Yes, yes, YES. Thank you.

Yeah, I actually always assumed that was where the idea of slave earrings as I knew them—connected by chain to a nosering—came from, and that it had nothing to do with the African slave trade.

They're referring specifically to the African slave trade/US south, yeah.

Yeah, that's what I always heard referred to as "slave earrings," like how a slave bracelet is one with a ring attacked by a chain.

Now that one I hadn't thought of. Yeah, it is a possibility.

I wondered.

Yeah, I had that thought too, sigh.

I hated how they consistently made KD look silly and/or stupid, and made all of her life choices backfire on her. She decides to wait until marriage to have sex and he can't get it up. She's always wanted a baby and she's infertile. She quits her job and then no baby, no husband, and she can't find a new job. She's…

"Authorities are considering dropping all charges?" Why on earth would they do that? Would throwing even a flimsy shoe inside a public place have been okay if it hadn't destroyed a chandelier?

You mean like the fourth paragraph, which begins:

Plenty of them. The Texas Embassy is probably the most famous.

You know, I had that thought the last time I watched that movie, how much Winthorp changed and became a much better person in it/became worthy of Ophelia. She didn't "make him over," either; her worth was just in being who she was, and he became someone who could recognize that. Very cool.

That's one of my favorite movies ever. I can always watch it, you know what I mean? No matter how many times I've seen it or what kind of mood I'm in.

I know! It was just the way she said it: What's that, I don't do that, I don't know what that is. Come ON, dude. Even the most naive beginner will at least email their stuff to themselves once in a while just in case, or get a portable hard drive, or something. I can't believe no one had ever so much as mentioned…

Were riots incredibly common? Was petty theft just for fun as common, or was it because people needed things? I wasn't claiming there was no crime or theft in the 30s. I was speaking more specifically about the riots, and about a culture in which there are zero consequences.

I agree with the substance of your comment, but I think a bigger problem is the relinquishment/disappearance of parental attention and responsibility. Yes, the economy is bad, but it was bad in the 30s as well and we didn't see stuff like this so much. There are so many kids today who spend their whole lives being…

Thank you!

Thanks! It made me happy to do it. :-)

Sounds a bit like acid, only without all the fun vision trails and hallucinations. Which of course I also have no experience with, but not in the same way that I don't have experience with X.

I imagine so, yes. Heaven forbid a cancer patient feel good for a while. (Note: I have never taken E, and have no interest in it, I'm just saying.)