Yeah, I think part of his shtick is to he downplay how good-looking he is. His characters are never attractive but he's actually quite gorgeous. And tall.

So true. He's the total package.

Seconded. Over it.

I always kind of wonder what happens when you get married and it lasts a year or less than a year before you realize it's so horrible you have to break up immediately.

Bye now.

Yeah, this doesn't even rate compared to the shitstorms Tracie Egan used to kick up back in her Slut Machine days.

Yeah, I don't think that's an easy parallel to make. Societal homophobia and the sexual transmission of AIDS, plus the fact that it was a new and unknown disease, is what gave it the stigma in the 80s.

We need to clone that lady!

Where was the statement saying Paula Deen deserved diabetes?

Yeah, it's like stunt cooking. But I suspect that she eats a fair amount of it.

I honestly don't know if Paula Deen has underlying health problems or what she eats, but let's not kid ourselves...if you were looking for a prescription for heart disease/diabetes, you could just take a page from one of her cookbooks once a day.

Nigella's more moderate than Miz Paula—-you're right about the difference in attitude. And she focuses more on veggies and olive oil as well as butter and meat. Miz Paula does not...I love that good ol' fashioned deep-fried Southern home cooking, but there's no doubt it will put you in an early grave if you eat it on…

Me too.

She's the doyenne of Southern cooking, with a very popular TV show (which I love). No butter, sugar, cheese, frying oil or mayo is spared in her recipes. It's delicious stuff but if you wanted to write yourself a prescription for heart disease/diabetes, you could just take a page from her cookbook every day.

My stepmom was a perfect housewife/stealth drunk for years. Eventually, it all ended VERY badly, but it's amazing to me how many people just couldn't believe that a nice suburban lady could do carpooling by day and kill herself with vodka by night. If you weren't a bag lady muttering on the streets, you couldn't…

Thanks for sharing your experience in such a candid, intelligent way. I think a lot of people don't realize how insidious alcoholism is or how common relapse is, and this is really eye opening (and I appreciate that you haven't lost your sense of humor).

Oh noes.

I also recommend the Newman's Chocolate Alphabet cookies. I have to say, I've never found another bottled salad dressing as good as Newman's Original, and even my very picky grandmother pronounced Newman's marinara "delicious."

I guess Renesmee is technically a French-name mash-up....

Yeah, aside from the abrasive issue, they're just creepy looking. I dunno who thinks that's random little splotch of hair is a good look.