I find all literalist narrative readings like this of Twin Peaks ridiculous. The reason is that the clear key to appreciating all of Lynch’s other work is to see him as a surreal formalist painter working in the medium of film— clear because this has been the trajectory of his entire career from his beginnings as a…

I know. My response was a bit of a tongue cheek jab at the cartwheels that people are going through to “explain” everything.

No, there are no statues of Jesus anywhere in America. None. Nowhere. There is no way I could walk out of my neighborhood right now and into that building with a cross stretching to the sky and see a statue of Jesus. It’s just impossible.

She certainly does look pretty in all the ads instagram is showing me for her makeup line.

I would go back to my sophomore year in High School and tell younger me “Your life gets better; way better.” and “A lot more people think you’re much cooler, smarter, and nicer than you believe”

Thank you for mentioning this! I loved that article, I think about it a lot, especially when I was deciding where to apply for kindergarten for my son last year. I will definitely look for the new one you mentioned.

You’re right. I apologize. That definitely is compelling evidence she has changed. Thank you for filling us in on her history. I guess I made the presumption that little psychological treatment is offered in prison.

Omigosh, head down, eyes up in the top photo? Spitting image of Diana.

freshly baked pain aux raisins

He is the King of Dirty Looks. Can’t imagine where he gets it.

The thing is, she doesn’t need mitigating factors. By every letter of the law and parole system, she should be let out. The only things keeping her in jail are the notoriety of her crime, and the actions of Sharon Tate’s family. (Note - Van Houten was not involved in the murder of Sharon Tate).

I had reduced lunch throughout my entire elementary, middle, and high school. I’m now an officer in the Army, so I think that the government has more than recouped the paltry amount they spent on keeping me from starving as a kid.

Something-something you shoild have been working in the field growing your own bootstraps.

Why not both? It’s not a zero-sum game.

Well parole is decided when each case comes up for parole and her’s is now, so it’s being discussed. Your opinion isn’t invalid, it just doesn’t apply to this case. I mean, she was up for a parole hearing and then got recommended for parole. It’s newsworthy so people are talking about it. Talking about it doesn’t…

I’m thinking that the folks who got life (or long) sentences for non violent crimes during the “3 strikes era” (and before and after) are more deserving. A lot of them are POC though so yeah, lets parole a murderer instead. /sarcasm

I was one of two kids in my class in elementary school grade (year after year) who qualified for free/reduced. I had a special colored lunch ticket that I was humiliated by — so much so that I’d often opt to go without rather than flash that thing. So many kids would rather be hungry than embarrassed. I was one. I am…

Have you read the fantastic NY Times Magazine piece from last year, “Choosing A School For My Daughter In A Segregated City”? It’s about all of the machinations people go through to get their kids into the “right” public schools and the struggle for even the most progressive families to put their money where their…

Wow big huge assumption ya got there, you sure you can carry it?

Critics of the plan, which New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed it as an element of his equity agenda, suggested that its main achievement would be giving free meals to relatively wealthy students.