I did my best to play with her with her toys. We played together. I’m far from perfect. There were times I just asked her to let me rest while I put something on for her and laid out her toys. But I always tried to find a time to actively play with her. Whether it was with her toys together, or a game (she loved…

Jeez, I’m seeing a lot of cynicism so far on here. Am I one of the few people who still believe in the value of playing with toys?

I bought my daughter (born in 2003) toys when she was growing up and we played with them together. It helped I worked in toy stores the first 3 years of her life and could get them at a…

As you say, this is how people FEEL who are in the trenches of these issues. Its not how it really is for the most part. They may be wrong. In fact, in some cases, they are and their feelings are fueled by their distaste for sports and athletic culture.

Most of the time to average, school sports programs motivate…

I love Geere on YOU’RE THE WORST so it was a pleasure to see him and he and Tatro played well off each other and the Dunphys to great effect. He also had his own wonderful moments and was as funny as ever. I was not at all familiar with Tatro, so when he was carrying Alex out of her smoke-filled room and asked “Is…

My daughter and I had hot dogs with mashed potatoes at the American Swedish Institute here in Minneapolis at their Midsommer Event and were blown away with how good they were. I had no idea that combination could work like that, but WOW.

I see Flash say “That Jessica nerd” but was the Goth girl in the panel her? I don’t remember Jessica looking like that ever in high school in the scenes I’ve seen in ALIAS with her in those days. I thought that was someone else. It COULD be her. But that’s why I asked. I didn’t think that was her, but I guess it must…

I have to say, I wish Older Peter had let Younger Peter at least get a shove or something in on Flash in this case. Seriously. What a dick comment. I know its from a thoughtless, snotty, pretty stupid teenager. But still.

Sigh. That’s a shame, because they’d make a great couple in a lot of ways actually. Maybe we’ll see a cameo from her later in this too.

Man, I thought I was just being silly when I picked Michigan in one of my 25 brackets to win it all. Now I feel like I made a pretty savvy choice after that annihilation. Also, in that same bracket where I have them winning it all, I have 6 of the remaining 8 teams playing tonight. This boggles my mind. But if you…

Great writing Kate! Congratulations. You expressed your time there and how special the place was beautifully. It was a joy to read.

I worked at d’Bronx on Bell St. Deli & Pizzeria in Kansas City (some family owned it at the time) in the summer 0f 1996. I had wanted to work longer, but my grandmother passed away and I…

Invulnerability seems pretty great. Its a bit like the healing factor, but imagine it with feeling no pain. See, everytime Wolverine gets shot, stabbed, burned, hit, kicked, blown up, etc. it HURTS. Pain sucks. If you’re invulnerable and bullets bounce off you and feel like nothing...wow. No FORCE could stop you. I…

Small toy stores are very special and have an important role to play. I worked in a small, independent store called Puzzle Zoo, only 3 or 4 stores in its local area. It was a great store in its way and thanks to where it was it got a lot of customers. At the same time, we were lucky at the location I worked at, as…

As someone who worked in toy stores for over 5 years, I am really saddened by this. FAO Schwarz is gone, and now this. All that’s left is small, regional independent toy stores that can’t compare to the experience of walking into a big free-standing toy store.

No “Toy Section” in any store is the same for a child (and…

Idaho might not be as crazy a place as I thought since it rightly likes the Peach ones the best. Then again...its still batshit crazy Idaho. Well, it got one thing right.

“far more effective is Tracy’s impassioned speech before the school board, asking why the district’s financial priorities lie with an athletics program that destroys students’ minds and bodies, and not a theater production that would enrich their lives.”

This right here is why I’m kind of already soured on this show,…

Boy the staff of Deadspin must be absolutely full of Cardinals haters to rank Fredbird so low. He’s great. But I get it. I’m going to assume that someone on your staff also runs the “Best Fans in Baseball” Twitter feed too. Even though I’m a Cards fan, I’ll admit it, I find it hilarious. A lot of our fans are The…

I remember seeing this in theaters and LOVING it. There was also a cool poster for it in my issue of NINTENDO POWER for the video game that was made for it. Its a fantastic movie in every way. As others pointed out, there was a time when even vicious gangsters knew it was right to punch Nazis.

Everyone is rightly talking about his wonderful work in so many M*A*S*H* episodes—the one with the stuttering soldier and when he gets his toboggan cap from Radar are my favorite dramatic ones, for comedy-when he is sending a letter to his father after just being assigned permanently to the 4077 “Dad...get me the HELL…

I never got in to CI but I saw the Colbert episode and he was fantastic in it.

You’re welcome. Hope they have Heggies there at the one near you.