The unit was on spoofs. I encourage her to watch Airplane and Airport but Top Gun was her choice. By the way, Hot Shots did not age well.

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”