I love Mark Sheppard too. Who the heck is his dad?

- All bugs like mosquitoes have AIDS and the only reason we're not all infected is it's really really hard to catch and yet somehow also you can get AIDS from just being around someone with AIDS so if you're trying to sell someone insurance and they tell you they have AIDS you should immediately leave and…

You are going to be okay. So are your kids.

They've been on mine for a very long time. Great stuff. One of the good spots for global news.

One of my kids' sitters is named Taylor. She's just the right age, I think.

Very interesting. I wonder why it appealed so strongly to Nevada and Wyoming? Though it looks like maybe it hit some Southern states first.

Well, sure. I get that. My daughter has a gender neutral name herself, though not one of the many -adens. I was just wondering why Taylor specifically and in such a dramatic burst that fizzled pretty quickly.

Oh. Maybe. I have a male cousin named Taylor but he's older than that and it was a family name.

What caused the sudden yet brief explosion of Taylor?

I don't even want to see her stupid face on here.

They're not my favorite but there are some amazing episodes in them and I thought the seasons were solid. It bums me out when I hear people say it should have ended after 5.

#youarethekey SO cute.

The older I get the more I realize that people who judge others for reading YA, sci fi, mystery or any other genre fiction think they sound intellectually superior, but much of the time they're pretty clueless. Sure, all of those genres have some epic crap in them but there's plenty of utter garbage that gets…

So amazing. Really.

a 12-year-old Montana 12-year-old Montana girl whose parents die in a car crash just as she is discovering her own homosexuality. She is sent to live with her conservative aunt Ruth in Miles City, Montana. girl whose parents die in a car crash just as she is discovering her own homosexuality. She is sent to live with…

Me too. That's exactly where my mind went.

Me too. That's exactly where my mind went.

She makes me swoon. Once again, Laura, I am in your debt.

Every single time this comes up I ask about the names. I hear no similarities between the names. Unless she means that each character has a first, middle and last name.

Yes. Yes, yes.