The badly proofread Daily Mail article explains that her amicable ex had sent an old picture to her as a joke, she deleted it, and the horrible guy grabbed it from the digital trash on her personal computer. It sounds like there was more than one photo, but that’s the story of one of them.

So, David Lynch agrees with Ramona Quimby’s mom, who thought coloring books “were not creative.” So Ramona rebelliously drew her own, and then filled in the lines with crayons, thinking to herself that it was a soothing activity. Kids will play what they want.

I’m so sorry. Do you need help?

I read or heard a similar story, but I can’t remember if it’s real or fictional. A man got a letter from Major League Baseball hiring him as a pro ballplayer, but his mother didn’t want him to for some reason, and hid the letter. Decades later, after she was dead, his family found it. The inadequate consolation was,…

Thank you! I posted this info on my Facebook page. I know a lot of my friends are feeling powerless about this, and will welcome the concrete suggestions of how to help.

I didn’t use the word “censor” in my first comment; you were the one who introduced it. All I said was that I don’t think it’s necessary to show children gory film footage in order to teach them that violence and cruelty are wrong. I never said that I object to the content’s very existence.

I never said “censor.” That means the government cuts up the film. And I didn’t say there should be no discussion of violence or human cruelty. I just think you can explain concepts to children without gory movie footage that is most likely not realistic anyway. There’s also some evidence that watching bloody films…

“needs to be watched by kids before someone trains them out of their natural empathy for other human beings”

I just looked up that case, and the girlfriend’s mother’s lawyer for the wrongful death suit against Carrey was...(wait for it)...Michael Avenatti, Stormy’s lawyer. According to CBS, it’s the same guy. Bizarre.

“How are schools instigating harm?”

Yep. “One of his friends told me the boys were not to blame, and that there was a difference between women who wore loose niqabs and tight ones.”

I hadn’t heard of this actress or her projects—thank you for enlightening me!

CogentComment’s info about Persky going light on first-time offenders is the first I’ve heard of that. Previously, news coverage talked about how Persky treated a Hispanic convict worse than Turner, for a similar crime. Whether that reflects his usual attitude is hard to say; the article CogentComment cited quotes…

The whole worship of money and empty materialism is problematic in American culture. What’s so great about being able to buy a Bentley? Sure, it’s pleasant if you like them, but it does nothing to help anyone else, and it supports a mindless luxury market whose products aren’t actually well made. IMO, not a very…

This book really helped me when I was young, but I was recently recommended by my OB/GYN to read their other volume about menopause, and it was terrifying.

Even on eBay the dolls are kind of pricey, but there are some DIY videos on YouTube about how to make your own AG doll clothes, if it helps. There’s even one that doesn’t require sewing (I have not vetted it).

I think the fact that our society expects women to be responsible for so many personal things—housecare, childcare/parenting, social stuff like setting up activities and gifting—is a huge psychological burden on women. There’s always a voice in your head telling you you’re failing in some area, and men don’t seem to…

I was just looking this up recently (to fact-check the sign I was making for the protest), and James Madison wrote the original, but it was cut down quite a bit before it was adopted. You can see the first version here (it’s Article the Fifth in the original, 2nd image on the page), full of copyediting marks—no wonder…

I see nothing in your link about the Clintons.

Where do you even go to buy a $31,000 dining set? Is he getting original Frank Lloyd Wright furniture?