I can see a short noodle dish like ziti or mac ‘n cheese working very, very well at potlucks. A long noodle dish like this lemon spaghetti (which looks amazing) would cause a huge mess.

Don’t discount the state school just because of the allure of Yale. The Ivy might be a better choice, but local schools can often be just as emotionally and intellectually fulfilling, with a great alumni network for post-grad opportunities.

I think that’s one of the reasons why I get this vague feeling of nausea every time a new candidate announces.

I think that back in 2008, Biden’s old scandals/foibles (plagiarism, Anita Hill, etc...) were fresher in people’s minds. The thought was that no way in hell would he ever actually get elected to president with all that baggage, but he’d be a great veep.  As 2016 taught us, though, those no-way-in-hell obstacles no…

The Onion’s invented persona for Joe Biden was so hilarious because it was way too over-the-top for the real White House. And now, here we are. *sigh*

Did the article say whether the daughter attended a private high school? I teach special ed in a public HS, with a side-gig proctoring the ACT and SAT. Obtaining an IEP and SpEd testing accommodations is a complicated process. Many of the gen-ed kids on Saturday mornings have a very hard time finishing within the time…

He started with, “I’m not trying to sound racist, but....”, which automatically absolves him of any consequences!

Montgomery, that is.

“States would apply for funding and could use it to encourage employers large and small to invest in child care or to support child care providers that operate during nontraditional work hours or that cater to parents who are enrolled in school.”

I’m always amused by people who insist that Serial was biased as all get-out, yet they take every single episode of Undisclosed as unbiased, unvarnished gospel.

Wait, something’s going on in Virginia? Huh? I’d completely forgotten about that -- and apparently so did the rest of the nation. /s

Have you watched One Day at a Time? I’ll admit I haven’t seen Beatriz in anything else, so her cameo in the new season (along with Melissa Fumero in the same episode) blew me away. Rosa can be one-note, yeah, so seeing her play a different note was kind of amazing.

Okay, a question from a non-parent: when I’m seated near fussy babies on airplanes (or in the checkout aisle, whatever), I’ll often make a silly face or try to distract them. Ages ago I read that it was a great way to get them to stop crying - well, if you’re lucky. Since you’re the experienced one here, does that…

Oh, but they just want to send their kids to “good schools”! (My soul dies a little every time my progressive friends use that coded language. They want “diversity”, but only up to a certain point.)

I grew up in the ‘80s -- the age of ridiculously pointy-toed shoes -- and had to get bunion surgery on both feet in 1995 at the age of 20. Wide-toed shoes made a comeback in the ‘90s, and my bunions have never returned. Could just be a coincidence, but....

Indeed. While “Cottonland Castle” might have a perfectly innocuous meaning in 2019, it definitely had different connotations 200 — heck, even 50 — years ago. I can say this because all branches of my family have been in GA, MS, and TX for literally 300 years (I’ve done the genealogy). And I have to accept my…

I want to edit to add: we dealt with lovely, and even progressive, people in Waco.

I would love for someone who really knows about sound mixing to explain why BoRap got those awards. The only thing I can think of is that they had to sync Mercury’s vocals with Malek’s acting? Maybe? I dunno.

Heh. That’s exactly what I did two years ago: turned off the TV and got ready for bed, in no mood to watch La La win. Then I checked Twitter and did the mother of all double-takes. (I absolutely loved Moonlight.)

I’m sure Mahershala Ali’s performance in Green Book was good (I had no desire to see it), but he was goddamn amazing in the True Detective finale tonight.