Try The Last Days of the Romanovs by Mike Steinberg and Victor Khrustalev. It concentrates mostly on the post-revolution Romanovs, but what makes it so good is that they had access to a lot of archival material. I’ve had an interest in the Romanovs since the early eighties and it has been interesting to see how much…

I enjoyed that series, too, though it was pretty uneven. The third episode of that was the best - it gave me nightmares afterwards.

A very very delicious bread roll.

I think you have a good point there. I am from the Northeast & now live in NYC. I had never been to a Red Lobster until last year (at age 50.) It was in Elyria, Ohio and I was actually pretty impressed. I thought it would be like Arthur Treachers (if anyone remembers those,) but it was actually quite nice. I did stick…

I thought he was Aunt Pittypat?!

So does the old “Tonight Show” theme (from when Johnny Carson was on.) I didn’t believe it would work, but it does.

6 and 3?! Holy mackerel - that is gross!

My uncle told me that my Russian grandfather threw Trotsky down a flight of stairs once. Can’t prove that one, but it’s a fun story. (Also, I do not believe it’s true at all.) 

Not defending Graydon Carter’s behavior in this matter, but he was a well-known editor even before he joined Vanity Fair. Radhika Jones was not. 

Maybe because she’s Slavic? The Nazis considered the Slavs “untermenschen” (subhuman.)

She really is great. What’s even more galling is that they’re filling Roma’s shifts with Shannan Ferry, who pronounces every word that starts with “st” as “sht”, i.e., “shtreet” and “shtrong.” Ugh - drives me nuts!

So how was Vassar?

Same issue with “Beavis and Butthead.” A good thing, though, because I don’t need my husband running around repeating, “huh huh, he said balls” and the like.

Haha! As I was reading this article, that was the once scene I was recalling.

You read my mind!

I wonder if the weight of the cat caused an unbalanced load, and so the clothes didn’t spin properly*. That has happened with me when I washed bath mats. They come out still pretty wet.

Sounds like an episode of The Twilight Zone.

Actually, yes. I’m a fast walker.

And stop front-loading the interest, so you’re not paying enough down on the principal. After 5 years of paying my law school loans every month, my balance was actually higher. It was only after re-financing that my balance has been going steadily down. 

You get a star for that last line - perfection!