As a mature (ahem!) single, childless woman, I'm tired of all the "Mommy Wars" talk, although I'm sure its very important.  It just doesn't pertain to me.

I'm commenting mainly to thank you for the links to those wonderful obituaries.  They were fascinating!

Laura Chick- Ha!

Ditto!

Ditto!

Were you reading Anguished English ?

Ditto!

If I remember correctly I joined Ricochet just so I could comment on one of Dave's beautiful posts.

Would it help if I joined twice?  

I say Yes, but then again, I really just wanted to see if my Avatar worked.

I've never been very "cool" even when I might have cared about it but I still can't make an avatar!   I guess I'll have to remain un-cool!

I've had avatar-deficit too, but I'll try again!

My 26 year old niece thought "date rape" too.

This is exactly what happened to me!  I went to college in the 70's, so of course ended up wanting to "help people."   After working at DFCS for 11 years I ended up completely transformed.

 The tragedy is that those who are TRULY needy end up being shortchanged by the merely unethical "eligible", and there's not anything that can be done by the caseworker. 

Mmmmm!

God bless and keep you Dave! 

 I confess I'll not watch the debates- and when Election news comes on I mute it or fast forward.  I don't see the point of watching something that will infuriate me.  (I'm addicted to Ricochet however!)