I am TOTALLY going to find that Cary Elwes book, but against my better judgment I am also going to find "Simplicity Parenting" by Kim John Payne. Pretty sure it's just going to tell me to be a better housekeeper if I want my kid to do better in school, but I'd be happy to hear from anyone else who has read it. I'm…

This is me and all of you punks that are leaving me.

I didn't think people were going to start being anorexic because I put my daughter's clothes on.

Apparently, the Egyptians used peach pits as IUDs. Makes potatoes look a bit pedestrian, is all I'm saying.

I had that realization just as we were about to take our firstborn home, and spent a few very PPD-immersed months (with treatment, thank goodness).

Wait 'til they have another one. Then they'll be all "You're fine, walk it off. Where'd I put that peanut beer...?"

Disapproving bunny disapproves of your departure.

I'm also a little bit in love with Henri de la Falaise and mad at her for how she treated him (but falling in love with long-dead people is nothing new to me).

Thanks! I just wish I could see all her various houses in their heydey (including the "maisonette" in NYC, sans roaches, of course!).It kills me that as much as she resisted being labelled as Norma Desmond, she did kinda live it out with the boy toys...

I know it sounds strange, but I remember friends of mine trying to adopt in Britain in the 1980's who could specifically exclude red-haired kids as an option! In other words, though all prospective parents have to be prepared for potential problems, IVF and adoptive parents sometimes try to address potential issues by…

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.