The NYC conversation wasn't supposed to mean that Shelby left Beth behind, but that her life in NYC wasn't right for raising the baby. Which I guessed to mean that Shelby worked all the time and Beth spent most of her time in daycare.

And this week. It was addressed in the episode.

Nothing could have saved that Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. The remake didn't even touch on why the first film was so popular, and I was so pissed they left out the whole trap laying section of the original I think I literally saw the end of the movie through a red haze.

I saw it on an end cap at CVS just last week.

It's the 'wet and wild' line of halloween make up. So it may not be in your CVS, but check your drug store chains. (Sephora, of course, has much more expensive feather eyelashes and has for some time, but the drugstore stuff is going to be so much cheaper.)

I studied abroad (not in Italy) and dealing with the police or arrest/detention situations was never even brought up. And I had to deal with the police while I was there (luckily, not for anything I was accused of doing). It's only in retrospect that I've realized how screwed I could have been should something have…

CVS. No, really. Winged lashes are out for the halloween displays. Nothing as elaborate as hers, but a hell of a lot cheaper.

Yeah, I read the interview with her. That's exactly what happened — she was working at a plastic surgeons office (she wasn't a scrub nurse yet) and the boss offered her some surgery.

I agree with you. I hadn't even thought about her access to pictures of her students. I think that someone who engages in such a long term deception shows signs of instability that need to be evaluated by a professional. And at the very least, the kind of poor judgement that makes her position involving very young…

I'm curious if she asked for child support. I bet there could be a case made for embezzlement or extorition or some financial crime if she had used the pictures to fleece her ex for money.

I dunno. That kind of deception and manipulation points to some real issues on the teachers part. This goes beyond just lying to someone — I mean, this was a sustained and lengthy con job. I can see where parents might be worried about this teacher's judgement and mental health — I might not necessarily call for her…

I can see where you get that. But the wiki for Edna backs up the Edith connection: "Edna's no-nonsense personality and round glasses are a direct homage to Edith Head, a Hollywood costume designer."

Then you and I can be friends. :)

I agree with you to a point. Perry isn't bullying anyone directly, but she did directly contribute to a culture that demeans or belittles gay people to make a buck, and then turn around and embrace the gay culture. She could be sincere. She could just not understand that she perpetuating harmful stereotypes. Maybe she…

I believe Darla is referring to Perry's single 'U R Gay' (equating gay as an insult) and her appropriation of 'gay for male titillation' song, which both fetishizes and demeans lesbian and bi-sexual women. She hasn't exactly apologized for either of those singles and acts like they just didn't happen. (I don't have…

Since Edna Mode was based on Edith Head, she sort of was real.

I just relistened to the podcast today. Such a moving interview — the part where he was saying he was so happy to talk to her and that he was happy that he would die first, because if Terry died, he would just miss her terribly? Ugh.

And the part where the horse dies?! THE HORSE DROWNS! ITS AWFUL!

Well, Utah was pressured because of the high numbers of Mormons who settled there. Mormons had to give up polygamy to get Utah statehood — my Mormon church history isn't the best, but I believe that's the source of the schism between FLDS and the main body of the church. And because of the polygamists settled in Utah,…

Kindred is one of my favorite novels. You've mentioned working this before, right? I'm so excited to hear what comes of it.