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It's like a free lobotomy.

The first time I saw that Hershey's commercial this year, one of my cats freaked the fuck out. Now whenever it comes on, he sprints to the TV stand in time to be there for the "whew!" I'm a little alarmed.

Sorry, I'm a feisty single aunt in her 50s. Can't help you.

Does this sitcom have a name, or do we have to guess?

Simon on Burn Notice!

Happy birthday!

It's only the names I have trouble assigning correctly, and as I explained, I have a mechanism to deal with that, but thanks. I'll check out this "Google" you mentioned.

I'm a pretty uncritical or even oblivious movie-goer, and even I was amazed by that final long take.

No, it's Antonio the cab driver.

Might it be both?

One of the reasons I haven't ever been able to stay quit for very long is that if I go a couple of days without smoking, the first cigarette afterwards gives a fantastic head rush. "I'll just have a couple of drags for the rush" always slides down the slippery slope to a pack a day.

Part of the reason is that American fashions were pretty much copied from English fashions, and most of the U.S. is farther south than most of England.

I love the Little House books.

A woman who couldn't even get dressed without going through an exhausting process was less likely to have the energy to resist or complain about the roles forced on her (which she probably thought were appropriate anyway). And then there were the corsets that limited mobility and activity by compressing the lungs and

After seeing Star 80 discussed somewhere here yesterday, I watched it last night. Granted, it was about a Playboy centerfold and her sleazy pimp boyfriend/husband, was about events in 1979/1980, and was made in 1983, but the whole thing just screamed late '70s. Women in Quiana dresses, shiny pants, fringe, and big

My mother summed up Manhattan for me by pointing out that "Embraceable You" includes the words "Come to papa, come to papa do / My sweet embraceable you."

Don't feel bad. I haven't seen any of the Star Wars movies.

That was a wonderful read. I especially liked the story about how his relationship with his then-future-wife developed. Thanks for the link.

I used to start text conversations with a particular friend by saying "Yo." She would frequently reply with "Ho?" Several years after our friendship ended it occurred to me that at least once I should have replied with "Ho and a bottle of rum!"