They were high school students, so probably yes.

“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a called disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress!”

Really. I’m 52. I met my future husband on Usenet in 1990.

I was relieved to see no blood on the walkway or her face. That was brick. He could have broken her nose or her teeth slamming her down on brick like that.

Correction: ....slammed a 12-year-old girl face first into a brick walkway.

This appears to be happening outside and there are a lot of students around, so my guess is it was during lunch or immediately before or after school.

Yeah. My dad is older than Talese, and he’s pretty damned cool.

My daughter adored seaweed at that age.

I feel about this woman about the same as I do about former pickup artists who have seen the error of their ways. Basically, they have permanently lost any interest I might have had in their opinions.

Cumin makes everything better.

My sister wore a cream colored Gunny Sax dress to her prom in 1977!

My sister wore a Gunnysax dress to her prom in 1977.

This is a great palate-cleanser after that Emma Watson Lancome post.

This will explain:

Thank you! That’s what I thought. Any big sports arena will have pigeons, sparrows, etc. — basically whatever birds you’re likely to see in a parking lot, depending on the region.

Okay, I have a question for you. There are people on my Twitter feed claiming that it was a set-up, that someone put the bird there next to the podium. Can you confirm or deny?

Here’s a better pic of it, in which you can see a striped back. I’m thinking maybe a Golden-crowned or White-Throated Sparrow.

You win!!!

I just went looking at baby pictures so I could show off how much hair my daughter had, and I found all of these adorable pictures and now I’m verklempt.

Exactly. My daughter was born with a full head of hair (it was even visible in some od the prenatal ultrasounds), but it looked nothing like that. Maybe they’re using mousse?