He's a month shy of 4. So... he's not really a "large three year old," he's the proper size for his age.

All the retailers you listed are in downtown Seattle as well. Plus, Nordstrom flagship store and headquarters.

Heh, I was just about to comment that if she modeled in the 1930's, Brook looks GOOD for her age.

Asexual? Temeraire's frolick with Lung Qin Mae and splashy-times in the lake suggest otherwise.

I love this song for introducing me to Kimbra. Awesome, catchy pop music.

How long ago were you making these requests? It was just a year or so ago that they switched their mix to one without dairy.

My grandfather was stationed at the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. I'm still not entirely sure what he did, as he's always been pretty tight-lipped about his service time, but I know that one of his duties was taking the phone calls that reported casualties. One day, one of the casualties was his brother-in-law…

Isn't that basically what her YA book was?

Every rich person in the books isn't so heartless - but the controlling government has brutal ways of cracking down on Capitol dissidents. They go into it in the books (basically, you get your tongue cut out and brainwashed), but only briefly allude to it in the movie (the servants in red). Those turned into Avox tend…

Don't forget that the winner gets additional rations for their entire district for a year following. On those years, they wouldn't need to take tessera entries.

Try neons over silver. Makes 'em really pop.

You haven't read the books, have you?

Gah. The roommate of a guy I dated in college did the unwashed-Axe-bath thing. It was bad. So, so bad.

Well, if you have 10 gallons of vodka laying around, you could make your own grilled cheese vodka:

There is evidence that it was lower - childhood mortality was ridiculous. If you made it out of your teens you were probably good for another 20 - 30 years if you were male. Childbirth was bad times for women.

I try to avoid saying actors look like a particular other actor... but, dude, can we have him play Malcolm-Jamal Warner's younger brother/self in a movie?

But they're not selling the dolls for retail. No profit, nothing to donate to cancer charities.

The UK angle does make this a bit tricksy. First off, I would recommend googling a recipe for "Zoya Remove+." It's basically a nail polish remover with a bit of glycerin in it so that your nails aren't stripped of moisture after polish removal.

Eh... yes, he's an archer, but apparently he's a terrible, terrible one.

I'll admit - I've used people's assumptions about me against them in the past. I'm small, blonde, female, and LOVE shopping and makeup. That makes it all the more satisfying when a guy thinks he's doing me a favor by "letting" me play a game and I turn around and stomp them.