Family of not-super-outgoing ppl? My brother & I have lost all contact with our 1st cousins. We played together as kids. They became Republican housewives plus a coke addict. No idea what happened. Be thankful for yourself and for the grace that gratitude brings you if that’s not 2 Hallmark. xx

Adults in my family were all very ho hum why bother with establishment traditions until there were new children. Then, for them, we again made a celebration of Halloween turkey and Santa days, for about 15 yrs. Now they are college age and again- holidays, not so much. Is yr fam like that?

Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted

Expressive, spontaneous, free.

Toes like this come from bad shoes-shoes that don't broaden out at the toe box (most shoes don't; most of our feet are screwed up with the big toe pointing toward the others instead of straight ahead). The only other explanation I can think of is that he broke both of them and they healed badly.

Thank you for the rec. I read it before bed last night and my dreams were very…sweet. Ah-hem.

Think of this as a "to do" list.

I'm not supposed to tell you this but people with hazel eyes can see into the ultra-violet, x-ray and gamma ray spectra. This explains Van Gogh, who painted his own eyes various colors according to visual phenomena that non-hazels cannot perceive.

I get it but since my mother had the same disorder Crawford did, I know from experience that all you have to do is block her calls.

what a title.

What is FoF?

What passes for art according to the so-called professionals often isn't art. But there are a few good novels out there that aren't genre. And some classy writers, like David Mitchell and Michael Chabon, who play with genre.

I could see Yibo as Donatello's David.

Does China have a breeding program for these people? (Theory: LA is full of good looking natives bcuz for 100 yrs attractive people moved there to try to become stars, then stayed & interbred.)

Hmm then someone who knows all the emerging talent of those years better than I do could probably make a list of probables. Just curious. Too bad they don’t have footage like all those Scarlet O’Hara takes.