Well, the closest would be Julia-though noone ever did a double take about it....I have her fine, thin hair and a couple of years ago, I had the exact same red, short hairstyle. (Didn't seem to go over real big with anyone but me). I wish I was as thin or as striking as she, but I am now about the same age as she was then.

Interesting. BUT, Josette and Barney a TEN?

Barf.

Did anyone else dig Maggie's groovy threads on Friday? OH MAN, did that take me back in time! I saw it and blurted out "Barnaby Street!" I think she did look cute, and the colors were quite nice. For some reason Maggie gets to be the trendy one.

P.S. I am still reading the Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson, Rainey, and "The Bus Conductor" just earned most creepy replacing "The Thing in the Hall"

"There's room for one more . . . " (shivering)

I love E.F. Benson's Lucia books! I will have to pay a visit to the library web site to put a hold on his ghost stories. Thanks for the tip!

Ummmm, weren't those state of the art special effects? Looked pretty good compared to Lost in Space!

I too enjoyed the car honk. And the scene on Friday (I think) that Barney was using the telephone as Julia gave him the phone number. I expected him to pick it up and say "Now, HOW do I use this?" Instead, he asked for the number. It was very commonplace, and that made it rather weird.

It may have been normal for the others to frequent the Blue Whale, but it struck me very strangely when Barney first did. He never seems quite to fit in anywhere other than Collinwood or the Old House.

I just want to set the story straight. Adam is NOT childlike. Babies have more understanding in their eyes. Toddlers may lurch around a bit, but they certainly don't act like that when they are hurt. My bipolar son does a fair Adam impersonation when he is being impossible, but it has taken him 8 years to get that bad. He was much better as an even younger child.  

Now, Adam and his vengeful nature, overiding emotions, and lack of intellectual process to sort out his feelings DO remind me of something. I hesitate to say it because it will sound so bad, and I really don't mean it that way. I used to work with mentally retarded adults and some of them are just that way. Not all by any means, some were just the sweetest people you could meet. But, even one of the sweet ones erupted in Adam-like violence once when he was upset. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. Now, that I'm thinking about it, the incident was VERY much like Adam.