In college in the late 80's I had this kind of vision board in my mind of how life would be after graduation and was weirdly fixated on the idea of renting an apartment or little house with a guest room that I would make super comfy for my friends when they came to visit, shit like little beside water carafes, a…

Fascinating. Harriet the Spy was one of my favorite books as a kid and when I reread it as an adult, I was surprised at how sad it is. Never knew anything about the author, because who did before the age of social media?

I miss physical keyboards so much.

I was a big fan of Basil Brush in the mid-70s when we lived overseas but now he is unbearable. I must have seen Bagpuss at some point because while I don’t remember the show, I do recall Madeleine as something that vaguely freaked me out.

Since Ivanka apparently never bothered to hide her shitty character from the beginning, why on earth would you want to be friends with her in the first place?

Michaela, Ilene and Amber still get coverage locally on the anniversaries of their disappearances. People were really hoping the discovery of the Speed Freak dumping sites would solve at least one of these cases, but no. My family moved from Sunnyvale to Danville in ‘88, right before Ilene vanished so that case had…

Oh, he is still around working with his non-profit KlaasKids and commenting on missing kids cases in the media. He is less high profile now that Nancy Grace’s show and similar true-crime talking head shows are gone.

I also wonder if the high profile coverage of stranger abduction normalizes it for pedophiles, giving them the idea of actually trying an abduction, in a similar way that coverage of mass shootings may tend to enable other shooters to take that step.

I also grew up in the Bay Area from ‘79 onward and also vividly recall that photo of Kevin Collins at the blackboard being everywhere. However, I and the neighborhood kids all walked or biked to school, and later took the public bus to high school until our friends could drive. My brothers who are 10 and 12 years…

Inhaling the fumes from burning all that plastic couldn’t have helped matters.

Hate change. Don’t love it. Will be using /latest.

My masters program was a mix of in-person and online classes, and in the three years it took to complete, I sat for exactly one “traditional” exam online with timed questions that you had to answer in order. That was freaking stressful enough. I can’t imagine if there’d been a camera monitoring my eye and body…

True, but I’d think he’d wait for the nominee to be announced first to make sure they tick all the boxed and aren’t just the hottest piece of Conservative ass Trump can find.

Right? As soon as I saw the clip on the news this morning, I was like, “Because you have no more goddamn principles so why bother with this one?” They’ve all hitched their carts to an actual fucking demon, so might as well go all in.

Yeah, I recall watching Sleepless in Seattle in thinking it was really creepy, not sweet and romantic in the least.

OMG, not another one! You will be sorely missed. Wishing you much success in your new adventure.

Ooh, I need to try this. Love gingerbread and my favorite recipe so far is Laurie Colwin’s Damp Gingerbread with a skosh more ginger added.

Same! I was in GS in the 70s and the green pants had an elasticized waist. Already tubby little me didn’t stand a chance.

Exactly. I’ve been on the heavier side my entire life even when working out regularly, but several years ago lost a lot of weight that has gradually come back with menopause, stress and and foot injuries that made it very difficult to exercise. Even though they wouldn’t ever say it to my face, the disparaging tones…

Is it just me, or does the woman in the header pic look like Draco Malfoy’s mom?