My mom used to say "Never do anything that you wouldn't want on the front page of tomorrow's paper." It's pretty effective as far as terror-inducing scenarios go.

Considering how many dogs are put down every day because they can't find homes, and looking at my little pup who was less than 24 hours from being put down when we adopted him, I can't help but harshly judge people who breed dogs and those who buy them. It just doesn't make sense.

i would like the new adage to be: can't afford to pay your employees, can't afford to run a business.

That's a great point. I never thought about it that way.

It wasn't a sleeper car, and it didn't take me all the way across India (from Delhi to Agra and back again), but I did so love the chai in India. It was milky and spicy and not so sweet. Delicious! I have tried to recreate it to no avail.

God rest your soul, DJ E-Z. Watch and learn, kids!

South Carolina. I got the impression that they wanted me more than the Oklahoma people.

Gator's Grilled Cheese Emporium, named after this guy:

I think Lisa was a bit confused - eye shadow, eye liner, and mascara do count as makeup...

I thank my mama for not knowing how to apply makeup, and therefore unable to teach me how to wear makeup, which means I do not know how to wear makeup and therefore do not wear makeup.

The only men that I have ever had offer an opinion about my shoes were gay.

I will watch it if they base it on the lost gospel of Biff, Christ's childhood pal:

They could have handled it better. The whole plot line was more concerned with how her rape impacted Mr. Bates, and not what it did to Anna herself.

I tried, but I couldn't get past seeing "Urban Tampon" instead of Taproom.

Just elope for Christ's sake. Save everyone the headache, including yourself. No one wants to go to your wedding anyway.

I've seen that happen. The small pony I rode had a best friend medium. Shared everything - went in the same stall, rode in the same portion of the trailer together. Many years after I grew out of the small, he started having teeth problems and had to have a few removed and be put on a special diet (he was, maybe 25).…

When I left for college, my appaloosa gelding stopped eating. I had to come home (a 5 hour drive) every two weeks until we switched him to sweet feed (he was getting older) then he quit mourning and started chowing down.

Why does this all feel like a big lie?

My mom and I have a secret agreement that I'll play Words With Friends with her as soon as I'm home from going out. I think she can tell if I've been drinking or not based on how good my words are...

Yeah, as someone who enjoys solo hikes this looks really useful. I always make sure someone knows where I am anyway, but being able to contact several people only when there is likely to be a problem would be really useful. And it sounds like I could even customize the message, to tell people where I was hiking.