Hi JoCo! I've been trying to learn to play Tom Cruise Crazy for so long that the lyrics are no longer relevant. I still love it, but I guess that's what I get for dragging my feet.

Wuala has a desktop application, and has just upped their free storage from 2GB to 5GB.

I used Google Earth to find the home of a Tokyo family I stayed with during a three-week exchange trip. I didn't know the street name, district, or anything - just a vague idea of the name of the station I would get off at after school, and a visual memory of the hour walk home from there through the side streets. I…

Agreed! This was a huge help when my boyfriend and I were looking for a home. I also recommend that you go to a ton of open houses - even the ones you aren't seriously considering base solely on the listing. You'll really get a good feel about what you're looking for in a home, as well as aspects you could do without.

I noticed that too! Fashion blogs have clearly ruined me. Now I find I'm always checking for that flash of red whenever I see fancy heels.

I thought the scenery looked familiar in this video. Turns out it was filmed in my town... though ultimately it's not surprising considering how many moose accidents we have up here in Northern BC.

I was team Gale nearly all the way, but in finishing the series I just ended up hating everyone (who was still alive...). Team no one.

I know it's Canada, and it doesn't count, but I love Vancouver YVR Airport like it's my second home. Internet is free, with strong wi-fi signals throughout, and charging stations for laptops and cellphones all over the place. The comfortable seating, private nooks, and viewing platforms are also a plus. The only US…

Japan Airlines has belly cams - at least the JAL flight I took in 2005 did. I spent more time watching the cam channels than the inflight movies. It was mostly just clouds and ocean, although one time we passed over another flight. It was really serene. Unfortunately when you're in ascent or descent, they switch the…

Yes! I agree with you 100%.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, and therefore (hopefully) not crazy. I read all three last week, and while I LOVED the first one, I hated the third. I now feel irritated whenever I come across Hunger Games press, because I'm just reminded of how book 3 pretty much ruined everything for me, and I can no longer…

I'm sorry, and I understand. I've lost pets in the past under tragic circumstances.

I grew up completely unconcerned with my non-belief. It was only when I met my boyfriend, who told me apprehensively that he was an atheist, like it was a really big deal, when I realized how much influence religion has even up here in northern Canada.

I guess I'm a cray cray atheist then, since I'm outspoken against mixing religion and politics, making young kids go to Jesus camp, and unquestioningly supporting texts that condemn women and homosexuality. (So much misogyny is rooted in religion, and being non-religious myself, it's a frustrating battle to have to…

I'm pretty sure it used to be that way. I wonder why it was changed...

I don't take it personally (I'm from Canada). I just assume it's his job to say that... but I do wonder if the false confidence might contribute to some Americans' resistance to matters such as health care reform and environmental laws (assuming they think that their country is already "great" and therefore doesn't…

I went with my friend's family to their lakeside cabin the summer I turned 14. Cue fun and girlishness and fishing. One afternoon I went out with my friend's 12 year old sister to look for bait (worms). We were carrying our fishing rods and pails, digging around the lakeshore and near the foundations of the cabin,…

I wish I lived in a climate where I could dress like that!

This is almost exactly me! The boots and jacket look just like the ones I wear!

They're called "coywolves", but I think I'm definitely going to forget about that now and start referring to them as direwolves.