I tried showing DuckTales to my son and nope. He was not into it, and I can’t fault him for that.

I know! Poor Benny, he is portrayed as such a dick for expecting his tennents to pay rent.

Maureen sucks! But I love belting along to “Take me for what I am”.

I so agree. Listening as an adult...Mark seems so privileged. I felt bad for Rodger’s depression and yeah, I get why he wouldn’t want to date Mimi. The whole thing really hasn’t aged well, although I will always love it and remember listening to it in 1997 when I was 19...

It’s funny, I haven’t thought about RENT in many years. But after I heard that it was live on Fox, I streamed the Broadway score, and yep, I remember it enough to put on a live one woman show. Which I may have done and forced my son and partner to listen along to. I was interested in it enough to look into signing up…

It might just be that you have increased fruit and veggie consumption that your skin is responding to as well.

That actually seems like a practical approach. I like how she talks about not slipping into disordered eating, or being too rule oriented and to remember that food should be pleasurable.

I agree, but there seems to be moving goalposts with the anti vaxx community. The latest I have seen is that vaccinations are just a way for big pharma to make money.

Wut? You mean, they actually give vaccinations to prevent death? I thought it was just an illuminati conspiracy to pump our babies with toxins? (kidding kidding. I am with you all the way)

Oh yeah, it is insane how much anti vaxx crap is on social media targeted to parents of young kids. I live in a community where only 77% of the population is vaccinated against measles. You need 95% to have heard immunity. We are currently experiencing an outbreak and our county has declared a state of emergency over…

Thanks! I am so much happier now!

Same. The last straw for me was when he couldn't manage to get our 5 year old to a dentist appointment while I was 2 time zones away making burial arrangements for my mom who had died of suicide. Then he acted offended like I had withheld important information on how to get to the dentist that he had been going to his…

I’ve lived in various places and it is interesting how cultural turn ons are. Where I lived in West Africa breasts, bellies--not a big deal at all. But the space between your waist and knees--that was HIGHLY sexual. Women would go topless but never show their upper legs.

I’d like to share the story of “evangelical Eloise”. Evangelical Eloise gets her promise ring at age 13. She doesn’t really know what she is agreeing to, but it makes her feel important and her dad happy.

Yeah, I have a collection of books I read as a kid that I love and will probably keep as long as possible. But I love my kindle with a burning passion and now prefer it to paper books for every day reading.

I may have dropped a heavy book (or multiple...) on my face in the past when reading in bed and getting sleepy. Dropping a kindle on my face hurts a lot less...

I agree, but I have gotten into underlining and book marking things I might want to get back to which has helped navigate.

I was a passionate, devoted paper book reader. Loved the smell the feel. Then I tried a friend’s kindle. It was amazing. I was able to completely disappear into the book. It was light, easy to use. Looked beautiful. I haven’t looked back. For me, there is a huge difference between a dedicated book reading device and…

One of the things I have observed is that most people in my dad’s life never say anything to him when he expresses anger--they just give him space to cool off. So it’s like he’s never had anyone hold a mirror up to him for him to see himself. It makes it hard for him to understand that like you say, anger is an…

God, my dad is the same way. One of his favorite things is to get offended if I am angry or upset with something. And yet he gets pissed and yells and stomps. He will go on and on about how women are just so emotional though.