en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/644901 Comments by erikarae http://www.facenews.org/witch-black-and-baby-blue/#IDComment43086386 This post leaves me breathless every time I read it - and I've read it a few times by now. Something about the juxtaposition of that witch black hair and the baby blue eyeshadow. Perfect metaphor. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:12:32 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/witch-black-and-baby-blue/#IDComment43086386 http://www.facenews.org/on-roman-polanski/#IDComment41992676 Interesting questions you raise, Sean. Welcome to Face Stories. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:27:16 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/on-roman-polanski/#IDComment41992676 http://www.facenews.org/good-grief-my-poor-car/#IDComment40909092 There is something about that feeling of being yanked away so suddenly from one's car. It's weird how attached people get. I still mourn the loss of one that I totaled 8 years ago. I know I'm ridiculous. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:44:44 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/good-grief-my-poor-car/#IDComment40909092 http://www.facenews.org/my-daughter-is-more-than-her-virginity/#IDComment38530563 Bravo! I couldn't agree with you more. What I like most about this post is that you have pointed out that the purity balls and rings still measure a girl's worth by her sexual status. I'd never thought of it that way, but you're absolutely right. Where are the purity balls for boys? If mothers accompanied their sons to those sorts of events, people would call them downright Oedipal. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:01:43 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/my-daughter-is-more-than-her-virginity/#IDComment38530563 http://www.facenews.org/of-road-dogs-and-lives-lost-and-saved-part-1-of-2/#IDComment37622143 This is haunting. Interesting you remember the print of her dress, but nothing about her. It makes sense - fixating on something impersonal in that horrible moment. As a writer, your timing is perfect. Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:23:33 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/of-road-dogs-and-lives-lost-and-saved-part-1-of-2/#IDComment37622143 http://www.facenews.org/desire/#IDComment36639515 What a picture - you guys all huddled together in a closet. We should be grateful every day for the freedoms we have. Thanks for the insight into that culture and time. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:10:34 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/desire/#IDComment36639515 http://www.facenews.org/last-man-standing/#IDComment36613503 This is such a powerful story. As always, your sense of timing in telling it is amazing. Wish I could write like that. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:36:15 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/last-man-standing/#IDComment36613503 http://www.facenews.org/quitting-coffee/#IDComment36095282 An article I read in National Geographic says there is 40 mg of caffeine in a single shot of espresso - and 140 mg in a cup of coffee. Now that's a study I can live with. (Firing up the espresso machine as I write) Good to see you on here, Karen! This was a fun piece - your sense of humor comes out in your writing! Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:02:00 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/quitting-coffee/#IDComment36095282 http://www.facenews.org/glassdiamonds/#IDComment34591770 I like how pudding has made you speak caveman. Hee. I hate banana pudding, too. Tally man no bring them to MY pudding. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:46:36 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/glassdiamonds/#IDComment34591770 http://www.facenews.org/hey-chingpea-i-miss-the-kissing/#IDComment34477047 I'm inclined to vote with the "breath issue" side. But I also think that some people who have been together a long time just forget to keep up the kissing and go straight for the score. I've had a kissing lull. It just needs to be rekindled, that's all. Oh - and I don't think kissing is better than sex...but it can be better than CHOCOLATE! Hee. On the other hand, a great kiss is better than bad sex. Just sayin'. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:33:40 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/hey-chingpea-i-miss-the-kissing/#IDComment34477047 http://www.facenews.org/where-were-you-when/#IDComment34061403 Yep Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:01:54 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/where-were-you-when/#IDComment34061403 http://www.facenews.org/lucky-and-joe/#IDComment33230881 I agree with Nick - this might just be my favorite of yours. I wish Joe had been treated in life half as nice as Lucky was after Joe's death. This story really gets to me. Makes me want to be a better person. Sat, 5 Sep 2009 15:00:10 +0000 http://www.facenews.org/lucky-and-joe/#IDComment33230881