Brilliant—I love it! Cats, they are weird. :)

Omigod, my head totally exploded from the cuteness!!

Yes! As a crazy cat lady who often dispenses advice (unsolicited and solicited) on cat care, I always advocate having more than one for the very reason you stated.

LOL. I'm not a stuffed animal person (I'm 48!!!), but when I saw that frog at Ikea, I HAD to have it! Yeah, my cats leave the frog alone...if food isn't involved, they can't be bothered.

My Lulu has a preference for knapsacks.

Still Life: The Ennui Three with Stuffed Frog

It happens to everyone. I was a pretty nice kid up until my teens, and then I became a total asshole (I thought I knew best about EVERYTHING...I was so wise! so experienced! so brilliant! [Not]). And I've worked with fantastic, brilliant kids in schools—and every single one of them hits that stage, no matter what. I…

I think that's beyond adorable. If I ever have a kid, I want him/her to be like you! (From one reading nerd to another...)

That impudent strumpet!

That would be an insult to the garbage already in the trash can. Besides, Trump already spends time in several very expensive trash cans (e.g., Trump Tower).

I see your point completely, and I respect your principled behavior. I confess: it's hard to not want to come back at him re his appearance, but, I agree, we should be better than that. Thanks for your excellent response; I appreciate it.

At least, we can chuck a bad dish in the trash can... Not so with Trump. :(

"Penazzled" totally made me LOL. You owe me a new keyboard. :)

You tell me to do some research, but you did not do the above research yourself. And I have already done plenty of my own research, so need for the condescension. I took a look at a few of your links, and I'm so very impressed! There's some great journalism there: for example, a letter to the editor in the NY Times…

Believe me, I do, too. And yet I can't resist sometimes... Sigh. (I'd love to see him in a thread at Pharyngula...heh heh heh.)

Sacapunta27, I suspect it's a waste of time arguing with this one. Your cogent points will go straight over his head, and his responses don't make any sense.

I forgot to mention the orange syrup...

Hearted. And so true.

You have only ONE issue with the Catholic Church...? The whole child rape thing doesn't bother you...? Don't you think it's weird that Catholic leaders are utterly OBSESSED with gay marriage and are fighting it tooth and nail (GOD FORBID TWO HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD WANT TO CONSECRATE THEIR LOVE!!! ZOMG!!), and yet they…

I can't be happy about Romney in any context; he's a vile human being. You might want to do some research yourself, sweetie.