This little monster, Jack, or Señor Sassypants as I’ve taken to calling him, was demolishing anything in a plastic bag he could get his teeth into while at my parents house over Christmas. My mom was thawing a pound of butter on the counter so we could make cookies, guess who just had to get his teeth in it. See…

My sister has commented that everyone she knew who was due in the fall of 2016 delivered 3 weeks early (or so). So maybe there a whole bunch of babies who knew they needed to be born because they needed to balance out the universe for all the immense losses this year.

My parents went to Costco ( we are from a small town that doesn’t have one so they always have a list of things they need ) on the interminable wait between the ceremony and reception at my cousins wedding. I don’t think anyone noticed they were gone, and they were gone for well over an hour

My Ocarina of Time Golden Cartridge was stolen by the carpet installer when it was quite new (or is installed under the carpet in house I moved away from in 2003).

Now I will wait for this to get released so I can listen to the How Did The Get Made on it, because you know they are getting Adam Scott back to discuss this.

Maybe the fireworks will look like this ...

I will use that as an internal mantra to not eat foods that I know make me feel unwell, or are bad for me.

If it’s a long term consumable (like the salt) that’s fine, but for most part no, no, no, no.

It upsets me when people get upset about immigrants and I ask if they mean me too (I grew up on a green card in the US and naturalized when I was 17). Usually, they say well not you ... but the thing that makes me difference is that I immigrated from Canada and have white skin, blonde hair and green eyes, and speak…

Check out the interview with the director and Gene Denby on CodeSwitch, and it is incredible. The conversation has no major spoilers but made me want to go see it, and I’m not usually a movie person.

I will be starting a 4 day training course. While I’m in Canada, I think there will be Americans on the course as well so we can watch the returns on our phones together, while not drinking.

I voted for Ross Perot in our school election when I was in 2nd grade 1992) as the kid playing him rode my bus.

I have that Maroon 5 album from the same era and I got reminded about it all summer as the camp counsellors had access to my iPod and the kitchen staff played it once a day for some unknown reason.

Nah, you gotta leave it up just in case they turn around and lunge at you with their .... ummm ... gun, yes gun, there was a gun.

Really? I figured they were a non-entitity in the CMA/Country music establishment.

Oh it was swift, harsh and fairly permanent. They were quite literally at the top of the world and then their fans were getting out steamrollers to crush piles of their albums.

There was a second album? I was so excited when I saw the first one and then it was just ... nothing ... I promptly forgot about it. Never noticed there was a second one.

Not Ready To Make Nice is one of my “pump up” songs because the rightous anger that they show about how they were treated for daring to take a stand in country music (that looking back at the shit coming out of everyone’s mouths is so freaking adorable and quaint, and totally true).

Can we talk about the fact that she also brought the Dixie Chicks with her! I can’t believe it has been 13 years since they got taken down over trashing George W. Considering the shit being said about Beyonce, what they said back them was just so minor.

Agreed! However, I will accept the Hamil-bun on Lin (and the rest of the cast) over every other instance of the manbun in modern society.