Maybe if flying weren't so uncomfortable, we wouldn't need to wear our most comfy clothes. An actual meal service would inspire me to wear a suit. A bag of pretzels does not. Change needs to start with the airlines. But also, is this our priority? Rather than, say, safety?

See, here is the reason why I will never manage to write a book.

Here we have Idaho.

I don't think merely using the name of a character would constitute trademark infringement or a violation of copyright laws. At least, not in the US. There's no danger of confusion, and it would be hard to show any damages.

What would he get sued for?

If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.

Follow me for more recipes.

Same, we were sitting right there along the Tacky aisle last weekend, and my kids all said that was their favorite part.

Local politics are the worst. My neighbors, who are the nicest people in person, will say the most awful things on NextDoor. If you don't have NextDoor in the UK, be glad.

Good luck with that.

Pretty certain the cat book got banned because of an overly descriptive section on feline reproduction. I'd put money on it.

This happened to me sometime back in 2020.

Were you looking for them?

I thought "Zoot suit riot" was just the name of a song. Never knew it was a historical event.

I feel like if you changed the name of the publisher in your post, it could have been written five years ago about a different company, and before that about a different one still. Same old story. Sorry it's happened to you, though.

Law school is the same. If you survive the first year, you've learned how to think like a lawyer. The rest is, I don't know, networking and practical skills.

My mom figured out how to turn off the ding on her microwave.

Where is AltLOC?

[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them.

Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short from the movie The Three Amigos.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

And even just a dot is better than multiple emojis! Those things sound horrible on a screen reader.

Hey, I know that judge! He's a good guy.

Yeah, pretty sure I read this book in high school.

Most of the time, they weren't actually saying anything.

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

I've never seen or heard him use the F-word before. Really shocking

It's possible you don't remember it because of ADHD; but also possible you don't remember because of an unrelated trauma-based memory block. I've had minor traffic accidents (not my fault, so not caused by my spacing out) where it took some time to remember what happened. Memory is a strange thing.

I mean, there was that one book where a postman was singlehandedly keeping civilization together because he kept doing his job. Similar vibe.

Yep can confirm.

"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack." Rudyard Kipling