Bill Maher has said a few times (not sure if was his original idea) that people would have flipped right out if the Obamas had had a pregnant teenage daughter, a la Bristol Palin. Racial stereotypes/double standards, etc. Barack and Michelle obviously deeply understood how vital it was to be the best possible example…

Holy shit I didn't even notice the year. Thought it was from today! Well I guess we've lost a lot of fellow readers without flares to secondary collisions.

Can you light that towel on fire? I’m going with flares. Surprised they weren’t mentioned. I was once an OTR trucker, now with a soft spot for 250k+ mileage mercs. Flares will keep idiots from hitting your broken down hooptie and killing or dismembering you in the process.

How lovely. I'm sure she leaves behind a tremendous doily collection.

Oh my lord. I just watched the music video for that song and could barely handle the dudes haircut. Dated casually once a band member who rocked the same look...but in the 2010s, oops. One pleasure I do not regret is Mazzy Star, and Portishead for that matter. There were many regrets though.

It must have been in the trailer or the soundtrack but that just made me think of City of Angels, that very terrible Nic Cage/Meg Ryan movie. I remember being really into all those melodramatic romance movies of the late 90s, prob because I was a hormone-riddled teen. Sigh.

Life choices: you never know until you try. Then you learn. Then you make another decision. Then you meet another fork in the road. It's cool, don't bother with the what ifs. Regrets are a waste of time.

Tennis!

Agreed but he's going to college, not solitary.

Thanks for sharing this. Just from an anecdotal understanding there is a particular class of pedophiles/predators who are incredibly skilled at infiltrating families and communities through attaining positions of trust, and getting away with crimes for decades, and even forever. Catholic priests, the man who abused…

Seriously! Glad I’m not alone. I still use a tried and true nomenclature for people, which boils down to People Who Loved High School and Everyone Else.

Wow. Thank you. What scares me is the thought of how many of these crimes go unreported/unpunished, but it’s helpful to understand broad patterns among the perpetrators who do get caught.

Get yerself a lobster roll and a glass of rose at Pearl Oyster Bar. Brunch at Cafe Habana. Chilaquiles!

It sucks not to have an answer but people who ghost you aren’t worth worrying about. It’s not nice or respectful, so don’t contact him, and please hold out for someone who doesn’t make you feel like shit.

Mint does well in partial sun with lots of water...I’m thinking peas of some variety also? Maybe aloe? I’m in one of the hottest, sunniest places on earth, so that’s all I’ve got for you! Good luck! (I have killed cacti too. Succulents have been my only solo success.)

I’m not a hugger but I’m an Internet hugger, selectively, so *hugs* to you. Listen, I don’t know your whole story, but I know what depression feels like, and the oppression self-judgment that creates the dreaded downward spiral. I can’t fix it, but I would suggest just giving yourself permission to not fix your hair…

Are you a genius? I'm not so just wondering what exactly makes them happy. :)

I hear that and mostly agree. I used to work a lot with international science fair kids, who are just on another level, and there appeared to be a much higher concentration of introverts among them. They’re developing ground-breaking cancer therapies and so forth, at 15, and spend lots of time in labs with mentors. I…

Yep! Sharing my point of view, clinically defined as projection lol

Lol