I can’t find the link to the Barbara quote but I can tell you she’s lying. There was a vicious recession then. It’s part of the reason Ford wasn’t reelected and Carter became President in 1976. There was a stock market crash. Inflation was creeping upward. My older brother got laid off from his first job. My father’s…

I work for myself so I bill by the hour. I’ve been going into an office on the reg as a freelancer. Last Friday was the Memorial Day kickoff to summer (in New York at least) and the office had early closure. I had a lot of stuff to do so I stuck around and was being paid for it. Who were the other people left on the…

My husband just kind of brought his dog to college his junior or senior year. He was an RA so he had his own room. I had friends in college who had roommates and cats. None of these loving creatures were service animals, they were just living in an environment with young healthy people with extremely flexible…

Rexos! When I was in elementary school they kept considering advancing me a year (so go from 1st to 3rd grade, or 2nd to 4th grade) but my parents were always against it. I guess they wanted me to soak up as much public education as I could. I had a fantastic memory and was a quick reader, so I’d periodically be sent…

Google “fish house punch.” Rum, peach brandy, and cognac. It’s very potent and expensive to make and peach brandy is sometimes difficult to find but so tasty. And it’s been around forever: George Washington used to serve it, although it’s thought to have originated in Philadelphia.

Congratulations! I used to work in NYC book publishing. If this agent is from a top New York firm she is respected by both authors and publishers. Word gets around fast in publishing; it’s like a medieval guild. If she were screwing around with the authors or bringing crap to the publishers she wouldn’t last long in…

I read something recently about medical school trends and how what we need are OB/GYN, pediatrics, oncology, and gerontology (which apparently almost no one studies and trains for) and what we get are plastic surgeons. What is the most prestigious field? Heart surgery?

The Victorians used to rub gin into their gums. I suppose the 21st century American Medical Association frowns on this though.

Embrace your paleness! I used to be pale but my Anglo-Irish aversion-to-sunshine genes (and alcohol usage and hypertension) kicked in so I always look like I just got back from three years in the Sahara or something. It’s not a bad look, but it is a perpetually sunburned look.

I’ve had my own drunken episodes in public, too many to share, but I’ll share this:

To anchovyparade: Thank you for being an aspiring OB/GYN. So many people in your field shy away from it because of the malpractice insurance issues, of which I’m sure you’re well aware. But without people like you who are willing to help bring new life into this world we’re just going to die out as a species sooner…

I’m a gay man so I have no personal experience with Pap smears but I know you should get one somehow. You can tell doctors anything and everything, as you should. My advice would be, think “I’m better than the asshole who raped me and I’m going to outlive him, that monster.” And one of the ways you’re going to outlive…

I’m commenting on Househounters International to the point of obsession, I know, but I cannot help myself. There was one couple who were looking for places in and around Rotterdam. I got excited because I’ve always wanted to go and somehow missed it when I lived in Europe. The househunters were shown these dreary…

Glad to be of service. I know that if I conga’d through a posh hotel dining room eyebrows would be raised.

You were deployed to Iraq? How did I not know this? I know that you’re a frequent commenter, we have commented to each other, although I’ve been under several different burner accounts because I keep losing the Kinja keys.

I can’t get my unnecessary comment to delete. So, [Redacted]

It’s a (mangled) Jezebel reference actually. I can’t find it, thanks Kinja. There was a story about Queen Elizabeth II’s young womanhood, who was a mechanic during WWII, and when VE Day happened there was so much joy she snuck out and took to the streets. They ended up at a very posh hotel dining room. The Jezebel…

Me too, I’m old enough to be the father of some of these commenters, and I know one of the “I Love You Man” cast members. I’ve done a road trip and played Rush!

Nothing evokes the spirit of the holidays better than a photo of a dog boner. I could have put the “Oh, Christ!” back in Christmas!

Yes, or Lah-goss or Lah-goez. I’m not sure why the city of Lagos comes up so much within my hearing but it does. And the only reason I know how it’s pronounced is the husband of a friend of mine works for an oil company and was transferred there.