On Moms
@dtowngirl Not feeling obligated to buy things for somebody I am lukewarm about (at best) is really refreshing. I'm sure at this point in her life, with both kids long gone, she'd appreciate getting something from time to time, but... I don't really see any reason to start now. I loved her for years after that rejection, but it still stung like a bastard.
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On Moms
@dtowngirl The last mother's day I participated in, I was 5 or 6. I had been making a diorama with a doll I thought resembled my mother and because I realized it was mother's day, I scrawled "Happy Moms Day" on the side and presented it to her. She took one look at it, said "I don't do mother's day," and handed it back to me. I haven't given her anything since.
Mothers are still people, and sometimes people are just horrible.
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On Moms
I understand Jocelyn's desire to incorporate generations into her slideshow, but.. Puff? Really?
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School - Bras and Mildew and Taffy, Oh My!
@jen325 Me too! I do use dryer sheets, but not fabric softener. I had some spots on one of my favorite tees a couple washes ago and I was so mad. I knew I hadn't spilled anything because I'm super paranoid about stains.
I just pretreated the spots with this Buncha Farmers stain remover stick I got at the hardware store, and it came out of the next wash just fine. Very mysterious.
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On What Happens When You Serve as an Alternate Juror
I was called for jury duty once. It sucked. We all had to report the first day, then call them every night for a month (they said) to see if they needed us. They only did callbacks twice, for people numbered 1-74. I was 75.
Also they didn't let us off the hook for over two months, so I wasn't able to take a mini-trip I had been attempting to schedule.
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On Really Good Books About History: Part One
In addition to the Mayhew and Flanders books, any suggestions for reading on the Victorian industrial revolutions, particularly if they have a focus on society?
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On Toxic Dating, "Abominable" Sisters, and the French Manicure
Sexy chatting for a documentary may be pretentious, but I don't think it beats the conceptual cheeseburger. Unless maybe it was a conceptual documentary.
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On Other Brands Nabisco Could Revitalize By Removing a Qualifier
@Genghis Khat Alcohol is bacteria poop.
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On Amusingly Horrible Things I Have Said: The Bracket
@Hellcat Oh, no, no. You're fine. You guys are discussing issues up there, it's totally different from throwing yourself a pity party.
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On Moms
@The Everpresent Wordsnatcher My dad is the best, though. And my grandma is kind of crazy and loves to talk politics (we just agree with her at all times, because she'll never give it up and who wants to fight with a 90 year old woman?), but she's pretty great too. I guess it comes out even.
Definitely down for the BBQ at PPM's folk's place though.