Straddling the toilet FTW! I only had to go once during our reception because I hardly drank a thing...and then my dad became the "Champagne Fairy" and went around putting champagne in everyone's drinks regardless of what it was, but by the time I felt the effects of this fairy magic I was already in my short stripey…

I just bought a nail polish in this color!

I didn't notice it was Bear until I read your comment. Scrolled up: 0_0

Love me some D.H. Lawrence. I'm currently listening to Sons and Lovers (commute reading is the BEST), and it's so good I get home and immediately take up where I left off in Mr. Wont's copy. But that's true of pretty much all Lawrence. The Rainbow and Women in Love are amazing.

Yeah, sadly you can't claim both the standard deduction and itemized deductions. It would be totally awesome and inspire a lot more charity if you could!

If you want to take stuff like that off your taxes, you have to itemize your deductions. That means the sum total of your donations equals or exceeds the standard-amount deduction that the IRS normally offers. I know this because I got married last year and we paid a nonprofit organization to use a public park space…

YAY! I love it when life throws you a bone once in awhile. Well done, you! Congratulations on all your hard work!

Champagne's great but it makes me cackle. But you're on the right track, perhaps a shot of something stronger before the ceremony. At the very least it will make it go by quicker.

Ooh, I just started using BB cream and I lurve it. It has light foundation, moisturizer, and sunscreen all in one. I use the Olay version, there are many many different types but I already loved the Olay moisturizer. My suggestion is BB cream!

I posted about my cousin's awful fiance awhile back when they got engaged, asking if I should speak up about him to her, or keep my mouth shut. Most of you said speak the fuck up. And I did, subtly, in the nicest way possible. She seemed not to get it, or at any rate she's being incredibly stubborn. Many moons…

He's not yawning, but this is the first time I have something to post here. This is Max, my parents' new 8-week-old Chorkie (Chihuahua and Yorkshire terrier mix) puppy!

It's only mildly eyeroll-inducing, but definitely indicative of how we as a society can NEVER pass up the opportunity to fixate on a woman's looks.

I wanted to marry Moses from Prince of Egypt when I was a child. Childhood conceptions of marriage have nothing to do with sex.

In my opinion, Irons' argument is the worst and most demeaning argument against marriage equality. In fact, one of my very close friends who I roomed with and had a BALL with in college trotted out that argument—"Give me all or nothing. If gay people want to get married, we should let people marry more than one…

There there, Beyonce. Gameboy has a cold, beeping robot heart that you needed to charge every 2 or 3 hours; it feels no pain. I feel like a traitor too, but console myself with memories of when I finally beat Kirby's Dreamworld in the backseat of our Chevy station wagon, and then promptly lost all interest in my…

Commenting from beyond the grave.

Nominating you for #cotd now. Awesome.

Man, this is what I came here to post. I still remember the name of the boy in MY 3rd grade class who smelled like vomit every day, and the teacher put my desk next to his because I was the only one who wasn't super mean to him about it. I remember being really upset about this: "If I'm the only one who's nice to…

I'm basically voting for D.A.R.E. because I love the crap out of that T-shirt, it is my comfiest smoking shirt. Mr. Wont kinda killed my "I'M WEARING THIS IRONICALLY" phase, though, by appealing to my fear of being arrested...so it never leaves the house anymore.

Fucking awesome, that book.