I really don’t get why they’re coming for her. If any romance writer could make romance leave behind the snarky comments (such as the awesome ones in this article YAWN), it would be she. She’s so funny and smart. 

This is an outsider’s take, which makes sense.

We also have had a lot of luck trolling used book stores for children’s books from the 1970s. For whatever reason, they seem to have a lot more inclusive cast of characters, a la Sesame Street. Old copies of Cricket Magazine, same. 

“Not anachronistic”

TSwift is showing what an atheist she’s become; the Christmas tree stays up for the 12 days of Christmas, Christmas Eve through Epiphany (Jan. 6), the feast of the three kings.

I think that’s the movie’s position, but I recall at the time a lot of people coming away from it thinking the only standup character was the sister, or maybe the meathead.

It’s precisely the Tracy Flick quality of Witherspoon that makes Elle Woods work IMO.

Exactly so. It’s our very first new car, which was unexpected, but because of the discounts and extended warranty, it seemed like a good idea. It’s OK, but just, you know, not a volvo. :)

Indeed! One of those home organs your elderly aunt from the South might have played.

Our Volvo wagon just died after a long storied career. I miss it! We replaced it with a VW wagon, which, fine. But older boxy Volvos are freaking amazing. I once bought a three register, full pedal Hammond from an estate sale. And brought it home in the Volvo.

There’s a certain subset of “fashion” clothing that is hideous or boxy or in a dreadful color precisely because really only stick skinny perfect people can get away with it. It’s the ultimate fuck you clothing. It’s terrible, but because the assumed buyer is so hot, it looks OK anyway. Woe be the consumer who looks at…

Fair enough. I don’t know a lot about this particular idol’s situation, more reacting to the general state of the idol industry. Thanks for the link.

Yeah, my impression is that Korea is super conservative, but also really really different and difficult to compare. There are some things that are legitimately better, like say, the fact that male beauty/softness is an acceptable thing. But yeah, it’s not high on my list of places I’d live, due to misogyny and…

Korean celebrities, especially but not exclusively female ones, are expected to project sexual availability while also insisting on total virginity and singlehood; it’s only in the last few years that a pop star can even talk to another celebrity or be too close to someone of the opposite sex without scandal ensuing.…

Watched a bit of this but it didn’t measure up to the kdrama adaptation that aired around the same time and I ended up watching the kdrama instead, which was fantastic.

Home for the Holidays is my one Thanksgiving tradition. Every person, including the horrible sister, is total magic.

This is the right answer, and very similar to my exit line.

IDK. I’ve pulled the plug on dates, both in the noxious case and just the bad match case.

This is just a twist on the the old midwestern goodbye: “I’m going to let you go.”

I have not, though I at first thought you meant School Ties, which is not at all Kicking and Screaming, but I think featured Affleck in a minor roll? Total spank bank material of my youth.