I WANT.

Besides, as Schwarz points out, there's something inherently manipulative about charm anyway. It is a surface slickness that rides a fine line between being paid attention to and being played. It sets out to woo, which means that it's polished up on purpose.

this is the greatest scene in all of film history.

Whatever you do, don't early on in your relationship purposefully pick the most ridiculous and silly pet name for each other as a joke, and use it ironically for a while, because eventually you will get into the habit of it and somehow end up NOT ironically calling each other that for all of the coming years.

Schmoopie.

I find all the hatred and laughter toward Amanda Bynes to be kind of sad. She's clearly suffering from some kind of severe mental illness, possibly psychosis. She has indicated she has an eating disorder and her extreme change to her appearance could indicate some kind of body dysmorphia. She's also been filmed…

Hi Cappy's mom here! He's a sweet little guy and I can tell you being there I was tearing up a little bit myself (as evidenced by whatever the hell kind of face I'm making in the pic)! His name is now Captain Beauregard Bumpus. He's a little snuggle worm and seriously every time we've bumped into Eva he gets all…

Hi - I actually founded Badass by fostering 1 dog in my 1 BR apartment. I don't know who the commenter is that said we wouldn't let her have a dog because she was not home '24 hours a day' but I can tell you that that is NOT the case. We are working New Yorkers, we understand what it means to be a working New Yorker…

this face. this blissful, loving, content little face. i can't even.

Being too nice at work leads to what I call the "magic wand" problem. If you're always willing to do the shit work, and don't advertise your work or take credit for your efforts, people stop valuing the work you do. Hence the "magic wand" - oh, just give it to Ruth & she'll wave her magic wand and just get it done. …

I wish everyone would go through at least basic puppy training with their dogs. Everyone benefits from training; your dog drives you less crazy, it behaves better around others, your dog is happier because people like it more and it's not constantly getting in trouble. I think when you have a dog of a breed with a…

My dad has been in the USPS for 30 years. He started as a mail carrier - the only dog he was ever bitten by was a Shih Tzu. There are no bad dogs - only bad owners.

For realz. If it's a baked good, and it's tasty, I will eat it.