Growing up in Georgia, my two best friends were Catholic and I was Wiccan. The Baptist kids lumped us together. They told my friends they weren’t really Christians and needed to be saved. (They threatened to burn me at the stake, because kids at 12-15 are great.)

I was on vacation for 2 weeks - one at the beach, and one in CA that included 2 days at Disneyland. I worked remotely a little to keep up with things, but mostly avoided much except the occasional digest of the news and used up a bunch of leave that was set to expire. It was magnificent. Disneyland was *actually*…

Your comment makes me think of this:

That Flannery O’Connor video just brightened up my whole day. Who knew that little girl would grow up to write such dark stories?

THANK. YOU. My first thought was that she looked like younger, pre-so-much-surgery Ivanka, and I’m glad that I’m not the only one.

My parents tried buying Chobani because of that and took one bite and had the same what-the-hell-is-this reaction that I had way back when I tried Chobani. It’s a damn shame - they do seem like a nice company, but it’s the only yogurt I ever spit in the trash.

1) It was an op-ed, not a reported story. While the editorial board should be more responsible, it isn’t quite the same.

Also true in DC.

True story - I could give my kid one of those Trader Joe’s “Hold the Cone” ice cream cones (those things are the greatest) and give her less than 1/3 of the sugar of a container of Yoplait. So this ad does make me feel better about being a mom who tells her kid to go ahead and get an ice cream cone out of the…

They had “Uh-Oh Oreos” at one point in the early 2000s, right before they introduced Golden Oreos - they were “Uh-Oh” because the chocolate and vanilla got reversed. I just looked, and while they did sell them again as Golden Chocolate Creme Oreos at some point, they don’t appear to be around at the moment. (This…

Bless her former boss’ heart.

I spent two days at Disneyland last week with my husband and kid. Completely apolitcal bliss. It was so nice to just not have to think about it *all* the time - I realized how much stress it’s been causing me. (I’m a Federal attorney in DC - I think about this stuff *ALL* the time.)

I start with Vaseline - I progress to Neosporin when the Vaseline just makes it sting more (i.e., it’s cracking and bleeding and getting infected). (God, colds suck.)

Really? I just got back from a visit to LA and was struck by the fact that I went to at least two restaurants that didn’t have bathrooms - they directed you to public bathrooms a block away - so I thought maybe it wasn’t as strict there. However, they were very small places, and maybe it’s “must have a restroom…

I actually get the home DD coffee and make it and it’s good - and then I get it at the store and it’s like, “Do you... actually use your own coffee? Or is it that you use it 10 or 12 times?”

Even Rittenhouse/Center City used to be cheaper. A friend of mine had a studio a couple blocks east of Rittenhouse with high ceilings (and floor-to-ceiling windows) that was incredibly lovely and peaceful. It was $650/month when she left around 2005. (Of course, now I have to acknowledge that that was more than a…

I clicked through and she also mentioned dry nostrils when she travels - I use it around my nose whenever I have a cold/bad allergies and my nose starts getting a little raw.

My husband and I went to see the production of “Uncle Vanya” with Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving (among others) that was on at the Kennedy Center about 6 years ago. The production was fantastic, but something that made both of us nuts was the weirdness of the audience reaction to the occasional dry joke. Chekov has…

So was Cameron Todd Willingham, who likely didn’t kill his children, but was put to death for it anyway.

On cutting back - my husband and I did start to run into drinking wine with dinner every evening, rather than just occasionally, during this same period. (I work for the Federal government and have an anxiety disorder; this period has not been good for me.) I wanted to cut back for a couple reasons (I think I get…