Thanks. Sounds like a regional term that blew up. Interesting.

It really bothers me that a lot of the bands that I grew up loving wouldn't even get deals today. Too old, too ugly, not enough universal appeal. Whatever. There is so little faith in the listening public, and then the rationale from the labels is that they're giving people what they want. It just feels like a race to…

This is why the music I make gets stuck with crazy tags like "indie-folk-americana." There is no room in pop anymore for sounds that used to fit happily "on the dial." I miss the breadth that used to be present in the pop/rock category.

I graduated HS in the 90s and did most of my dabbling in the 90s, but I had never heard the term Molly till recently. Was it maybe a regional thing? I was in the Midwest (poor me).

Wouldn't that be great? Bring back the sultry glances from Bogart/Bacall films, or the madcap double entendres of Howard Hawkes' movies. Sigh. Subtlety. It's so sexy, and so out of fashion.

I had that same odd experience. A co-worker. She was so insistent that I just smiled and conceded that anything's possible. It made her happy.

Thank you for that. I was sort of despairing over my lack of dinner inspiration lately and now I am ALL FIRED UP to make this stuff.

I don't think we're all that far apart actually. I think I was 18 when he died. I just came to the party at a young age. I was the same with my regard for him. He was an interesting actor. You always felt like there was more under the surface. Not just pain, either. Anger, restlessness, frustration. He reminds me of…

I had the same Martha Plimpton issues. Even though I know now that she is beyond awesome and wonderful, and after all, she is in Goonies. I just find it really bizarre that seeing pictures of River Phoenix can still make me feel all stupid and giddy (and then sad). I think he may be the most beautiful creature I ever…

God, that boy. I have never gotten over him. Still get preteen butterflies every time I see a photo. Sigh. Poor kid.

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I love mushrooms, edible or no. If the orange one you posted has gills on the underside, it's probably not a bolete. Boletes have a spongy, pore-like underside. And they are cool. And I am a geek. It all started with the morels we used to gather in the woods behind my house and now I am a mushroom photographing dork.…

That is brutal. After all that thought and care. Blllrgh. People.

I got mine as a sample. I don't remember why, but it was big - bigger than usual sample size. I had it cut down - practically remade - and it was still thousands cheaper than the original would have been.

I had every intention of turning my dress into a christening gown or baby quilt. But then life happened and my kid got christened at 18 months in a white gap polo. I'll not be having any daughters to wear my (insanely expensive flocked velvet Carolina Herrera) gown. Maybe I can donate it?

I like your dogs' style. I just had weird insanely healthy craving. Two apples a day and I ate sardines!

The last two weeks of my pregnancy all I did was watch Ace of Cakes and eat cake. No joke. This after a model pregnancy where I exercised every day and ate sensibly. I think babypants needed to put on some quick pounds to hurry up and get born. I can't even watch Ace of Cakes now!

You have NOT missed the boat. I know it's hard not to get worn down by all the panic media we are hit with, but I have had three different gyn doctors tell me that until your late 30s you have a good chance of being able to get pregnant. And some women get lucky after that. That gives you almost a decade of fertility…

Amen for the weekend Aunties. We salute you, madame.

I was so excited for the wine, but I have lost my endurance. Now I drink half a bottle and I am tanked. But it's just as well because I can't be any good for my kid with a splitting headache and a mad craving for egg and cheese rolls. I know what you mean about all the negative advice coming out once you're pregnant…