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10 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +9 points

Alison Kinney's orphan article is fantastic and she made my day by mentioning my friend Rachel...

10 years ago @ The Toast - Dirtbag Tess Of The D'... · 0 replies · +11 points

I wasn't named for the book but people often ask and it leads to a friendly discussion of murder and hardscrabble farming. If we wanted to get really highbrow we also could tell people that we're named after the Contessa from Carmen San Diego.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Dirtbag Tess Of The D'... · 0 replies · +27 points

There is nothing more goth than a baby named Sorrow.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Dirtbag Tess Of The D'... · 3 replies · +41 points

Pro tip from my younger self: if you know an adolescent/teenager named Tess, do not recommend this book to them. Do not tell them it's a feminist masterpiece. Do not blame them when they start morbidly summarizing the book to acquaintances who ask if they've heard of it.

10 years ago @ The Toast - If Sarah Polley Were Y... · 0 replies · +4 points

I can't tell if the Laureen Harper mountie love nest reference went over everyone's heads or if it's just that no one else finds it as fascinating as I do.

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