Somewhat O/T, but anybody have a suggestion for couples' Halloween costumes?

Oh, my god. I am so sorry that this happened to your family. You are so right that making our feelings "taboo" or "wrong" just leads to shame and isn't healthy for anyone. I hope other women feel empowered, these days, to seek out professional help with these deep struggles of identity and fulfillment.

Hsu's words really rang true to me, and I'm going to repeat them over and over to myself: I love my kids, but that doesn't mean I have to love motherhood.

I don't want to be around people who do those things, and I sure as hell wouldn't want a relationship with them.

At first I thought the same thing, and then I realized that NO, it is NOT normal to grab someone (unless they're falling off a cliff). There is no context in which it would be okay for me to shove someone (unless he were between me and my endangered child, hypothetically). Ditto shoving someone- unless a piano were…

You know, I was just thinking how lucky I've been that even though I've had some crazy relationships, none involved even a hint of physical violence. Then I remembered the guy who shoved me against a wall because I turned him down.

This sounds like a topic Mark would cover.

Sure, but I can't help thinking there was something more tangible Dougal was after. Guess I gotta go back to the books!

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Thanks! It only occurred to me as I thought of how close her thoughts of the two of them are in the shaving scene. I read the books a long time ago, and as many have noted, Frank just kind of disappears in the first one (which makes it easy for the reader to forget him and jump on the Jamie bandwagon). But film not…

I believe you mean "Burpies".

I found the promo clip on YouTube, and I too would like to bottle Jamie's rueful laugh.

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I have to say I kind of loved it when Black Jack poured Lord Thomas' claret out the window.

Etsy is chock-ful already.

HERE BE SPOILERS (maybe)

Good on Mindy Kaling for recognizing that she misspoke. That's acknowledgement of a mistake, though she doesn't really need to apologize for what she thinks is right or wrong for her own show. That said, I agree with the commenters who have suggested that her show would be more interesting if she did address some of…

That's all I'm really getting at, I guess: a desire to see the totality of a person's (or an organization's) life rather than only their failings. I was at a homeless shelter yesterday and- during the orientation before we served- the volunteer coordinator described their services and that the beds are only available…

We would call the local store owner in advance of an event (a service day, a school event, etc.), and then go pick up whatever they offered to donate. It is the store owner who donates the food, but the fact that Chick-fil-a stores are usually so willing to do so everywhere I've worked tells me that there is…

You mean "diluted"? Yeah, I guess you're right. I thought I was doing the right thing by eating anti-gay chickens (I mean, the fewer anti-gay chickens there are, the better off the gay chickens will be, right?), but I see your point.