character shoes are simple heels, usually black or flesh tones, used for dance and stage work.

Oh, I love these!

I didn't like his show at all (although the intended audience, toddlers, I knew all seemed to love it), but I loved and admired the man.

quester- dispatching anyone for anything can lead to conflict and "push back" from dispatchees questioning just about anything. Likely the last person was young and soft and cried a lot from being questioned and the writer (who desperately needs an editor) doesn't want to go through that again.

as someone else noted with soft leather soles so not super durable outdoors

Getting durable soles put on is pretty simple.

Mr. Rogers was a genuinely kind and decent man.

My college roommate, Chip, went to prep school with his son and got to know him then. Later, Chip worked for an education foundation and did a lot of work with Fred Rogers and said he was just the nicest guy. However, Chip did note that Fred's son was a total stoner, adding, "You'd kind of have to be if your dad was Fred Rogers."

I'm on the Mr. Rogers love train, too. I loved him when I was a child. And there was a time in my 20s when I was extremely depressed, that I watched his show to soothe myself. It helped, a lot.

Mister Rogers seems to have been almost exactly the same off-screen as he was onscreen. As an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a man of tremendous faith, Mister Rogers preached tolerance first. Whenever he was asked to castigate non-Christians or gays for their differing beliefs, he would instead face them and say, with sincerity, “God loves you just the way you are.” Often this provoked ire from fundamentalists.

That was from the link DJ posted.

Someone on another board just called Steven Moffat the greatest living television screenwriter, and I was filled with outrage. I like his stuff, but the statement made me defensive.

Then I realised I don't want to come down and pick only one. Which is chickenshit of me. But, still, I think I prefer Joss and Tim and David Simon, for starters.

true. my tap shoes are character shoes with taps and pads attached. we used to have character shoes rubberized all the time which is essentially getting them waterproof soles. character shoes are pretty much the only kind of heels i can walk in comfortably. Heck, i can do spinning split leaps in the things.

Not to mention Aaron Sorkin.

I loved Mr. Rogers when I was little, especially the factory visits. "How It's Made" is totally those segments for grown-ups.

I think I'm feeling better, although my head is more congested than ever! The glands in my neck seem slightly less swollen. FEH.