Amy Dickinson
@askingamy.bsky.social
"Ask Amy" advice columnist, NPR Wait Wait Don't Tell Me panelist, literacy advocate, NYT bestselling author, and proprietor of the Freeville Free Library. Author of the One Good Thing newsletter on Substack
I JUST watched this. Cures Every ailment
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I JUST watched this. Cures Every ailment
Great suggestion! Thank you
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great suggestion! Thank you
I watch it whenever I need a hit of Chicago -- which is pretty often.
I especially LOVE the scene between Helen Hunt, Shirley Knight, and dear sainted lovely Harold Ramis
I especially LOVE the scene between Helen Hunt, Shirley Knight, and dear sainted lovely Harold Ramis
December 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I watch it whenever I need a hit of Chicago -- which is pretty often.
I especially LOVE the scene between Helen Hunt, Shirley Knight, and dear sainted lovely Harold Ramis
I especially LOVE the scene between Helen Hunt, Shirley Knight, and dear sainted lovely Harold Ramis
Haha me too. Don't really know why, honestly. Awful realizing that she and Sam Shepard are now both gone
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Haha me too. Don't really know why, honestly. Awful realizing that she and Sam Shepard are now both gone
Great idea ... and I've never seen it!
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great idea ... and I've never seen it!
I haven't seen it in a very long time.
I wonder if it holds up??
I wonder if it holds up??
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I haven't seen it in a very long time.
I wonder if it holds up??
I wonder if it holds up??
Yes -- that's a very sweet favorite of mine
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Yes -- that's a very sweet favorite of mine
Wow I really agree with him, here. That's a first
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Wow I really agree with him, here. That's a first
Lovely. I really needed this!
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Lovely. I really needed this!
That's MY brand: cruelty
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
That's MY brand: cruelty
Thank you for doing that... now my own search history is remains unsullied
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thank you for doing that... now my own search history is remains unsullied
Ooooh GOOD QUESTION. I'm also fighting the urge to try to figure out who raised her and what went wrong along the way. She really goes for gramps. I mean, Keith Olbermann when she's 19
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ooooh GOOD QUESTION. I'm also fighting the urge to try to figure out who raised her and what went wrong along the way. She really goes for gramps. I mean, Keith Olbermann when she's 19
I now have a mattress pad with a heating element.
HEAVEN in a cold room.
HEAVEN in a cold room.
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I now have a mattress pad with a heating element.
HEAVEN in a cold room.
HEAVEN in a cold room.
I think I hear the person holding the camera gasp a little bit ...?
December 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I think I hear the person holding the camera gasp a little bit ...?