I can’t get too mad at the BN news - it was only a matter of time. I was a loyal Nook tablet owner for years, through the Nook HD+. It was a great device, with solid apps. Then, they added Google Play & Kindle store access...which was great for me as an end-user, but signaled an overall lack of company confidence in…

YES.

Whoa.

That was probably for the best.

“Never Ever” is my go-to karaoke song. Well, that and “Dreams” - who doesn’t love some Stevie Nicks? I am probably the one person out there who’s happy to see All Saints coming back.

Rereading that response, I realized I got a bit “teacher-voice” in it. I’m a huge supporter of historical sites (tbh, I have a membership to Eastern State), particularly those that illustrate uncomfortable times in U.S. history, because we have a collective tendency to want to forget about them. (Hey, there, election…

I will say that the regular tour at Eastern State is incredibly respectful and emphasizes the complexity and suffering of the inmates. Last time I visited, they had an exhibit that compared U.S. imprisonment rates with those of other countries - it was very much an activist exhibit designed to highlight the problems…

I am not at all surprised that someone thought this Angola race was a cool idea. Some runners have an absolute blind spot when it comes to race events - they need a “good hook,” some interesting bling to make the race worth their while. (And that price doesn’t surprise me - it’s actually quite reasonable from what…

Were you in Alabama? I had one, too :/

So many hugs for making it through that time. College is not an easy time for most people. I am glad you are here.

I attended Virginia Tech the year after the shooting, and I saw my friends, colleagues, and professors having to process trauma that no one should ever have to handle.

Seriously. This is one of my worst fears. We’ve lost several students at my campus to suicide in the last few years. Each time we hear about one, it’s like losing all of them again. These have (thus far) occurred off campus, on weekends or over breaks. Imagine the possibility of it happening on campus, in a classroom,…

I haven’t heard the pig one, and I LOVE IT. Permission to steal?

Mine for the onset of cramps/bleeding is Not A Mother’s Day, because it turns the worst day of it all into a celebration...and a celebration means cake or ice cream. Or pizza. Maybe all of the above, if I’m really feeling it.

That is an interesting question! The midcentury craze REALLY exploded when Mad Men premiered in 2007, but it couldn’t have been the beginning. The thoughts might have been planted there. It also could be that those of us who are now of “furniture-buying age” grew up with that style in our parents’ or grandparents’…

Now I want that coffee table, in addition to the chair.

I still dream about that chair. I never drooled over any of the outfits, but damn, I wanted that chair.

You’re so perfect in every other way, I think we can forgive you...this once :)

I believe you mean “every-bodddaaaayyy” :)

Please do! :)