Top Comments: 80's Soundtrack Edition
Casa Brillig went out to dinner tonite, and after about 10 minutes or so, Mr. Brillig said "Someone here really likes Flashdance, they're playing the soundtrack." Which led to a discussion of 80's...
View ArticleTop Comments: Leapin' Edition
::looks around cautiously::Well, it appears we survived The Rapture Chris Christie's climbing into the clown car Leap Second! Follow me below the Orange Sandclouds Of Time after a word from our...
View ArticleTop Comments: Happy Ending Edition
I hope you'll forgive me tonight for writing a diary both intentionally lacking in details and entirely personal, but it concerns family and I don't want accidentally to identify them. I got news today...
View ArticleTop Comments: Hot Edition
We here at Top Comments must have had a bit of summer heat-wave brain, because there was an empty spot on the calendar where a diarist's name should have been! So ::waves:: you get me again :-)....
View ArticleTop Comments: Annual NN Photo Wrapup Edition
So I went to Netroots Nation last week, as I have every year for the past ten years. I usually try to post a write-up of my experience, and this year I even made sure to get more pictures than I...
View ArticleTop Comments: Customer Service Edition
Hello! You have reached Top Comments! Please listen carefully to the following options as our menu has changed. To submit a comment, please press 1. To ask why your comment didn't make the Top Mojo...
View ArticleTop Comments: Magical Music Edition
It is SO good to see everyone tonight! I've been away on vacation in Orlando since the 8th and got back late last night early this morning. My original plan to do a vacation summary was postponed when...
View ArticleTop Comments: Chill Treats Edition
Twice today, I've had someone I was interacting with close the conversation by saying "enjoy what's left of summer!" I'm not ready to consider it 'almost over', so grab a freeze-pop and follow me below...
View ArticleTop Comments: Visiting The Mouse Edition
Since one vacation diary with all the pictures I wanted to include was going to take far too long to put together (not to mention read) you'll be treated to have to suffer through two. Tonight's will...
View ArticleBicycling While Black Triggers Call to Police in Marblehead, MA
Hanging out on a Saturday night, waiting for Top Comments to publish, so I take a few minutes to scroll through Facebook, and what comes across my feed but this posted image: I live less than fifteen...
View ArticleTop Comments: TryGuys Swimwear Edition
Tonight's diary subtitle: How Brillig Takes A Funny Video And Turns It Into A Serious Thing.Over the weekend I saw a new(ish) video by a very funny group of men who call themselves the The Try Guys....
View ArticleTop Comments: Best of Intentions Edition
We all are familiar with the myriad things the Clown Car of the Right says and does that come off as insulting, demeaning, racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic/< insert -ist/-phobic here >. For...
View ArticleTop Comments: Sunday Night Special Edition
Summer leads to strange things happening. One of which is tonight, where we seem to have had a TC glitch. Follow me below the dingledoodle squigglie dKosagnocchi dividerthingie fold after a word from...
View ArticleTop Comments: Stop The World, I Need Some Crayons Edition
Because my vacation pictures are on my dead-as-a-parrot laptop and I'm on a borrowed machine until my new laptop arrives, I wasn't going to be able to bring you the much-delayed Vacation Pics II diary...
View ArticleTop Comments: "Bonjour aux étudiants d'échange édition"
Bonsoir, et bienvenue à l'édition de ce soir de meilleurs commentairese! Or in other words, good evening, and welcome to tonight's edition of top comments! My apologies to all who DO speak French, and...
View ArticleTop Comments: Can the House keep its Boehner? Edition
Good evening, and welcome to tonight's closed-door edition of Top Comments. I've been nominated to write tonight's Edition, so please follow me through the ornate orange doors after a word from our...
View ArticleTop Comments: This Day In History Edition
Good evening! I am pleased to report that after 3 full days, the small-scale Franco-US summit we're hosting at Casa Brillig is wildly successful! Both sides are learning a great deal and have found...
View ArticleTop Comments: Back To The (Future) Music
As just about anyone alive and movie-going during the late 80's... or has Netflix, or uses Google... knows, tomorrow is Back To The Future Day. As today is not yet that Future, I ask you to grab your...
View ArticleTop Comments: Overheard Edition
Our French Exchange student is safely in air on his way back to Paris, and while I intend to write about the experience, I'm missing his presence enough not to want to write about it tonite....
View ArticleTop Comments: French Exchange Wrapup/Election Open Thread Edition
As you may remember, we had a French exchange student living with us for two weeks, the first half of an exchange that will see K1 just outside Paris next February for two weeks. It was an interesting...
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