Not the only one who’s done this, but I switched out my US spec rear headrests for the Japan ones on my Mazda. They were much lower and identical in design to the center one. Helped immensely with rear visibility, which was the entire point of the switch. I was fully aware of the risks involved in the non-US parts not…

First thing that came to mind!

A friend some years ago worked supporting an AIDS benefit I believe in Philadelphia where Patti was one of the guests/benefactors. She took a shine to him and invited him to dinner, which he dismissed just as talk. Imagine his surprise when she actually reached out to him soon afterwards to have him over for dinner…

Fun Fact--Calf Implants Guy went on to do gay porn.  

...and I’m not referencing the article nor those commenting on Angela Ponce’s beauty, either.....

I was lucky enough to have an amazingly encouraging high school guidance counselor, but it was the luck of the draw. I clearly saw how uninspiring and uncaring some of the others were to which fellow students were assigned. Mine only became challenging our senior year due to a really terrible tragedy that occurred in…

Bananabunny, I apologize for potentially only adding to your already full plate of concerns, but I saw this article earlier today and thought of it when I read your posts here. Just more food for thought in your own decisions about your own health care. I wish you all the best in whatever avenue you choose to take,…

If you are US-based, we get it from Total Wine and they have pretty wide coverage across the US. And I’ve also seen it at liquor stores that already have a selection of what I’d call cocktail-level liqueurs and mixers. The Rothman & Winter version is best, but Drillaud version is fine. Just don’t get the Creme de…

Aviations (gin, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice and creme de violette). Amazing blue-gray color that looks great in a martini glass, and an interesting but not overly floral taste. A lovely retro cocktail perfect for holiday gatherings.

However, my absolute current favorite is something called French Ginger Snap.…

I am horrified how much in that particular photo she resembles the lovely and talented Swoosie Kurtz....

I have a lot of very general celebrity encounters having grown up in NJ and of course then spending a lot of time in NYC, but here’s one of the more interesting ones:

Probably around the mid-90's, I was in NYC during the summer with my younger sister (who lived there at the time, and has her own much more fun…

I have lived in Broward Cty for the last 11 years. It never seems to be any actual malfeasance on Snipes’ part, but indeed gross incompetence or at least not investing the required time and effort into election planning (the end result is the same, of course). I’ve given her multiple chances, and I absolutely hate to…

I’m rather embarrassed to admit that I didn’t realize until last year Sia was one of the singers from Zero 7...and there’s no mistaking that voice!

Two incidents come to mind: Most painful was when I decided to lick the icing remnants from the little metal can that came in the end of cinnamon rolls and sliced open my tongue on the sharp edges. Never realized there is that much connective tissue inside the tongue! Most foolish was when I broke my femur as a 9 year…

Always thought KB was too twee for me, and then the album on which this track is from dropped and I kinda changed my mind. This particular song and video (Donald Sutherland!! Terry Gilliam!!) just hits me in the feels, and the true story on which both are based is fascinating:

Ah, memories! For the briefest of moments, I thought this might be my old knockabout Ranger! Excellent article! And I am quite familiar with some of the fixes you made LOL.

In one of those strange coincidences, I only recently heard my first Sufjan Stevens song (Chicago) via Pandora. It pulled me in somehow, even if the production and his singing style aren’t typically to what I am first drawn (a bit “precious” and quavering). Echoing your own thoughts, my immediate impression was that…

First thought:

Thank you for this well written reminder and warning. My maternal grandfather was Japanese-American, and my maternal grandmother Scottish-American. While I don’t believe either of them nor their children were ever actually placed in camps, the threat was there and he was definitely forced to register. He and his…

That statement of Oswalt’s resonates with me. I am one of many siblings. My father died when I was very young. Being a rather WASP-y type family in practice, there wasn’t much discussion of his death nor did I feel comfortable asking too many questions as I got old enough to contemplate the situation (eventually…