en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/8291171 Comments by littlehuntingcreek http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/an-open-thread-and-sea-room/#IDComment1025110504 When I found out I had progressive MS I realized that I had better get going on my childhood goal to be a writer. I was already a technical writer, but I wanted to be more than that. I discovered Nicole via her Tumblr when I googled "two deaf mutes at a funeral" to check the quote and discovered that she was a kindred spirit. We had read all the same books! There were other people in the world who liked what I liked! I've read the Toast from the very first day in a state of awe and delight. I never anticipated that one day I would write for this site and that would lead to writing at other places, but best of all I never anticipated getting to know my fellow Toasties. I've made real friends here and for that I cannot say thank you enough. Thank you, Mallory, for accepting my first piece and saying it was beautiful. You have no idea what that meant to me. Thank you, Nicole, for publishing my silly pieces and helping me impress my kids. Thank you, Nikki for telling me each finished piece was " wonderful", and editing my work so beautifully. But most of all, thank all of you for making the world a better place for three years. I can hardly wait to see what all of us do next. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:27:37 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/an-open-thread-and-sea-room/#IDComment1025110504 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025102650 I hope you took a screenshot because one day it will be in the Smithsonian Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:22:45 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025102650 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025102532 Laughing through tears right now Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:21:03 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025102532 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025101314 This is a gift. My heart is full. Thank you Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:04:16 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025101314 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025099826 I felt the same. How unbelievably lucky we are to be good enough for this place, You are more than good enough. Thank you Fri, 1 Jul 2016 13:41:15 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025099826 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025098342 With the Toast going away I feel like we are now going alone to the hole in the ice. Thank you Nicole, Mallory, & Nikki for a wonderful three years. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 13:17:29 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025098342 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/things-lucy-maud-montgomery-lied-to-me-about/#IDComment1025038078 That the boy who pulled my hair in 5th grade would grow up to be my true love. Instead he grew up to be an astronaut. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:09:14 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/things-lucy-maud-montgomery-lied-to-me-about/#IDComment1025038078 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/hey-ladies-take-it-to-slack/#IDComment1025029430 Brad is totally cheating on you, Jen. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:01:47 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/hey-ladies-take-it-to-slack/#IDComment1025029430 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/thank-you/#IDComment1024965830 Nikki, I'll miss you replying to my submitted pieces:"This is wonderful!" even though you probably said that to all the writers because you are so nice. The Toast is a special place; here I felt understood. "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.". Except substitute the Toast for Camelot. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:06:41 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/thank-you/#IDComment1024965830 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a-jrr-tolkien-book/#IDComment1024960451 At first I thought this was me: "You long to go on an adventure, but only so long as the adventure is not in any way uncomfortable or inconvenient." But I realize that this is me instead: "You are a member of a wonderful fellowship of diverse people united by love and loyalty, but soon it must come to an end. And when the world you know begins to fade away, at long last you will go to the shore and board a ship, and take to the Sea." Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:24:29 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a-jrr-tolkien-book/#IDComment1024960451 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/paintings-of-the-torture-of-prometheus-where-it-actually-looks-like-the-eagle-assigned-to-tear-out-his-liver-is-his-new-boyfriend/#IDComment1024955172 Artists REALLY got into the whole "erotic encounters between BIRDS and hot men women" genre. Prometheus and the eagle, Leda and the swan...I'm sure there are more Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:42:10 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/paintings-of-the-torture-of-prometheus-where-it-actually-looks-like-the-eagle-assigned-to-tear-out-his-liver-is-his-new-boyfriend/#IDComment1024955172 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/28/open-thread-10/#IDComment1024891348 This is perfect Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:37:32 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/28/open-thread-10/#IDComment1024891348 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/28/open-thread-10/#IDComment1024890745 I went to high school with a space shuttle astronaut, Mike Lopez Alegria. Which is nothing compared to my husband, who went to school and even knew Nicole Brown Simpson Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:27:26 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/28/open-thread-10/#IDComment1024890745 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/28/redheads-a-personal-history/#IDComment1024887236 In the department of inappropriate comments: our gynecologist once asked my sister: does your mother have red hair too? Referring to our carpet/drapes. This must be the oldest joke in the world Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:20:43 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/28/redheads-a-personal-history/#IDComment1024887236 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/toast-points-week-of-june-24th/#IDComment1024605212 I'm sending good thoughts your way for you and your family. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:56:29 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/toast-points-week-of-june-24th/#IDComment1024605212 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/link-roundup-599/#IDComment1024585727 Oscar Pistorius deserves to be torn apart by rabid hyenas Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:50:03 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/link-roundup-599/#IDComment1024585727 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/hey-you-wanna-buy-a-tote-bag/#IDComment1024583247 TOTE SECURED- one small shining light in a dark time Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:12:50 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/hey-you-wanna-buy-a-tote-bag/#IDComment1024583247 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/if-cate-blanchett-were-your-girlfriend/#IDComment1024507032 I have a Moroccan blue caftan already, so Cate can be my bestie. Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:15:23 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/if-cate-blanchett-were-your-girlfriend/#IDComment1024507032 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/link-roundup-598/#IDComment1024502490 I send fabric and tshirts priority mail for about 5.95-$10, so UPS is smoking something. If it is under 13oz it can go 1st class mail which even cheaper Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:55:45 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/link-roundup-598/#IDComment1024502490 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024462101 I think of you every day and understand what you're dealing with. Thu, 23 Jun 2016 01:33:14 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024462101