Virgin America is great, but they connect to about 20% of the places I need to go, and their prices are WAY higher than other carriers.

My mom sat me down in first grade to show me this movie I would “love.” It’s one of my favorites to this day. Then again, my mom was too liberal with things at times. I saw a lot of content I wouldn’t want my kids to see at the same age I did.

Cool. Mysterious. Maybe even a little dangerous? The only fashion accessory anyone should ever need.

My son was a big fan of Muppet Treasure Island and The Wild Thornberries as a kid. He was intrigued to learn there was a musical movie starring Tim Curry (other than Annie, which I would not have in the house because of an unfortunate experience as part of an amateur production. I still twitch if I hear Tomorrow.)…

Hey, what kid wouldn’t like throwing toast?

i went to a theater showing for the first time when i was 14. i was on crew when i was 16. but the first time i actually saw it i was probably 9 or 10, on saturday afternoon tv

I would occasionally watch ‘R’ rated movies with my parents when I was pretty young, my mom would just cover my eyes when the “adult” scenes would come on, and as I got older, I was allowed to watch more and more of those scenes.

A visual aid to help answer this question:

I’m starting to not be able to stay above all of this. I mean, I used to read these things and go, “this is sad, I’m angry,” and maybe pass it around on Facebook or talk to friends, but I could go on with my day. I myself was assaulted as a teenager. I can’t even say the “r” word but there it is. But I’m starting to…

We’re coming home along the Thruway and decide to stop at McD’s. There’s a woman and smallish kid in front of us getting huffy and I can tell this won’t end well. And in due time she starts yelling at the cashier, “Why is everything more expensive here? This is ridiculous! You’re ripping people off!” and so on, as the…

Considering that restaurants will take like, 50% off your bill if you have to wait awhile and don’t even complain, I would have raised HELL about this. Fuck 10%. They ruined your outfit.

It is Good Enough.

Not that it’s terribly important, but for some cultural context: for middle-class Torontonians, going up north to cottage country is a yearly ritual in summer. If your family doesn’t have a cottage, it’s likely that you’ll know someone who does. For a lot of kids, visiting friends at their cottages represents, for…

Right? I’m not going to feel guilty for ordering delivery. If the weather’s bad, I’ll tip extra, but I’m not going to feel badly about ordering.

My parents home phone number is nearly identical to the local hospital if you transpose the last two numbers you’ll reach us instead. I have always had a deeper voice so when I was a seven or eight year old kid I sounded like the teenaged candy striper working the switch board. Once when I was about nine I had…

If you think about it, any story about food is the beginning of a poop story.

No, it’s real.

At the request of Lucille Booth’s favorite breakfast, here’s a reply I made downthread, to counter the WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY arguments:

If you were Canadian you’d know... :)