Oh my god that is the cutest ever. Please please please come back and tell us when he asks!

Oooooh, yeah. Nice.

By all means, if pricing is an issue, and believe me, we writers shake our heads at the publishers' insane pricing strategies, try a well reviewed independently published book. Heck, try The Ophelia Trap! Great book. Swear to god.

Holy holy! Ok, serious question. My daughter was a huuuuge Dora fan. She's so over it now, shes ten, but, when can I introduce her to THIS DoRa? Is it child abuse if I say, "Honey, the plot is essentially the same, except Dora swears a little, and Diego is sah-mokiiiin'..."

Food for thought: if you want a woman to carry firearms and shoot a rapist, one unintended consequence of that outcome could be shooting an untried suspect without a conviction. Another is the perception that (even unproven) rape is punishable by death. A third is the inevitable trial of a victim shooter who has to…

Canadians.

I think what eeeeeveryone is saying, is that the 'dumb shit' they did, involved spilling 'black' words, including a vile slur, at a targeted audience. An audience who are not one of their pledges, and who — clearly, as it turned out, did not appreciate the funny in being made the impromptu and unwitting participants…

Ooooh, I like you.

Write your essays as blog posts, crowdsource your math problems, and do an organizing maven-style before and after photo montage of your Apartment Declutter.

Oh... my... Gaaawwwd. What if...? What if it's JUST CRAZY ENOUGH to work??

Just sticking my head in here to note that I am really enjoying this conversation. Against all odds, you both seem good natured, and it almost looks like the genders might (!!!) might be communicating!

Speaking as an author, I can unequivically say that an underlying theme of a work can escape and surpass even its creator... perhaps especially its creator. My novel, The Ophelia Trap, did that to me.

Exactly. The radio station could go some way to making up for that 'we seem insensitive' non-apology with this as its next survey question.

'Tale as Old as Time', lovely. Perfect reference!

Ok, I don't want to talk about sex. I DO want to say that the fact that you have been spit at saddens and angers me beyond belief. I am horrified that that happened to you. If I could have shielded you I would have, bit I will settle for shielding our children by talking to the young ones now.

Oh, lord, I was following along nicely unitl this one.