OK, the time has come for the world to know the ugly truth – my friend Claire never watched The Addams Family, the 1964 TV series with John Astin and Carolyn Jones.

How comes she’s your friend then?!

… you might ask, and rightfully so.
What can I say, but that being friends also means learning to tolerate each other’s shortcomings, no matter how horrible they are?
Indeed, come to think about it, a very Addams sort of attitude, don’t you think?

And yet, and yet… can I let her go with this huge void in her culture?
Of course not. Continue reading →