Did Jezebel morph into a SAG message board when I wasn’t looking? Why were so many commenters advising you that actors don’t turn down roles that might get them an Oscar nomination? I must have missed this, and I’m a pretty attentive reader.

Animal pee isn’t the worst thing. I had a dog who lived far beyond her breed’s normal life expectancy. I used to hoist her into bed with me every night because I didn’t think her bed was comfortable enough for her. She was a big girl, around 65 lbs. Many was the morning that I awoke perfumed with canine urine. I got…

I’m a copy editor and I have Chicago 16 memorized. I’d buy adultosaur’s style guide. There’s a certain beautiful fluency to her language that I admire. Plus she’d probably be a little more forgiving when it comes to footnoting and creating bibliographies.

I freelanced for Cosmo for a little bit off and on and when Brown died I went to the Hearst Building, the new-ish one on 8th Avenue, to take one last look at her amazing office. I greeted the security guard by name, and he claimed he didn’t know me and couldn’t let me up because no one was expecting me. Not that he…

She might have been the model! I think in 1971 Anna Wintour was still modeling in London.

Do you know what was broadcast to my Teevee the other day? The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. I don’t know why, and I can’t find the channel again, and the TV Guide cable directory is no help. It was like Brigadoon, it appeared from nowhere and vanished into the mist.

I love the fact that Paul Newman read Greer’s “The Female Eunuch.” When? Why?

If Madonna Ciccone can find solace and meaning in Kaballah I have no doubt that Roslyn Feigenbaum found something similar while staring at the crucifix nestled in Tom Jones’s chest hair.

Congratulations! Personally, I’d welcome the return of any article of clothing that you can order by mail for $1.95 that isn’t a Hefty trash bag.

Those were simpler times. The free gift was probably an extra button in case the one at the collar broke.

Going back a little earlier than 1984, my sister was a huge fan of Leif Garrett. He’s not looking so hot nowadays but she probably has a poster or two tucked away somewhere from when he was in his prime.

I remember those wig ads too but I don’t know why. We didn’t have Hollywood gossip magazines lying around when I was growing up. I wonder if they advertised in TV Guide? My entire family used to read that like some folks read the Bible.

Was it? I used to be a huge fan of Dear Abby and Ann Landers (sisters, by the way) and the letter writers were always “Curious Carol” or whatever. I guess though that they wanted to preserve their anonymity.

And promote good oral hygiene. Why why why, Delilah?

Rita Coolidge! You must be as ancient as I am. High five, fellow AARP-eligible commenter.

Growing up we had a dachshund that looked a little bit like Raymond Burr. Not the nose, obviously, but there was something about the intensity of her expression. Something in the eyes.

It was also the Stones’ first and last foray into disco! Off to youtube to see if I can find a live performance of “Some Girls” with Mick hooting like an owl.

When I looked at that picture the old Addams Family theme song popped into my head. I can’t imagine why.

I’m jealous of your bathtub. We live in a new building that is fully handicap-accessible, if that’s the right term. We don’t have doorknobs, for example, we have those horizontal levers that are more common in Europe. And the doors are wider to accommodate wheelchairs. And we don’t have tubs, we have walk-in showers.…

I love that tub, or at least what I can see of it, by the way.