That's so cute. My husband really wants to name our kid Sasha if we have a girl. But I dated a scumbag called Sasha and so it has bad connotations for me. But I really like the diminutive for Anna, Anoushka or Annushka, so we might go with that.

That's what I thought, although Sasha is actually one of the diminutives for Alexandra and Alexander. The diminutive of Natalia is Natasha.

A couple of years ago, I moved with my husband back to his hometown, and we didn't have much money. His parents insisted that we stay in his grandparents' house. His grandmother had just died (in that house) and his grandfather had had a stroke and was in a home. My husband was very reluctant to stay there, but we…

Awesome! Hope you are super proud. My new year's resolution was to run a 5k, and I've signed up to run one in a month's time. I'll be nowhere near as a good a time as yours though, and in tutus no less! Very impressive!

Oh periods like that are the worst. I recently went off my birth control for a month, after having been on it for about 3 years straight, and thought that I must have just blown how bad my periods used to be out of proportion in my mind. But NO! They are the WORST! I was back on the good ol' BC the next day. When me…

Ok this is completely not related. But somebody on groupthink posted a scary story last night, and that made me go back and read the scary halloween stories that everyone submitted last year, and in a comment thread about shadowpeople, you mentioned that you sensed shadow people when playing the viola! I used to sense…

Lindy, I love you. That is all. (sorry for not elevating the discussion).

That show is awesome! My favourite skit is "Stupid Deaths". Absolute genius. I'm a Brit living in the states, and I subbed 4th grade last year and showed a couple of episodes to them, but they did not appreciate it. There was a skit about Queen Elizabeth I, and they asked me if that was how British people dressed.…

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Thank you so so much! I'll be living in Allston and LOVE pizza so I will definitely check out the Hearth Pizza Co. And cider is my tipple of choice, so I very much look forward to sampling some Harpoon. Sorry to here it's hard for you to find GF stuff where you are, I am in fact leaving the rural South, so I…

I'm so sorry. I know how tough it is leaving a pet. But you're making the most selfless decision, and that's the right thing to do. Just snuggle her and take lots of photos, and it'll be ok. I know it sucks though. I'm still beating myself up for being in such a rush to leave last time I was home that I forgot to say…

Oooooh please give me those recommendations! I'm moving to Boston next weekend, I'm gluten-free and don't know where I will be able to eat.

I frequently have this exact same dream! Except, as well as being dirty, privacy is also a problem, like the door is too small, or doesn't close properly or there just isn't a door.

Antonym! You're back! Yay! I was wondering where you'd been. Someone asked about you a while back and it was rumoured that you had migrated to Persephone. Hope you're back for good, I miss your prolific witticisms.

Oh my goodness that's terrifying! So glad you're ok. In the interest of diluting the terror by spreading it around a bit, my scariest moment was when I was living in Russia on my year abroad and a taxi driver locked me in his car and wouldn't let me leave. Pure terror for about 5 secs until I realised he had a really…

Yeah it'll be tough when you get back, but maybe try and plan something fun for right when you get back so you have something to look forward to. And it gets easier I promise. That'd be so awesome if you could bring your cat back. I'm very jealous now. I've never been to Nottingham, but I have a couple of friends from…

Hello fellow Britpat! I have been living far away from home for about 4 years now. Russia for 2 and half years, and the US for nearly 2. It has now been one entire year since I've been in the UK and that milestone is really hitting me this month. I did get to see my close family at Christmas, but it isn't quite the…

This makes me weep every time! Mr Fromage made me watch it earlier and I still have mascara down my face. Instant relief for a stress cry. Hope you feel better.

I do not have that information. I'm sorry. My love of E! extends to Joel and Joel alone, and then I return to my natural home of Bravo. (hangs head in shame)

They moved it to Wednesdays. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.