Is it West or Williamson? Did I miss something?

Long happy marriages run on both sides of the family. But you go right on being the bad fairy that ill wishes people on the internet if that gives you joy.

She will always be my "kid." I'm around 50 and am still one of my parents' kids.

Yours is just the last bit of snark I read, so this is not entirely directed at you, but my kid had a ring like when she was 22. My future son-in-law was the same age, and bought it with money he'd saved all of his life.

Free of genetic disease? They have Joe Francis genes!

But the msuic of the time was incredibly choice. Bad hair, awesome music. Behold the part of the album cover of "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, " by Traffic.

We are not people. We're defective men, silly.

You were raised on literal biblical reading AND a Catholic? I always thought that true and literal were seen as different concepts in Catholicism. I was raised Catholic and was always taught that understanding the New Testament can and did evolve. (But I grew up in the '60s and '70s, when the church cared about things…

While I appreciate your Petty love (you clearly are a discerning person), "Refugee" is one of his weakest songs. You want to get someone into him, you gotta start with "Breakdown." That song is full-on guitar sex. And, of course, "American Girl" is literally perfect. And I am not missuing "literally." The song does…

Awesome! :)

I live with a. Lot of nature. Nature is appallingly noisy. It's funny that city people think the country is quiet.

I think his policy is intrusive. I don't think he's as adorable as everyone else does. Got a Glenn Beck vibe.

He wouldn't have had a bit of trouble at my university. We have absolute authority when it comes to forbidding phone use—except when a student has asked to have the phone out for a special reason—like needing to know when to pick up granny from dialysis.

I feel for you. I live in a super conservative area. Is it possible you could work on this with your primary care provider? I find that in small towns a lot of GP's are very cool people.

I don't understand what your words mean.

I understand. Schools can be big places. At least your friend had creep-dar.

You can't say that and not give details.

Because I once lived there. The schools were good and the people were nice and quite well educated. We enjoyed the experience.

Wow. I really did expect more than that from Jersey. Seriously.

Isn't this the approach that Elizabeth Smart told us all about? The one that made her feel dirty and spoiled for being a kidnapped and raped child? She made it clear that this type of "education" made her trauma even worse .