My best friend didn't have any bridesmaids, just me as the maid of honor and her coworker as the best man. While her fiance went out to a bar, she and I played Disney movie drinking games.

Isn't it tradition to only put Jesus in the manger on Christmas Day? So it was a completely normal manger scene, then.

Now we have YouTube for that! Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology:

Ricky Collin, Lizzie Bennet, and Lydia Bennet. From the Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

I guess 14 year olds are just full of angst. Wish he'd won, cause that would've been awesome.

That's awesome! I didn't know that about the song. Hopefully he didn't write the words.

You're right about the name. Now my mind is trying to imagine Garrison Keillor as a porn star, so thanks for that. :)

He's actually from both. In the radio show, he's a spoof of pulp fiction detectives, often using stereotypical noir dialogue while trying to solve ridiculous mysteries in St. Paul (or wherever a Prairie Home Companion is that week).

:)

She should name her villain Guy Noir?

The selfishness of these people is incredible. You're child is not a special snowflake who should only get information that fits into your narrow, bigoted worldview.

That was really interesting. Thanks for explaining.

Can you threaten and/or actually get child services involved? Jesus.

My best friend's fiance bailed the week before the wedding. She was devastated. (Now happily married to another man.)

I've never heard of that. That's an adorable tradition.

I seem to end up posting this gif every week now.

ppp makes even more sense. He must have accidentally typed an o instead of another p.

Maureen Johnson made a very nice pictorial guide to Franzen's remarks on her twitter:

Just saw this on twitter:

Is that Hannah Hart? What's that from?