I was actually in this store on Monday (buying a “Tastyjawn” shirt, as you do) and didn’t even notice the existence of the mannequin. Now I’m kicking myself for being oblivious.

Although there is an actual Disney-esque dark ride with creepy singing animatronic cows at the store in Hershey, PA, so I’d say it’s the superior option. Our family has been known to stop there on road trips to use the bathroom and ride it multiple times in a row (grabbing our free sample with each go-round) until the…

My husband and I were moving from a rental into our newly purchased home in the same town. He assured me that all of his work buddies would be chipping in to help load the U-haul, but no one showed. Since it was the very last day of our lease, the two of us ended up spending 24 straight hours trying to move the…

Yup, my spouse is an essential employee in an office that leans pretty conservative (i.e. Fox News on the television on the regular) and they are all PISSED. No one likes having their own welfare, along with that of their families, held hostage for an indefinite period of time. People still have to pay for daycare and…

True confession: We looked up the president’s public schedule on Christmas Eve so my kids could ring NORAD during his shift. They are avid Santa trackers, and were tickled by the idea that they could potentially troll Trump in the process. My 10-year-old declared, “If he asks me what I want for Christmas, I’m going to…

As a season pass holder at Great Adventure with a husband and 10-year-old son who drag me to Fright Fest on an almost weekly basis, this was a fascinating read. I’ve always speculated that the zombies generally avoid tormenting the children, but we still have an elaborate zombie avoidance plan in place for the…

Nathan Fillion was seated behind me during a screening of “Serenity”. It was terribly distracting, trying to refrain from shooting him looks over my shoulder whenever his greatly magnified head appeared on the screen. “There’s real Nathan Fillion...and there’s fake Nathan Fillion.”

I had a similar experience to Ashley Reese during my first ticket buying attempt, although I was in the second presale group. I ended up with some mid-range tickets for a January 2019 show. But then I stumbled on a dedicated thread on the Broadway World forum in the beginning of May and learned that a bunch of tickets…

Seriously. I was in attendance at a friend’s birth in a birthing center, which happened to be attached to a hospital. I was shocked at how swiftly things went from “beautiful earth mama drug-free midwife-assisted water birth” to “OMG DRAIN THE TUB AND GET SURGICAL INTERVENTION STAT” when something went terribly wrong.…

If I recall correctly from a Cruise Critic thread that involved reports from other cruisers in nearby staterooms, the witness was the victim’s brother. The kids (or at least one of them) were in the room and fled to get help from other family members traveling with them, and ended up getting locked out of the…

It gets even better! Christie ordered 500 signs emblazoned with the photograph and phone number of the Assembly Speaker that he’s engaged in a pissing match with, and paid for state employees to hang them on all of the shut down facilities. They read, “CLOSED: This facility is closed because of this man.” No wonder…

My money is on Chris Christie. As a New Jersey resident, I’d really love the dude to be promoted (or demoted) to a position other than governor, but...NOOOO.

My son is a high school senior on the class board, so I’ve gotten a front row seat to all of this year’s prom planning as he agonized about significant issues like his classmates’ insistence on being served chicken parmigiana (the epitome of classy food for teens, apparently). Also up for debate: generic hotel…

Trump hasn’t met my seven-year-old. While registering for the Easter egg roll ticket lottery (because this is on my bucket list and I refuse to let the presence of that idiot deter me for the next four years), my kid asked what we would do if we crossed paths with Trump there. I turned it around and asked, “What do…

While I am deeply sorry that you tore your ACL, this thread is exactly what I need! I tripped while walking (definitely not as impressive-sounding as a skiing accident...”What happened? - Oh, I was walking.”) and managed to dislocate my patella, tear my MPFL, shear off a hunk of cartilage, and get an assortment of…