I loved this too. I have more than once been on a plane or bus sitting next to someone earnestly trying to puzzle their way through a tabloid crossword. Do the answers ever have more than four letters? It’s like the “Frog and Toad are Friends” level of crosswords, how can it take you so long? I have to restrain myself…

I can't believe I had to scroll down this far to find a fellow divorcee who's grumpy about the wedding. Mine was about up the middle costwise ($35k-ish?) but it was so... not me and in retrospect I can't believe how much I felt railroaded into it and how the stress of planning it caused me to overlook or downplay…

I think you're onto something. This was the first year I could order online and laid in a, um, significant supply from the daughter of a friend who lives in my home state, which is LBB territory. It's how I prepare for bikini season, plus the $11 shipping magically gets cheaper the more boxes are in your order.…

As I was reading this, I thought that the only thin silver lining here is that if the parents try to pull any eager-for-a-wedding crap later in the life, their twenty-something daughters can be like, "No, you already have your photos, leave me alone."

Every time I try to refill my generic Yaz they say it's not free and I don't understand why. Now I guess I'll call and see if the brand name is. Thanks very much!

Where do you live? When I lived in NYC, you could hail cabs in Manhattan, and hail them in Brooklyn or call a car service. In places like Seattle (where I now live) or other cities I've visited, hailing a cab is impossible in many neighborhoods, and if you call for one, it never comes. I've nearly missed trains and…

"He's trim and erect. He has a passion for what he does." The lede to one of her other recent efforts. This is gold. http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/365…

D'oh, someone already said that. Gosh I dislike this comments format.

I'm pretty sure "w" can be pronounced like "oo" in that language. That's like, literally, the only thing I know about Welsh and I learned it from a Susan Cooper book.