A human trafficking ring involving over a dozen massage parlors was busted about 90 miles south of where I live last week.

No. Just no. I work in an indie bookstore in the middle of Missouri. We have to put up signs in our new age section stating that the voodoo dolls and Ouija boards are not actual demonic devices. We sell a lot of bibles and other religious paraphernalia. We stock the Chicken Soup for the Soul books but we rarely sell…

I saw him referred to as Bilbo Bigot on another site today and I thought it fit very well. Plus it made me giggle.

What’s funny is that the 2016 Missouri Democratic candidate for US Senate did have an ad featuring him handling a gun:

My mother and father, in their late 60s and early 70s respectively, tell me all the time about how holding your right hand over your heart and standing for the National Anthem weren’t really a thing when they were younger. I have never had a conversation with them about when that changed or if it was a gradual thing.…

Unfortunately I did not think of that at the time, but now I really wish I would have.

I work at a book and toy store that offers free gift wrapping. I had a woman by his newest book, the one on the best seller list you mentioned, as a gift for her husband and asked for it to be wrapped. I had to hold down the vomit while I wrapped it. I didn’t want to touch it more than absolutely needed.

Wow. After watching that I just sat in a state of shock for several seconds. No, just no.

I saw that exhibit when it was at Union Station in KC. I agree, the dresses were the best part. I went with my sister and mother and we were getting worried that it was another exhibit that was not worth paying for. But when we walked into the dress gallery..... I’m not a huge fashion fan, but I can appreciate it. My…

There were a trio of conspiracy theorists in the series. They were called The Lone Gunmen. They were in one episode of the reboot, Babylon, which may be who you are referring too. They also had their own short-lived self-titled spin-off series. They were (at least to me) a semi-parody of the Alex Joneses and Art Bells…

With the most yuge, most luxurious, best nail gun that was made in America*!

My mother has a Master’s in Library Science and was just a handful of credit hours from her Specialist. She did not pursue her Specialist, even though she wanted to, because it would “price her out” of the district in which she taught. Apparently, our district only allowed a limited number of PhDs and Specialists…

THIS! My mother was a fourth grade teacher then an elementary reading teacher and eventually an elementary librarian covering two schools in the district. I think she had the most work as a librarian. Not only did she have two libraries to take care of, book orders to make and process, developing lesson plans, and…

I present you with the My Buddy doll.  My sister and I have a friend who had one of these back in the late ‘80s.  True story: We used to hang him upside down in her closet and hit him with a bat.

“Hi! My name is Judson Moon. I’m 12 years old and I’m running for President of the YOU-nited States.”

So begins this fast-paced, funny, and surprising account of a boy’s run for the Oval Office in the year 2000. Under the tutelage of Lane, his brainy friend and self-appointed campaign manager, the affable…

Claire McCaskill is one of my Senators. (Fuck you, Roy Blunt!!! I like to say this whenever I have the opportunity) Yes, I know she’s not perfect, but I totally understand your feeling of needing Elizabeth Warren in the Senate. Recently retired NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, a Missourian, said he would not rule out…

Parents monitored internet usage in the early days of net? Really? I was online in my early teens around ‘93ish when I was like 12 and I was on a local dial-up service/BBS (which was owned and operated by a close friend of my father) for a few years before that. My father was/is a huge techie, but was also all about…

My mother puts powdered Italian salad dressing mix on her popcorn. It’s actually quite tasty.

When I heard that Tamron was getting removed from Today and that Kelly was taking over, I knew Tamron wasn’t going to take that shit. And I don’t blame her. I mean, I’m happy that Kelly left Fox and I’m glad she spoke out against Murdoch, but I’m sad that Tamron was the collateral damage. I love Tamron and I hope she…

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