Laura in Aurora

LET KENNY D-O-G COOK!

Dream PR Response: "It was a Sky Full of Stars on the kiss cam at the recent Coldplay concert, including our very own CEO and head of HR. While a couple of people may have Clocked that they were in Trouble, we want to assure our stakeholders that she only wanted Hymn for the Weekend.”

Similar to bunnies, who always threw their litters where my dogs could access, instead of moving three feet over where they couldn't.

Nooooo! Wishing her all the best

Absolutely. And we would harvest them and pretend to eat them to scare our siblings

Absolutely enraging. Between this and the governor's cronies usurping the position of duly-elected trustees, I don't even recognize my alma mater anymore.

A record album called Dueling Banjos from the movie Deliverance showing one banjo player sitting in a raised wooden structure, slightly elevated while another banjo player faces him below. Creepy af.

Went thrifting the other day with my daughter and found this. Did people really buy the Deliverance Dueling Banjos album? "Honey, let me put on a little mood music..."

Here for the Twin Peaks soundtrack...

The muscle memory is STRONG. I took five years of piano lessons as a child, and just heard one of the Mozart concertos I used to play on the radio. I sat down at my hugely neglected Baldwin upright (way out of tune) and I played it! Badly, but my hands knew where to go. Surprised myself.

Oh. My. Word.

This split-second gaffe will HAUNT this man.

I work in pr, and can't tell you how often I type out that I work in pubic relations. WAY WORSE

Excellent. Seriously, just awesome.

It's nice to be able to share a piece of my childhood with my adult children. (The existential threat of nuclear war). The Day After scarred me for life...

Dill Pickle Soup This recipe has swept the nation! A tangy, delicious and over-the-top version of Dill Pickle Soup. It will become a staple in your household.

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It's basically a potato dill soup, with some pickle brine and chopped pickles in it...lemme find the recipe

Dill Pickle Soup -- it's sooo good.

If I say someone has a "better office than Les Nessman" -- do you know what I'm referencing?

Your Next Instant Pot Might Be Made by Donald Trump America has become a parody of itself.

InstantPot is coming out with a line of pots to support Trump? Unbelievable. I was a huge advocate for them, and that's done. Not another dime, not another recommendation. gizmodo.com/your-next-in...

I love this so much.

Just read book one last weekend...and my son was just featured on Matt Dinniman's insta, dressed as Carl.

a woman in a black suit is dancing in front of a poster that says " points of impact " Alt: a woman in a black suit is dancing in front of a poster that says " points of impact "

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I know I’m super late to the game on this one, but Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman.

Thou art more powerful and sanitized
Rough waters do shake the dingleberries away
And plumbers cease to make their coming date.

My Joann's in suburban Chicago is closing in 3 days. I went to the Tucson store a few weeks ago on its last day. It's like going to a wake for a friend. It makes me so sad.

She is the ABSOLUTE WORST

100 percent -- and that went for ANY light in the car. We had a 1977 Toyota Corolla hatchback, which had a tiny little light in the hatch area. I used to pop my side of the seat down and lay in the back reading a book (yes, I know...seatbelts).

I am unapologetically telling you right now that Chicago is going to be insufferable about this, there is still a fading cardboard John Paul II in a Michigan Ave storefront looking out at Grant Park because he spoke there *once.*

It's DeepDish Pizzabella instead.

I am having an inordinately good time texting a zillion memes to my brother.

So, the first American pope lived about 10 minutes from where I was born and worked as a kid at my dad's high school. Never thought I'd see the day when a southsider would be elected as pontiff.