Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.

Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Barb - May 03, 2010 12:35:47 pm PDT #27079 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

That's what mine says, Barb. Also, most publishers (of fiction) use M-W for house style, so you might want to pick one up.

I could have sworn I had one, but all I could find was the American Heritage. I'm thinking I'll definitely go pick one up in the next couple of days. Thank you, dear!


Amy - May 03, 2010 12:37:49 pm PDT #27080 of 30001
Because books.

I just realized mine is ... from ninth grade. I won it for some essay. Oops. And yet e-mail is in there! Wow.


Toddson - May 03, 2010 12:40:21 pm PDT #27081 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Interesting to hear all the scar/injury stories. I don't have anything dramatic - mostly the dings from day to day living.

Although Hil's shock from alfredo sauce had potential - I was envisioning something involving a dish of electric eels, which led to her becoming vegan. This may be the first time my imagination's been more interesting than reality.


Kathy A - May 03, 2010 12:45:11 pm PDT #27082 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Glenn Beck begins Vermont Teddy Bear ad by trashing Mother's Day. Way to keep your advertisers happy, whackaloon.


Gudanov - May 03, 2010 12:54:17 pm PDT #27083 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Oops. And yet e-mail is in there! Wow.

That's because ninth grade wasn't that long ago.

Glenn Beck begins Vermont Teddy Bear ad by trashing Mother's Day.

WTF? That's just . . . weird.


Gudanov - May 03, 2010 1:01:51 pm PDT #27084 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Congrats, Allyson!


tommyrot - May 03, 2010 1:03:33 pm PDT #27085 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yay Allyson!!


Pix - May 03, 2010 1:05:08 pm PDT #27086 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

Allyson, that's wonderful news. Congrats!


Hil R. - May 03, 2010 1:06:15 pm PDT #27087 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Congrats, Allyson!


Hil R. - May 03, 2010 1:07:38 pm PDT #27088 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

This seems like it might be an interesting read. [link]

The paradox is this: Cultural conservatives revel in condemning the loose moral values and louche lifestyles of "San Francisco liberals." But if you want to find two-parent families with stable marriages and coddled kids, your best bet is to bypass Sarah Palin country and go to Nancy Pelosi territory: the liberal, bicoastal, predominantly Democratic places that cultural conservatives love to hate.

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Naomi Cahn and June Carbone -- family law professors at George Washington University and the University of Missouri (Kansas City), respectively -- suggest that the apparent paradox is no paradox at all. Rather, it is the natural consequence of a cultural divide that has opened wide over the past few decades and shows no sign of closing. To define the divide in a sentence: In red America, families form adults; in blue America, adults form families.