My daughter had to watch it last year for her English class (and also Hot Shots) and I was upstairs when I heard, “Noooooooooooo, GOOOOOSSSEEE.” She said, “Maybe he’s okay.” Yeah, no.

Check to see if your local library has Freegal, a music streaming and download service. The album is on there!

That is crazy. Maybe it's just me but I was married almost 25 years ago and I have looked at my wedding album maybe twice and the video never.

Such a good article. Source: http://www.theonion.com/article/nation…

Gotta love sisters. Once I can’t touch the bottom, I panic. Should have seen me on a snorkeling expedition (with life vest) a few years back. My husband was with one daughter on an excursion and my other daughter and I went snorkeling. We waded into the water and just as I realized that I was completely responsible…

A less deep deep-end is what I need.

Cory Doctorow: My condolences to his family, who deserved a better person in their lives.

OK - you’re my inspiration. I’m 48 and can’t swim at all. I can float on my back for hours but that’s about it. I’m going to sign up for lessons.

I seem to remember this from Bill Bryson’s book, In a Sunburned Country. Didn’t they name a swimming pool after him?

Jesus this scares the hell out of me as the mother of university-aged daughter.

I do this all the time and never had a problem with cracking. I tend to use a Corningware piece inside the crockpot.

Just put it in the ceramic. The trick is finding something that will fit.

I once had a gym membership that mostly involved me using the treadmill because I was too insecure to ask how to use the equipment. Since I was driving to a place to walk on a device that went nowhere, I would have been better off cancelling the membership, walking to the gym and turning around and walking back home.…

Couch, TV still on, a cat stretched out on your lap. The warmth and weight as they sink into their own naps is a lovely feeling.

I’ll weigh in with, “We’ve been on a few and they’ve been fine.” We picked a cruise originally because we had younger kids and couldn’t really decide between a jam-packed getaway or a lay-around on the beach vacation A friend recommended a cruise and we ended up having a nice time. We’ve been on 2 more since then and…

You didn’t love Strictly Ballroom?

Hands up! Waylon Jennings was the first artist I downloaded when I signed up for my public library’s music streaming service.

I’m 47, with 2 kids - one in university, the other in high school - married, full-time job, life insurance, mortgage and I am still looking for the adult in the room. And then it hits me: “oh shit, that’s me.” I’ve always seen #adulting as a recognition that none of us ever feel (or want to feel) like the grown-up.

I had put on some weight during my first year university and I was in my bedroom in my bra and underwear when my mother walked in and poked my waist and said, “Huh, I guess I always had some mother-daughter jealousy. Not anymore”

My youngest daughter has a Zombie survival guide poster on one wall and a Walking Dead poster on the other. The older one has Pink Floyd lyrics. Some things never change.