As a native of a south suburb of Chicago, I heartily agree.

When I was in college, I worked with someone whose boyfriend was attending another university and majoring in golf course design management. I didn’t know there was the necessity to design a whole major around golf courses: apparently so.

Brown?

Whereabouts? I have friends who, for all intents and purposes, live in suburban Chicago in Indiana, and most of them are terrified if Trump gets even some votes.

Fascinating: thank you! I had no idea that any gender differences existed in swimming strokes.

Can you go into more detail about the differences between the male and female techniques? I thought the swimmers just swam: obviously not.

Props for the awesomeness of “flying rat’s patoot”.

They’re also great when working at an outdoor festival. I can keep my bottle opener, wine key, phone, keys, ID wallet (courtesy of the London Underground), and perfectly tinted lip balm on my person instead of leaving them in some unguarded area. And you can travel lightly!

Yes! That MoroccanOil is astounding for the curls, and smells great as well..

Yes. Also, I strongly object to using “pussy”, as a noun, adjective, or verb, as an insult or synonym of weakness.

My ex-bf’s parents live in a General Electric house from the 1930's (I think) in Central Illinois. They’ve kept most of the original style and elements from that era, and one part that still looks good after eight decades is the rose-colored horsehair wall-to-wall carpeting in the living and dining rooms. But the…

A looong time ago, my then-bf and I took a theatre trip to New York. We stayed at his old friend’s father’s NYC apartment. I phrase it that way because the old friend’s father was one of the lead attorneys on the AT&T divestiture (that shows you how long ago it was). The father, who was based at a law firm in Chicago,…

(too much giggling)

And the books are almost always turned so that the spines of the book face the wall.

And all these people want the open floor plan because A) they want to keep an eye on their kids and B) they want to be able to interact with their guests when they entertain. Well, A: what if the kids are in their own room(s), outside playing, or doing something else not in the open floor plan? And B: just how often…

I’ve read that on the campaign trail, Hilary has had to choose her wardrobe to accommodate a bulletproof vest. It’s hard to look sleek like Michelle Obama when you have to figure Kevlar in the ensemble. I think Hilary looks great, and I’d love to see her adopt a signature piece, a la Madeleine Albright’s brooches.

My dad was A Very Big Deal in the Army. He had a saying: “Eagles don’t flock”. Sometimes I agree, sometimes not. He also gave me a carved wood sign that read “Illegitimi non carborundum”, which loosely translated means, “Don’t let the bastards get you down”. This one, I agree with.

I thought it was Heisenberg.

I can’t stop giggling at this.

THANK YOU. Yes, it would have been a gigantic pain to many people if we hosted the Olympics. But here? We have Lake Michigan, the facilities at Soldier Field, Wrigley Field, University of Chicago, Northwestern, U of I Champaign/Urbana (two hours south) and probably Milwaukee (two + hours north), one major…