When my son was about five, maybe? We read Charlotte’s Web and he didn’t cry when Charlotte cries and then his best friend’s mom read HIM Charlotte’s Web and when he heard my kid didn’t cry he was HORRIFIED and said, “But how could you not cry for Charlotte? She was a FRIEND!” and my son said, “Because it’s IMAGINARY”…

I have been to a wedding where people were talking shit about how the bride looked in her dress but this makes total sense because 1) it was my family; 2) the person getting married was a family member; 3) my family is straight up trash. (Thank goodness I eloped.)

I’ll be 50 in a few months. I’ve never been afraid of death but my best friend, who was about six years younger than me, died about two years ago and yes I’m feeling my mortality in new ways for sure. But I’m a lot less terrified and a lot more determined to live the life I want to live because I realize that I’m…

It’s obvious she’s terrified of being a sack of decaying flesh anyway because that’s why she’s into all her woo. Those of us who accept the fact that we’re all gonna die of something don’t feel the need to go on weird extreme diets meant to keep us ageless. Death comes for everyone no matter how many green smoothies…

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Most people know (olds like me) know her best as the plumber in Mr. Mom but yeah, she did a lot of comedy writing including for Letterman (where she had a reoccurring role as an old bag lady with an accent or something) and now she’s a therapist. :) When we visited her (she was dating my then best friend -- this was…

Posted above re., Bill Murray. My same source said the only thing about Steve Martin is that he has some perfectly normal, acceptable kinks, which I won’t detail here because they’re private but he’s fine, just fine and lovely.

The woman who helped throw us our baby shower was a comedy writer/actor from Canada (Valri Bromfield) who worked with the Murray brothers. She said they used to walk out on tables into the audience and punch people in the face. She said they were both enormous assholes. John Candy, on the other hand, she said was the…

Green apple Bubly is the bomb. Even people who hate seltzer usually like that one. We’ve also been recently pleased with the Giant Eagle brand Black Cherry, which has a lot of flavor like Bubly.

Harrison as Indy is the person who made me realize that I Like Boys but Harrison as Harrison is a disappointment. I’ve got a friend whose sister lived on the ranch next to Harrison’s and confirmed that he was schtupping the nanny while with his wife before Ally McBeal, too. Bad Harrison.

Oh yes, I ugly sobbed at the end of season 1, cannot wait for this. 

Ha! I’m a therapist and I have that lamp because it’s cheap. I don’t encourage people to social media from their therapists’ offices but it’s nice that the stigma around getting help is lessening. 

Good for you! And I highly recommend Harriet Brown’s book Shadow Daughter about estrangement. (And not just because I’m “Sharon” on page either 65 or 67 but also because it’s really good and validating.)

Ha, my actual mother asked my husband how he puts up with me. It took me a little longer to unfriend her on FB and in real life but I did eventually.

Thanks! I knew it was someone “nice” but couldn’t remember who and I remember thinking that this was not very nice.

I don’t like Justin Bieber but I remember when he was first blowing up and he was on Ellen (I think? maybe Rosie? Could it have been that long ago?) and she brought up that she saw him getting a B12 shot backstage and he was saying, yeah, this touring was exhausting and he was trying to take care of himself. And I’m…

I’m anxiously waiting for Madonna’s kids to grow up and get a book deal.

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Growing up one of my favorite parts of Ms. Magazine were the “click” letters where women would write in about how they weren’t feminists and then one day someone said something or did something or they read something and “click” — a feminist was born!

I had terrible shin splints and have tried to start running three times with C25K before finally making it with the fourth try. I’m 49 next month and I’ve had shin splints since I was playing tennis in high school. I second the stretching recommendation -- this is HUGE for me. I have to stretch out my calves after I…