I would have seen it if the film had been directed by David Lynch — as it should have been, based on a quick read of the Wikipedia entry for Breaking Dawn.

I was standing on my back porch once with some friends and my cousin had a joint. He put it down for a second on his knee to reach for the lighter in his bag. Suddenly, my fifteen year old Lhasa Apso—who, as a general rule, spent most of his time napping like any good senior citizen—leapt up, snatched the joint off…

That is adorable. She sounds sweet. My lab mix would have done the same thing and probably started crying.

Okay, eight is a little on the young side. But if the decision is mutual (and here I mean genuinely mutual, not like, "You want to go stay with Auntie SoandSo, don't you. Don't you."), it might not be the worst thing in the world. If the child feels empowered to make the decision, then it's not really abandonment,…

Eight years old seems really young, but my cousin moved in with us for a while when she was about eleven or twelve. She and her mom were fighting constantly and they just needed to cool off for a while. They both got to destress for a while, it gave them enough time to start to miss each other, and then she went…

I couldn't watch the video, either, and I haven't watched the show so I'm not sure how old these kids are, but sometimes I think this is a good idea. My cousin came and lived with us for a few months when she was eleven or twelve. Her relationship with her mother (my mom's sister) had just gotten so bad that they…

Well, yes, when companies try to claim that Frosted Flakes is part of a balanced breakfast or Pop Tarts put on their packaging "A good sourse of 6 vitamins and minerals", that rings the old bullshit meter. But food companies do make misleading claims that a reasonable person could easily believe. For instance, a lot…

If you're in poor health, then you should be careful generally, because the fecal matter that's everywhere might be a problem for you, too. People with normal immune systems (which is most people) don't need to freak out about this stuff. But the parents who are freaking out don't seem to be the parents of kids who…

I need to go home and tell my DVR how much I love it. I got it four years ago, and I haven't seen a political ad (or very many other types of ads) since. Yes, it's a problem for networks that I watch their programming but not their ads. Watching Community without risking a rage inducing 30 second commercial in the…

I realize that it's distressing to parents that their little Bella and Aiden are playing in an area where there are trace amounts of fecal matter and MRSA and whatnot, but this is why we have immune systems. This stuff is everywhere. Even your house is probably covered in trace amounts of fecal matter. It's not…

That was a sentence practically made for the semi-colon.

Kinda off topic, but did anyone else watch that Trinny and Susanna show where they made over women in America? There was one episode where they made over a woman who was definitely plus sized but really well proportioned. She generally dressed in sort of dowdy, loose fitting things and they had her put on a really…

Seriously. I couldn't stop looking at her. I don't know if it's attitude or what, but that is one gorgeous lady.

The Beach Boys approve of that.

Economics 101 says that if the sexes don't balance themselves out and women do become rare, dowrys will do away with themselves. "Oh, your son would like to marry our daughter? Well, we can't pay a dowry... Well, that's fine, good luck finding him another bride... Oh, you've changed your mind? Lovely."

I only heard about them because some of my friends have tweens. They are really compuslively readable.

What the—?! Yes, of course, it's everybody but the dad's fault. Go ahead, let him off the hook. The truth is, we don't know any of these people, so it's impossible to make any judgements about them that mean anything. Here's the thing, though: I've known girls who had really fucked up relationships with sex at…

I married the last guy I had sex with on the first date. But I'm realistic about the fact that it could have easily not worked out. It's a gamble, but one that paid off. (And I agree with you on points 1 and 2).

Yeah, it's just nice to see a female celebrity not acting like losing all the baby weight/getting back to a pre-baby body in three months is totally normal and just the result of healthy living and happiness.

It's possible that it's just not a great picture, but it looks like Natalie Portman hasn't lost the baby weight yet. It makes me love her a little more. It seems nice that she's (I guess) being a lot more normal about the whole thing.