I believe I read Summer of My German Soldier in elementary school? It is about a farm girl and the German POWs who were sent to work on US farms. I don’t remember the protagonist being Jewish though.... The soldier was just an enlisted man, not the director of a camp and it seemed clear he was not behind the Nazi…

I immediately thought of the Zion Chronicles and the Zion Covenant while reading this review. I read every single one of those fucking books when I was around 13 or 14. Fundies and their obsession with the Jews/Israel are just so weird. Glad I broke away from that but it still embarassing to me how little…

YES. I was worried he would end up being a part of the sex club, Robin’s attacker, or, like, Tui’s baby’s father (EWW). But then he was just actually a nice guy (not TM) who wanted to have a relationship with Robin, but who had been raised in a really crappy situation and didn’t know how to do relationships right. At…

Tailgating in Madison is really fun! But this is coming from a Gopher and our tailgating is basically non-existant. :-/

Drving through Ellsworth this weekend! I will need to stop and get some curds from the source.

I don’t know you, but your wedding sounds perfect!

My coworker’s husband is homeschooling their children. He is a very capable man and is extremely good at woodworking, maintenance, etc. He is not, however, trained in early childhood education...

I just saw them at Bonnaroo and there was lots of banjo. I was expecting a terribly boring concert, but they played all their old stuff, all their new stuff, and had a bunch of special guests. My faith was renewed!

I was coming here to say this. I mean, I know a lot of cyclists can be condescending assholes, but that does not mean that biking itself is a terrible thing. More bands should encourage their fans to use alternative forms of transportation to concerts by offering bike valets. This is a great idea.

I had the EXACT SAME reaction. “Is Caitlyn from Bruce’s first marriage?” Nope! Wow, she looks great!

Thanks for the clarification. I just hope that whichever parent is better suited to parenting receives primary custody.

Jon & Kate & Hate? They are fighting like mad over custody of 9-year-old Hannah.

Aw, thanks for the approval! Now to convince the boy. He has some silly name picked out that makes a funny phrase when said quickly before his last name. But maybe our (hypothetical!) future daughter will have MY last name!

Oh, lol. I just commented above that if I have a daughter I would like her first name to be Frances, after my grandfather’s middle name.

I agree it is a nice connection! My mother and grandmother both have Josephine as a middle name and I have a variation on that name. My mom thought Josephine was too long so she shortened it. I like that it links us! My sister and one of my cousins have our other grandma’s name in their names. If I ever have a…

I wish they could name her that. Maybe not as her first name, but as her middle name, you know? Like, Charlotte Diana or Alice Diana? It is completely normal to name your child after your parent (dead or alive) but because they live their lives in the public eye and have to maintain appearances, they can’t do that.

I would read that dissertation but it would be so triggering.

When I was in high school a douchey church bro told me that Hillary Clinton was the antichrist. This was when she was only running for the senate. I bet he is freaking out right now!

HA! I know! Because there was NO WAY I was having the sex before I got married! ;-)

We never put an exact date on it because there is that verse in the bible about no one knowing the day or the hour. But there was a lot of applying prophesy to world events and being convinced it was going to happen soon. 2000 and 2001 were really hard years for me, as a lot of evangelicals were convinced the world…