this website but I couldn’t find it). Since there is only 1 of me I tried that and it worked so well I’m doing it again.

Good grief, how is this supposed to be worse than shaving your legs (and whatever else) in the shower and eventually clogging up the drain with your body hair? (Who shaves in the shower, anyway? A lot of people, I’m told.)

It always bothered me that Pullman used the word “murderer”, because while Will killed a man, it wasn’t murder, it was unintentional in the course of self-defense.

With regard to the filming of season 3 next year, it may well be a blessing that the kids will have aged several years. (Trying not to be spoiler-y.)

Because bigotry is for everyone!

The heyday was back in my youth, and it’s the reason they instituted metal detectors at airports. The perpetrators mainly wanted money and to get out of the country, instead of trying to kill the passengers or blow up the plane (unless they were nutcases). It was in the Eighties, when hijacking began to be used as a po…