People ask me all the time why I don’t have kids. I always answer the same way, “I didn’t want any.”

Agreed! I had a former classmate from high school chat me on Facebook, and soon we got around to kids, and I said I had none. She literally just stopped chatting, and I never heard from her again. It was tremendously weird.

Love this story. Ghost offended by sloppy eating!

I think this is a beautiful story.

Beautiful. I’m sure your mom was happy that your son saw her, and that you said you loved her. I think that people “linger” for a little while. When my mother died, I would have dreams where she would come to me as a teenager, which was weird because of course I never knew her then. But I imagine that’s how she saw…

I just read the synopsis and I’m confused; it doesn’t mention any serial killer stuff. Does he touch on that in the book, or did it come out later that Bryson was on the AT when a serial killer was loose?

Oh god, no, I haven’t read it. I am going to get it right now and then fearfully peak at it on sunny days.

The thing that most people fail to understand is that you used to be able to put yourself through college by working a minimum wage job in the summer; about 300 hours of work. You now have to work over 6 months at 40 hours a week to make the same ratio of college tuition. So, minimum wage in 1985 was worth roughly…

I’m going to read more on this guy, thank you!

All FB discussions flame out in partial-birth abortion rants. This is the way we live now.

I stayed in State Parks for the rest of my trip! No more creepy, deserted forests for me.

When I was 30, I decided it was time for me to take my first road trip across the United States. I was young, fearless, and eager to see as much as I could. At the time I was seeing a guy who wanted to travel the first few weeks with me, and then split off when we got to New Orleans at Jazz Fest. My plan was to…

You are a mensch! Thank you for the comprehensive review. I really was worried about spending money on something that would disappoint. Thanks for the road test!

Have you used the new pillow yet?

What a bitch! To just leave you like that with no explanation. You must have been terrified. Some people (who are doctors) are such unfeeling jerks.

I don’t have the time and money to watch all anime. If someone wants to point me away from misogynist garbage and towards quality material that treats characters with dignity, this would be useful.

Wow! You’re a real goer. I’m in, too!

They make pillows for side sleepers. Google it! And then do all the research, and get back to me, ‘cause I desperately need a good “side-sleeper” pillow!

Agreed. I was really talking about having a scared, pleading child begging for comfort and being locked in their room. I’m probably a little sensitive on the subject because my grandmother read some progressive book on child-rearing, in the 1930's when my mom and her brother were babies. This book recommended sticking…

You’re right! I realized after my first sentence that I was really only talking about mammals. I grew up in the country and saw plenty of young mammals every year, and my observation, albeit anecdotal, was that mammal babies usually fall asleep after nursing and cuddling with mom and the other babies. Safe and warm.…