My niece attends EC. My sister pulled her out of the public school system when they started dismantling their music education programs, and my niece is a terrific clarinetist who plays with the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra. You better believe that kid's protesting this. I am so proud of her. <3

OMFG that scene with the circle of women admiring the ring.

My pastor told us the day we met him, "Your ceremony is up to you, but if you want me to ask who gives the bride away, you're going to have to find another church. Women aren't property."

I commented on one of those. Something to the effect of "Oh great, a new way to let your impressionable daughter know she's a piece of property! She "belongs" to her father until he decides to let someone pork her? Great way to let a young woman know her worth!"

Laura NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! God damn it. Its always a little sad when a writer moves on but this is the first time its made me cry. ;~~;

Thanks! And yes, Burt!! <3

I fully agree with you, but I'm really commenting to say that I heard that last sentence in Ron's voice.

When Jen left her room for the day,
She stashed all her butt plugs away.
But upon her return,
She was startled to learn,
They'd all been set out on display!

Why the hell isn't there a Ginger Batch photo anywhere here???

Ooh! Good choice. We can expect a real battle.

No question that 2013 was Tom Hiddleston's year, in the civilized world. The Sexiest Man designation for the being who neither sings nor moves like Jagger was a travesty, worse than any Academy Award.

I could be wrong, but Pompeii wasn't a huge metropolis like it's shown to be here, was it? I'd always thought it was kind of a humble place.

First, you must fight the volcano inside of your heart.

It's a French fairy tale, in French, made by French filmmakers. I don't understand your problem? It's their right to tell a story from their culture as they want to tell it—sticking with the original source material. French people, historically, are pretty white. I trust this version to be truly spectacular, far more…

I think you meant to say that she goes BANANAS for them. I mean come on.

That was a very vanilla, ahem, list of beautiful men.