You should have been a fly on the wall when I (a woman) was in a guitar shop to buy a guitar. Yes, for myself! Lordamercy. Sales to willing customers aren’t hard, people!

I’d add some other advice as well: Order your food, then take your toddler outside, to look at the fish tank, sidewalk chalk in the parking lot... or some other visual/physical distraction until the food comes. Even adults hate to wait for food, so it makes sense that your toddler will not like waiting for her food.…

Good Lord! Just put down a towel. Keep another one nearby. Do laundry the next day. (Keep those towels away from your dogs, because period sex is just dandy but period/semen dog breath is truly gross.)

She is so way out of his league. How DARE she laugh at him?

I would also add that there are very few of his characters that stand out. He’s so good at plot and pacing (until, most time, the end) that you forget you’ll forget the characters. Deloris Claiborne and Jack in the Shining and Annie Wilkes in Misery are a few exceptions, and even then I wonder if it’s just because of…

Also looked at the NPR list...No Joan Armatrading? Unless I missed something. Also, Patty Griffin’s “Living with Ghosts” is one of my favorite albums of AT. Every song is genius. Instead they chose “Flaming Red” which is fine but flawed in concept.

James Taylor Greatest Hits? That one’s really pretty good. I mean, it’s whiter than ghost shit, but it’s still really good. Might as well bash Van Morrison’s Moondance. Both those albums helped me get my babies to sleep when I was nursing.

I miss my JT big orange kit as well. He died at 21 and he was my late twin brother’s cat, so I really, really hated to see him go. He was my inheritance, and we adored him.

He sweats when he raises his arms above his head to do his greasy combover.

I remember this. If a cat has more than two colors in its coat, it’s almost always a female. Most gingers are males. :)

I love big boy orange cats — mostly they are male — and my last one died a 21. God speed Mayor Stubbs.

I’m an expert painter — I can paint a room, two coats, in less than a day, no taping. But others that say “it’s just paint” underestimate the time it takes for a novice to paint (or repaint) a room. Especially if you consider that darker colors need a primer coat and at least two coats over those dark pigments. Don’t…

He also has that “does not go down on women” look; and the “but I want you to suck me off” look. That Republican look. Fact.

In that top picture you just KNOW he’s dying to smack her ass. As, you know, a complimentary gesture.

I’m actually thinking about going on it myself. I have always suffered from (manageable) anxiety. And I’ve been on Lexapro for years, which for me has few side effects. BUT I’ve flirted from one endeavor to another and just as I’m gaining industry attention with lucrative prospects (law school, a music contract, a…

My son is almost 31. He’s been “borderline” (after medical evaluation) his whole life...not with energy, but with focus. We chose no medication because his behavior and grades were good overall. After a brutal semester at a world-class university abroad in a very demanding field, however, all of the other students…

I painted our dining room a medium coral orange-red with furniture accents of lavender, teal and robin’s egg blue. But the trim is creamy white and nothing else in the room is “heavy” with wood-tones...plus the light is good. It’s also apart from any of the other rooms so the color is contained.

Two years ago my son went back to school for Naval Architecture, his passion. He was waffling because he was 27 and already had a BFA. He worried he was too old to follow his dream. I remember Dear Abby answering a letter from an older person contemplating medical school. She answered, “How old will you be if you…

I’ll defer judgement to the mother’s father who is likely been caring for the twins before the arrival of the other two children. Having been involved in social services, I see lots of grandparents and relatives who are stuck doing the majority of the work when parents fall short, and those supplimental caregivers…

I have a wee tomato growing in my yard. My dog planted it. I can’t wait to eat it!