As I told my book club recently: a gale is a wind that knocks you over and pita is nourishing bread. IT'S ALL IN THE NAMES!

Serious lolz at "using a teaspoon to bail out the Titanic!"

I'm a stay-at-home mom (not exactly by choice, but that's a long, long, long story) and my hubs thinks I need to clean everything. 3 kids=BIG FUCKING MESSES. It's infuriating to spend every day living out some 50s fever dream.

After he baby is born, functionality trumps everything. I tried to continue the gender-neutral theme once my son was born, but as soon as everyone found out he was a boy, they all went shopping. With my daughters I didn't even try to be neutral. I ban the nonsense word stuff, but we've embraced pink and purple. They…

The only good thing is that you can return that shit. I returned a bunch of stuff! I still do, too. I used to think it was rude until we ended up piling unused crap in our attic just to be sold for 1/10 the original cost at our annual yard sale.

I'd rather clean the toilet, the sink, and mop rather than clean the tub! We get pink slime and it is so.gross. Ugh. I think I threw up in my mouth a little just thinking about it.

As someone who utterly loathes only cleaning three things (bathroom tubs, the dishes, and the laundry), I can honestly say that laundry can be fucking hard. There's the gathering of all the clothes (I have a husband and three kids—so much clothing in so many places!), lugging it to the washer and dryer, remembering to…

I was coming here to point this out. Also, (space wizard) cracked me up!

I wondered if that was who you meant, but Scott seemed to own the scene. That's what I get for assuming!

I'm a big giver, so I usually go above and beyond. Hubs is the opposite. He usually just worries about how much crap our kids are getting. If he ever knits me even a scarf, I'd faint. I wouldn't believe it!
As a giver, I'll work on getting Mr. Scott to you. :)

I feel privileged you shared with us internet denizens! Congratulations!

He still hasn't gotten the whole "Christmas is the time for things I want, not things I need" thing. I also told him the engagement ring didn't count as a Christmas gift!
I'm actually drawing a complete blank. I can't think of a single thing. Lol! He will have to step it up next year!

He's still pretty awful—though I think he was especially awful that year because
My engagement ring was my gift. This year he just asked me what I want. I told him that he couldn't cheat and needed to pick it out himself. I did give him a few ideas. We are very poor this year, so we have a $25 gift limit (excluding…

My husband proposed on Christmas morning. I was surprised as fuck because I thought he would ask me in the summer at the beach because it's my favorite place and I thought spring/summer was the most engaging time. However, the surprise of it was worth it. Totally bowled me over.
That said, he got me some awful…

Do you think it would have been better had Anne Hathaway been cast? Maybe she would have attracted a better Captain (HUGH JACKMAN?!)?
Also, I would have loved for Julie Andrews to be the Abbess. Gah! I would have bought cable to see that!

It would be a refreshing change of pace!

I agree. However, I don't want to blame just her for that. I am sure that the network and many other powers that be made the call long before Carrie was eventually asked to participate. As a devout lover of all things Broadway (I wanted to be a Broadway star when I grew up but had neither the voice or the talent for…

I also think it's cowardly. Don't hide behind God. Be an adult and say, "The wildly negative and mean-spirited things people are saying about my performance hurt my feelings. I'm proud of my performance and of the show." To me, that sets a better example and is honest and graceful.

This is such an easy recipe! She breaks it down really well. And the great thing is that it basically can come back from the dead. When I first made it this summer for my daughter's birthday party, it came out of the mixer gorgeously. I refrigerated it and when I beat it, it deflated! I almost cried, but I remembered…

It was FABULOUS! (As was the one I ate after it!) I made them, too. My secret is Sweetapolita's Swiss Meringue Buttercream. It makes even the most mundane cakes taste like a pro made them!