This Rhode Islander says yup. When I first moved to So. California, shop clerks bugged me to no end with their vapidly upbeat personal questions. Give me a genuine, knowledgeable and efficient clerk instead of empty cheer any time.

Right. Belle is the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope. See “Something Wild”, “Garden State”, and “Sweet November”.

Right! Just like a toddler is totally invisible as long as the blankie is covering his eyes.

Donald has the biggest umbrella. It’s yuge. But even if it had room for Chris Christie, Donald wouldn’t share it.

Do you drink from a bubbla and carry a pockabook? If not, can you really claim to be from Suthin New Englind?

Cover blurb by Bill Cosby.

Actually his parents were fun and generous people, according to my brother-in-law, whose grandparents were good friends with them. But little Donny was a brat, they said.

I liked that Trump interrupted and talked over the respected black journalist and moderator who was asking whether Trump respected minorities.

Every sperm is sacred;

That’s just the glazed look of a muskrat in love.

Isn’t anyone else wondering whether a man was holding them there? I’ll bet most of those kids have the same father.

Off topic: Tracy Morgan is going on tour this fall! Glad he’s feeling up to it.

I take offense at describing Ann Coulter as a body part that is one of my personal favorites. I think she's more of a spurt of Santorum.

Lucky boy!

Right. When mine were teenagers, it also helped that they listened to the Lovelines radio show by Dr. Drew with Adam Carolla. These men are not perfect —who is? — but their show was a great source of frank information and serious warnings in a funny, adolescent-friendly format.

On Pandora, they say, “I see you.”

Former booster parent to the rescue! Gallon cans of pasteurized processed cheese food product substance can be found at Costco and Smart & Final. At your grocery store, look for Velveeta or Cheez Wiz (emphasis on “wiz”, as my husband says).

“If avocado toast was meant to be toast, avocado, and a bunch of shit on top, we’d call it that.”

Side note: the Star Trek canon already has a rich LGBT character arc in the Trill symbiotes on Deep Space Nine. Chief Science Officer Jadzia Dax was female, but her Dax previously had been joined to seven other hosts in succession — some male, some female — and Jadzia had quirks, gestures, interests and attractions…

Never run for a train? At my Metrolink station (Walnut) the afternoon trains are so packed that we dash from car to car to find one with room before the train takes off. Try this with a bike sometime. Each car has room for only a few. Many’s the day I’ve run with my bike to the next car while the conductor yells at us…