Incidentally, I hated this entry. Thought it was disrespectful for such a lovely photo of what would be a joyful religious sacrament. BUT, that's nothing to do with Doug. I am over people complaining about him too. Every writer screws up sometimes. I usually like Madeline Davies, but that Full House thing recently was…

Thanks for pointing that out. I was just getting ready to poke around online and see if I could figure out who he is. It was going to drive me nuts. You know he's thinking, "I really don't want to have this conversation with my kid yet."

They have eyebrow extension fibres now and I am all over it. I LOVE them. I have managed to grow back fairly good eyebrows, but there are a few patches of sparseness. The product I just got (can't remember the name, but the packaging looks cheap as hell) fixes it right up. Amazing.

My friend said he smoked the joint in the smoker's lounge in transit (not sure what city - he was on a cheap flight that went every way but the quickest), and that he got really messed up and felt lousy for the rest of the flight. I guess he got lucky in Iceland. Dummy. I don't even get in the car with him without…

They could do a current day Cagney and Lacey. Yep, I'd watch that.

I have a friend who did the same thing coming to Australia, but it was laced with something exciting. I can't remember. I just remember thinking he was an idiot. He also accidentally took cocaine into Iceland. He's a very loveable moron. Somehow Australia and Iceland seem safer than China. Eep.

He is horrible and offensive and so wrong, and he makes me spit laughing. I don't understand it. I want to be all pissed off, but I am so busy gasping for air I can't muster the outrage. Sometimes I really do get angry at some of the racist shit, but he's so utterly equal opportunity horrible, I don't think it's…

I know quite a few people who are Christians who incorporate elements of Buddhism into the practice of their faith. I used to have a book about how Buddhism and meditation were complimentary to Christianity when I was a kid. I wish there was more of that kind of easy crossover in religious practice.

I am so sorry about your dad.

This makes me miss the days of the PM on Jezebel. I wish I could ask you more questions. Your reply really affected me. I have a lot of distance between the somber child I was and my silly current self, but it was such a strange and complicated way of experiencing childhood. I felt people's pain so intensely. I am a…

I had never thought of it, but I would love to write down those memories. Maybe I will. Thanks for the encouragement.

You know, I haven't really thought about it in those terms, but of course that kind of thing would be much rarer these days. I can't imagine my kid having enough unsupervised freedom to wander the neighborhood and find a kindred spirit. Granted, I lived in a really rural area, in a small cluster of homes surrounded by…

That's pretty incredible. You are really lucky, and so was your grandma! I was practically raised by my next door neighbor, who was born in 1921. I just adopted her as a toddler and my parents let me do it. I stayed at her house most nights as a young kid, and always when I was sick. I went to her house every morning…

Apparently you can use baking soda too, but salt is something most people have around in bulk. It cuts the oxygen supply. I'm not even telling how many times I have had to use this trick. I'm clumsy as hell.

You might have missed that "getting into computers" boat by two decades or so. That's kind of cute, from your grands. But I see why you are annoyed. Mr. Bytherecordmachine's mom scans the papers for articles about the failing music industry and emails them to us BOTH. It's exhausting. Before we moved, we were spending…

You are smarter than I. That, or I am an idiot optimist.

This is pure comedy gold! I have set the oven on fire a couple of times. Just totally unable to estimate how much batter to put in a cake pan. But my dad taught me years ago (knowing how hopeless my case is) that you can put out an oven fire with salt. Just pour a shitload of plain old table salt on the fire and it…

Ha! I know where you're coming from. My husband has worked in the music industry for 15 years and his mother still asks him when he is going to get a serious career. And gives him flyers about law school. We live overseas now though, so it's a damn sight easier to opt out of family Thanksgiving.

When you get a migraine, does the smell of your deodorant make you sick? It's one of the worst things for me. I'm lying down, half dead, and the fruity scent of Secret is making need to vomit. Yuck.

I was just coming here to say I am getting some aura symptoms and this post just made me shudder. I really need to go take some Migraleve, but I have my son and no sitter and I am afraid it will make me sleep. I love how kind the OP's parents were. I hope my kid never gets this, but if he does, I hope I have the…