I just finished Gloria Swanson's bio by Michael Shearer— even the footnotes are fascinating! Do you think her son Joseph was really adopted, as Shearer does? It seems awfully convenient that so many single actresses adopted children after the Hays commission (when they would get in career trouble for out-of-wedlock…

Is it wrong that I'm happy for him/her, that if illness was inevitable, they made it to the US? If this person can recover, and much is made of that recovery in his/her country of origin, perhaps that will have some positive impact on the receptiveness of some fearful populations in the region.

The kids are getting this for Christmas, for sure!

Oh, shit. I just realized that the rednecks in my family will now start saying dem emugrumps brought it over the border.

I am just really relieved that Walking Dead starts again soon, so that I can get the real world advice I need. It's educational TV, right?

Soap is better.

Oddly enough, I just revisited the site for the first time in many years, and found that the more precise data I entered about my actual frame, age, face, etc., the more I actually liked the way "I" looked! There is definitely something to be said for growing up and getting a little perspective.

Me too! My Virtual Model is a little like that, but I just ended up using it to see how much I had to change the weight number until I liked how I looked. :(

Maybe this sounds a little like urban homesteading, but I'm surprised I don't see more straight-up dressmakers on Etsy. You sure can't find them in your basic Google searches, I've found: just alterations. I think I found the only dressmaker in Austin to make my wedding dress, and that's been years ago.

Form a posse.

You may want to renegotiate your deal re: BP's hair. I am assuming you have some sort of clause about excessive product in there, right? Any decent lawyer will tell you that's got to be part of any celeb hair-worship demonic pact.

Nope, sorry. I would trade swan-like neck, lovely legs, etc. with Ms. Clooney (née And The Night Visitors) any day of the week, but the hat is JUST TOO BIG. I am all about the hats, really, but this one does not work on her. She needed this:

The policeman also goes into some detail as to how many people they've interviewed, with not ONE person having seen Claire or the mysterious Highlander in a town and time where people do still walk around a lot! I have to say I'd vote with the coppers on this one.

I think the least they could do was make the last episode a double one. Or at least 90 minutes.

I thought the second half of the first season would air in January. Erk.

I know I'm late to the party on this probably, but Couchtuner works WAY better on my phone than it did on my laptop, so guess who's bingewatching Outlander on her phone until January?

Yeah, those pants would be like a magnet to any mildly sharp object I passed.

Hahahaha, giving someone Pilates classes as a sex tip!

I kinda dig the lace pants, but that's because I would live in pajama pants 24/7 if I could. Bustiers, not so much. Tell me Nori's not wearing a My First Bustier, please.

I'm 45, and I just did something I never thought I'd do: start my own business and hustle for investors. If you had asked me at 21- even 35!- if I'd ever be an entrepreneur, I'd have laughed my ass off! I have a good friend who went back to get her MA in counseling at 45 and now has a successful practice (and is on…