He did! He served a month in jail since it was a second offense - he had gone through the juvenile system for stealing a credit card previous to the robbery. While he was awaiting trial, he also threatened an older woman with violence. Seriously, this guy is garbage.

My 7 year old son would kill for that wallpaper (but then he wants to be an entomologist). Me, I might never enter his room again if that were on the walls.

I’m in the DC area - I wish I knew they had played around here recently, I would have gone to see them!

I grew up on Long Island, NY, and am a First Generation American, but one of my best friends was Mormon (there were a few Mormons in our area, but not many). I remember eating dinner at her house in high school, and her mom offered me some salad. Imagine the look of confusion on my face when a bowl of green jello with…

Thanks so much Emmer! It’s strange, I knew when he was much younger that the reading stuff wasn’t clicking, but I kept being told that boys take longer, etc. Still, I had a nagging feeling that it was more than that ... Then our second son was born, and he was reading at 3 (I think it was all the Hooked on Phonics he…

You’re a horrible bully for picking on a child. My son has dyslexia and that’s what his print writing looked like at that age. His cursive writing was beautiful, by the way, but an ignoramus like yourself wouldn’t know anything about how learning disabilities work, I guess.

Thanks for saying this - I thought the other kids at school were mean for making fun of my dyslexic son’s handwriting, but it saddens me to know that there are “adults” out there who would pick on a kid who likely has a learning disability. Shame on mazzieD.

My son has dyslexia and dysgraphia, and his print at that age (and hell, even now), looked much like Pickle’s. Interestingly, though, his cursive is beautiful. When he brought home his cursive book in 3rd grade I literally cried, because I didn’t think that he would ever be able to write legibly. His writing teacher…

Well, it’s not what would be expected of a typical 9 year old, but I have a child with dyslexia and dysgraphia, and he had a lot of trouble at that age expressing himself in writing. He also has a very high IQ, and the way that he expressed himself verbally was completely different, and far more eloquent than what he…

One more that really stayed with me - “All the Ugly and Wonderful Things” by Bryn Greenwood.

A good one in the genre is “Luckiest Girl Alive” by Jessica Knoll. I think the writer has a unique voice.

This doesn’t really qualify for the genre, but right now I’m reading “The Nix” by Nathan Hill, and it’s one of the most compelling books I’ve read in a long time. I highly recommend it - it’s librarian approved :)

I really loved book #3, Faithful Place - it was my outstanding favorite in the series.

I remember when that was a thing in the 90s. When I had my boys a few years ago, I liked referring to them as “baby men” but I never met anyone who got the joke ;)

I just bought myself, my little boys and my husband bath bombs at LUSH yesterday! I’ve been indulging in them occasionally since the 90s, but this will be their first - the boys are excited to try them out!

My younger brother also died last year of an opiate overdose. I am so sorry for your loss. I understand the stages of grief that you are going through right now. I went through a period where I had to find someone to blame (his shitty rehab, my parents for enabling him, myself for being a “bad influence” when we were…

I dunno, my biggest problem with that scene was that when she took the mask off at the end, it was strongly reminiscent of the villain getting unmasked in every episode of Scooby-Doo.

Oh dear, the curse was passed down a generation. Poor little you, and your poor little son. It sounds like the family vacation is the way to go at that time of year.

My 10 year old son would totally say that, just as openly :) I would have died before saying that to any person at that age. 

I miss Strangers in Paradise, launched in 1993, when I was a freshman in college - I worked in a comic book store in the 90s, and I was a faithful reader for years. I fell away after I stopped working at the comic book store, but I may pick this up: https://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Paradise-Omnibus-Terry-Moore/dp/18925…