point being that it wasn't a thread running through the whole series.

Yeah because gay people are always acting gay! You can always tell! LOL! RIGHT?

that's my experience. I never put much thought into his sexuality until it related to the story. I "read" him as asexual if anything.

It's a thing, I guess. Reading the books, it seemed obvious but I thought I was just projecting. If you're gay, you notice it. If you're not gay, you need to take a moment, like when your favorite uncle finally comes out. Some get over the moment, and some start throwing the cranberry sauce.

I'll admit I never thought Dumbledore was gay, but then again I never considered the sexuality/relationship status of any of the characters unless a relationship was mentioned.

They have claymores.

It's almost as if gay people can be gay without it being a huge defining trait in their personality and/or storyline.

can anybody tell me: should we be worried about Scottish independence? Like, do they have nukes or something?

On whether she wants to go to college and what she'd like to be when she grows up: Can't decide. Five things, doctor, teacher... I can't think of any more.

No we... ... ... Crap.

Who are these children? I was a first grader in 1988 and a 2000 grad. When I was six, I had no idea what college was. McDonald's was only for breakfast hotcakes (or as my Mexican grandpa would say, hoqueques). And when I grew up, I wanted to be Chewbacca. Not his wife or his girlfriend. I wanted to be Chewbacca. These…

What gets me is the Golden Oldies played on AM at that time was music from the late 50ies and early sixties. So does that make Duran Duran, Depeche Mode,Black Flag and The Dead Kennedy's the Golden Oldies of generations now? I think that stuff is cool still..

You realize that we are further away from the year 2000, now, than these kids were in 1988.

"On what houses of the future will look like: They'll build the houses so they have zig zags. Then they'll have trees on the outside of the zig zag so if a skunk tries to walk through the house they can't because the ends will be so sharp that they'll prick them."

Styrofoam was the future back in the 80's.

"College is real big, like 19 swimming pools hooked together. Because they can fit like a 100 people in them"

I'm a little concerned about young Mister Shaffer. His mom never cleans the house, he has a friend who is college-aged and he knows that there are bunk beds in the dorms.

Note: For those too young to remember, the McDLT was just a hamburger with lettuce, tomato and mayo.

Okay, the year before I graduated from high school is featured on Paleofuture as "the past". I think I'll go cry now.