My personal favorite was when a group of older ladies wanted to lay hands on me and my couple-weeks-old baby in the supermarket so they could pray for Jesus to help me through “this tough time of raising a precious baby all by myself”. Pregnancy had made my hands swell and I wasn’t wearing my wedding ring. Can’t…

Lol. Guess that qualifies too?

It’s called Crazy Love and ...it’s crazy. See Scarlet’s description in this thread.

I love that kind of thing! Let me know if you remember the names of the shows.

I’m 99% sure it was a Reader’s Digest book called The World’s Last Mysteries (kinja isn’t letting me link but you can just google that). The cover looks familiar so I know we had that one but I can’t be totally sure it’s the one I’m thinking of. It’s from the 80s and I know there have been more recent discoveries…

I had a book about various “lost” places (Cibola, Atlantis) and fact-based theories about what the legends may have really been referring to and where they might be if they really existed. Grew up to be a museum curator with a passion for “what is the cool story behind this thing”.

Uhhh we called our daughter Skeletor Baby for a few weeks after seeing the ultrasound. Nobody looks good in ultrasound; the wand adds ten pounds of evil weirdness.

Yes! I thought of Izabel, too. LOVE Saga.

Anyone interested in the social, economic, architectural, etc history of East End London, I strongly strongly strongly direct you to Spitalfields Life.

I haven’t watched this yet, is that in fact a deployment of the magnificent mustache-chops combo AKA the Chester Alan Arthur?

Yeah, I’ve seen panna (“cream”) flavor gelato in Italy which I assume is the same thing. I also much prefer flower flavors, though (or honeycomb, which is also delicious!)

Um, have you watched Hornblower? I’m not a fan of longhaired men in general, but Gruffud as Hornblower with his shining locks all bouncing around his shoulders can Get It.

Wow, this is a blast from the past, literally ;) Rock on with your vintage self! It is the best!

OMG what even....

Is this the same troll who was all “O NOES NOW MEN CAN’T CRITICIZE WOMEN FOR ANYTHING OR TALK TO THEM THE SPECIES WILL DIE OUUUUT” on the vocal fry article? Fuck him either way.

Ahhhhhhh flashbacks! When I worked in a public library it was always “that book with the blue cover”. Sometimes “it had a woman on it”.

Good, because that’s how I read it and it made my day. Now if only all these dudes would get eaten by wild bears.

Arrrgh, ok that does sound terrible.

Before I even read the headline I thought “Huh. Earrings that look like dick-shaped peanuts”, so.

OMG I miss Friendly’s. Signed, an MA native in the deep south.