I'd love to see this grow closer to the 100% absolute demand mark.

My husband firmly believes that her Karen-ness has only increased with social recognition of the general dynamic.

I wonder. I really do. Do the Karens see this label as acceptance of their behaviour, or do they ever stop and think about what anyone else thinks?

She pays extra for a second parking spot so she doesn’t have to learn how to park her new SUV properly. She renders the exterior stair railing useless from November to January because she Absolutely Must Have Lights and Garlands. (I need the railing to get down the stairs).

I could go on, but why?

Wow, that’s amazing, and a little terrifying, in that the first thing I thought of was forest fires.

All Hail the Mighty Bonnet! Tribute is payable in kibble and shiny rocks. Congregations for worship are not recommended, lest the prayer meeting be trampled under ribbon-foot.

May no vampires hunt your experience here!

Seriously, I’m glad you made it!

I have a dim memory of camping somewhere near there when we were kids. I think.

God knew what she was doing on the day this was made.

It shows!

I’m actually working my way through your book list, having discovered your work by way of Even Though I Knew The End, and it’s additionally delightful to me to learn you’re Canadian.

This series does some heavy lifting with the story-telling, and I aspire to do as well.

The emperor’s new toys…

Different communities may have their own codes for this. “Be careful around Name” is one I grew up with. It was a warning dressed in gossip. And sometimes the gossip was “He creeps me out.” My school had a grapevine specifically to flag the creeps. I’m aware that wasn’t or isn’t universal, though.

I have no idea HOW those little things make garbage-truck sized noises, but with a major construction site nearby, I know they do. May yours go away soon.

It seems like this run of news is overdue, I’m happy to learn you’re on an upswing.

I actually hadn’t thought about how long it’s been since I checked in here until I realized I had no idea how you, particularly, were faring.

Which means I too am on an upswing, I think, remembering to check in.

Possibly the bears are occupied with saving the wood-lost damsels from their manly heroic abusers.

My bearfriend told me that bullies taste like salmon. Yum yum.

So you already know this program well then! What other challenges have you done?

Yay! We can egg each other on!

The goal is to walk, run, cycle, or in my case, row the One Ring to Mordor for destruction.

This past week, I got a postcard from Gandalf:

As I was also around when Bon Jovi et al were New, Big, and Wildly Popular... I first thought Harry Styles' style was an updated riff on Hair Rock.

I wasn't supposed to see the class rocker queen doing her boyfriend's hair & makeup before school most days, except her locker was next to mine.