Different Seasons is great, but it's 4 novellas/longer stories, so I don't think it'd be a good representation. (That said, I can't decide which one I would pick myself — I'd rather make my own with all the best stories. Maybe Skeleton Crew I guess.)

Not only an upvote but an actual LOL for that.

You don't have to go to another country to do that, Diane.

I liked the opening page the best.

The part where the dad imagines the kid's whole future life in one paragraph did it for me even as a teen and as a parent I can barely even remember that.

I totally thought that when I saw him hit his head.
Also, that slide projector thing wasn't in the book, was it?

I'm reading Moonglow right now but TYPU was great.

It's educational.

Well he *was* on Dancing with the Stars. Not for very long though.

That would be a good super-hero name. He could be the sidekick to Musical Theatre Man.

Were there any other women auditioning?

Someone should invent some kind of fake hair actors could wear when playing characters with different hairstyles than they have in other roles (or real life).

Ha, I had no idea what he was talking about — I've only seen it written and since I'm Canadian I assumed it was pronounced the French way. (as in, you can still hear the 'r').

Can you believe that we're watching a live-action TV show where we get Vibe, Kid Flash, and Martian Manhunter teaming up? If these shows were on when I was twelve, my head would explode.

I think that's it — if EK meant "I only order things I couldn't make at home", then that makes sense. (And I get that it's not literally couldn't but also includes stuff that is a lot of trouble, etc.)

Not helpful either but I did that with a rag once. Needed a new engine (it was my parents' car, too).

Canned peas are not good for anything ever. *maybe* making mushy peas — I don't know but I'd take someone else's word for it if they tried it.

Why not just make it at home then?

I quit coffee a couple of months ago when I was sick (too sick to keep any down) for a couple of days. I am back to occasional mid-afternoon ones but I don't have two in the morning anymore. I noticed after a few days it got easier to get up in the morning.

I never tried it but kombucha always looks to me like it expired a while ago.