He goes way back...

“We drove the Cali/and got drunk on the beach/Found a motel and/ built a fort out of sheets.”

The CMAs are the perfect show if you wanna avoid hearing anything resembling country music.

Where’s the rigging part? I see that they had an unusual fundraising connection(which isn’t that unusual). I don’t see any accusation that the primaries were rigged.

It’s Manhattan drive bys are a norm here. There was a early SNL sketch where Bill Murray mocked someone for thinking crime isn’t the norm in Manhattan. He is probably laughing at people like you right now

Wrong reply. Sorry!

I wish Cat Power would release a Christmas album to soothe my yuletide anxiety. Her Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is the one of the few Christmas songs that I can actually stand.

Yessss! That was the best.

Nice recall! Joan Aiken doesn’t get enough attention these days. Midnight is a Place was one of my favorites. Also Blackhearts in Battersea.

Good lord, I think that is it!!!! The chillblains-n-possets novel! I know I recognize it and I am pretty sure that is the book I was thinking of. Kind of a Little Princess meets Cherry Ames meets The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Kinda. Thanks!!!

Oh my god, I had totally forgotten about this book, and how creepily wonderful it was when I was a “bitty”. I have a 14 year old and now I want to order it for both of us to read.

Super cheesy! The days of outlaw country were definitely waning when Kenny Rogers showed up. I mean, I guess he’d been around for a while, but I’m talking about 80s Kenny Rogers.

Holy shit, that is the most beautiful home I have ever seen!

Yes!!! It’s so good.

Makes me feel better about quoting $50 for a friend of a friend, who never even responded after I got back to her with pricing. And we live in a super expensive area in CA! She wasn’t going to get cheaper any place else.

Maybe show a cast iron skillet then crack an egg into the skillet - that might be a way to represent ‘your brain on drugs’? Seems like that could be way effective

“I learned it by watching YOU!” became a catchphrase in our house when we were kids, it was a great argument ender.

The good news is that because this isn’t a budget bill, it’s subject to the legislative filibuster.

I heard that “Hello” as sung, and I hope that’s what you were looking for.