I find your take on the Colin Quinn comeback to be quite different from my own. “I was not conditioned in a family of abuse to accept that abuse” is the message I take, and the ‘child of alcoholics’ line both makes it specific (therefore funny) and stingingly personal, since Quinn gives off a ‘Family of Boozers’ vibe.…

Yeah in Orlando it’s publix, walmart, or nothing.

My elderly mom and stepdad stopped shopping at Publix originally based on their support for the NRA and continued boycotting because of DeathSantis and Trump. It sucks because there aren’t a ton of other easily accessible grocery options where they live in Orlando.

I think my niece had one American Girl doll, she was into the collectible Breyer Horses, she must have had 20 or those things, all lined up on the floor in her room, with the stable and ponies and what not.

That’s fascinating!  Every Ross in Seattle is like weirdly half-empty, dark, and fully chaotic.  

For real, the Ross near me looks like a bomb went off, and there’s only enough merch for a store about half the size.  Ross is the Wild West of shopping.

Okay the matching shoe bit was very funny and sadly should be true.

My aunt understood one of the most obvious things about this country that my parents either didn’t get, chose to ignore, or were too overwhelmed to do anything about: unless you were very rich and white, projecting your status as a member of the middle classes through conspicuous consumption was a necessary…

Russ’s Ross Dress for Loss

it’s kind of messed up that none of her employers told her why they fired her.

And how often you can get to the grocery store. Most people don’t live close enough to a grocery store to go even once a week, so they can’t buy a lot of perishables unless they also have reliable transportation, money for the transportation, and time (especially if you are using public transportation, because it…

Thanks for the rec!  I downloaded a few episodes.  Love hearing from super educated people.

The mention of broccoli always makes me laugh. Clearly it is the western symbol for healthy eating. When I was doing chemotherapy there were lots of pamphlets being handed out concerning eating healthy foods. And front and centre is always a picture or photo of broccoli. Usually followed by tomatoes. When you are…

I initially hesitated, but then I realized none of you people report to me so not my problem! Here’s your public disservice announcement!

After reading about the re-opening on Lifehacker, I learned that there are going to be capacity limits. If I cared enough, this would be a huge incentive for me to try to book a visit. So while I totally agree that a visit to Disneyland is in no way a limited experience, this particular type of experience is going to…

If anyone on earth would have a hard time feeling comfortable with their adult womanhood it would be someone who was groomed by their parents and sold to an elderly man in their teens. It would be very difficult to come back from that with any sense of self and comfort in ones sexual self.

How about you lay off the "adult virgin is secretly gay" jokes.

I shouldn’t have to point it out but : being a virgin does not inherently indicate you have problems with your sexuality.

Condolences to Her Majesty. No matter what you think of the monarchy, it’s shattering to lose your spouse.

We used to be pass holders. Our go to trick was to stay on the resort for the Magic Morning access. We would also sometimes plan trips up there around storms. Sure, some rides would be closed, but you’d basically have the park to yourself when it was raining.  We haven’t been in a few years now.  Our daughter started…