I just read in the paper about two young “adults” who filed a lawsuit against their mom for emotional distress in the amount of $50,000. First, isn’t that a mom’s job? Second, (you might ask) what constitutes “emotional distress” to these two lovely children? Here’s your answer. (Did I mention they live with their father–anContinue reading “File under: WTF”
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Book Reviews: Vanishing Children
Both of the books this week are about young girls that go missing. (I think it must be time for my daughter to go back to school.)Anyway. The first book is “Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter” by Tom Franklin. In the ’70s, middle-class white boy Larry Ott was friends for a brief time with Silas Jones, theContinue reading “Book Reviews: Vanishing Children”
Movies That Scarred Me For Life
In my current Life and Laughter column, I discussed scary movies and how they basically ruined me. Here’s a more complete list of life-altering movies that made me who I am today. Messed up. The Wizard of Oz: The tornado in this movie scared the living s*** out of me. I was convinced that everyContinue reading “Movies That Scarred Me For Life”
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