mine's awesome, it's got three hedgehogs on it. DINSDALE... DINSDALE....

I'm just going to say I wasn't going to buy their pasta anyway because low-carb and egg allergy (including egg noodles, dammit) and just avoiding processed food in general but of all the pasta brands out there I'm going to aggressively NOT buy Barilla the most.

oh god I love the Dover paper doll sets! Tom Tierney is the paper doll god.

the moment I saw Alpha I ticked off both the "MRA" and "mansplainer" boxes on my bingo card.

I'd like to buy a lowercase letter, Pat...

I loved the fairy books too. Best thing: They are free Amazon Kindle books now.

ha ha ha ha ha NO.

I think the third Godwin law would be "you cannot Godwin a Godwin, except as it pertains to laws 1 and 2. And robots."

this is like the "Tragic Moments" segment from MST3K only NOT A COMEDY SKIT, wtf Precious Moments...

yeah, it's not its fault that the matching shoe is nowhere to be found, maybe somewhere in the stockroom, I dunno...

man splaaaaaiiinner

I just have this feeling this contest is a big lie and all these submissions are going straight into editor (redacted)'s Spank Bank. Just sayin.

question, because no access to the Google right now: is Swedish a language that separates nouns by gender, like all French nouns are male or female and German ones are male, female, or neutral?

what? No no no no. Nope Nope Nope.

(raises a martini with Vitamin V) you said it, compadre.

here's a few more *s for you for mentioning Herb Caen.

extreme hairstyles = dog whistle for "break out the straightener, non whites!"

seriously, I didn't know they made goldtone solder.

and the bd scenes consist of Ruth hitting Merle with her handbag. I'd totally watch that.

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