Thanks for the birthday wishes for Isaac, I promise to pass them along to him with many kisses attached. Poor weeble had stomach flu this weekend, so no cake until he's all better.

Oh, poor pumpkin!

Strega, the people she was discussing it with did. So that's why she made the distinction.

But, but... the internet is for ranting based on assumptions, not this pesky "context" thing!

Oh, all right. Then she's not crazy. I was just too lazy to follow the link last night. Ranting's still fun, though.

And yeah, Ellis's definition isn't all that workable, but it makes up for that by being pithy. (It was his stock response to "Why isn't it fanfic when Moore writes LoEG, or you write NextWave, etc.?")

We are halfway through watching season 2 of Galactica. I am so very sleepy.

In Washington news, the Democratic National Committee not only develops a backbone, but also a sense of humor when it comes to its press releases:

I'm not saying that I disbelieve that the DNC generated the press release, but it isn't on the DNC website.

Allyson, I have some sympathy for Gavin's parents. When Franny was first interested in naming her naughty bits, I had to quickly come up with appropriate terms for her to use. We went with "crotch" for the front and "butt" for the backside. Now she sometimes goes around proudly saying "my crotch! my butt!"

Ha! Only funny because it's not me...yet.

Happy Birthday, Isaac!

My mother was changing O's diaper when he reached for his penis. She said, "Don't grab your bird!" I said, "Mother, first of all, it's not a bird, it's a penis. Second of all, it's his and I don't think we'll be able to keep his hands off of it forever. Let him grab it if he wants to."

Not to mention that Osama Bin Laden is still on the loose, sending us more videos than Netflix...

Ha!

Tisha Campbell's face fell!

Happy birthday to Isaac! Good to see you, Burrell, and glad he doesn't have the stomach flu today.

Casper, despite having been told the words vagina and clitoris when she asked, has settled on calling her clitoris "my peanuts."

In the matter of butts, we are a sorry example, and say things like, "That was my butt!" when Casper asks "What was that noise?"

Whoa. What happened to her? She used to be so pretty.

Casper, despite having been told the words vagina and clitoris when she asked, has settled on calling her clitoris "my peanuts."

Huh. I was given a plethora of names for the cooch (downbelows, nether region, pumpum, chocho) as a child, but never thought to single out the clitoris for separate naming. Your daughter is perspicacious.

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She used to be so pretty.

Doesn't it look like her muscles don't work anymore?

Doesn't it look like her muscles don't work anymore?

Yes. "Melted" is the perfect descriptor. See? [link] She used to be cute!

Wasn't she one of the girl-group singers in the movie version of Little Shop of Horrors?