Hey, I'm a genius - where's my money? You want to see a trick? Well... I don't do tricks... I'm just smart. No, I don't get all A's in school. How do I know I'm a genius if I don't have any super amazing abilities and I'm not a brilliant student? The doctor who treats my crippling depression had me tested...

@labeled: Right. If you are letting someone else make the decision to have sex for you, what other decisions are you going to have made for you as well? Is it a man's duty to make the choices about birth control? If you aren't allowed to choose your own actions, what are you allowed to do? Are you allowed to have…

@syneblue: In reference to deerskin; yes, ick. The level of focus on a young daughters sexuality is unbelievably disturbing to me. Pledging your virginity to your father... creepy. What if he never deems anyone "worthy enough"?

@shayshay: I like how you mention that even though you knew on a rational level that these ideas were ridiculous, they still negatively affected you. Because even though many of these girls won't adhere to their pledge once they become women, the attitudes behind them may still remain. The belief that sex before…

@Algernon: Because if these men raised their sons right - and surely they did - then they will have the maturity to make the right decision when the time comes. ...wait...

@Gretchen now has TWO kittens: I'm not torn. I think if a father truly cares about his daughters sense of self worth, he will trust them to make their own decisions about sex, and tell them so. Telling your young daughter that she needs to trust her virginity to YOU, until such a time that YOU deem it appropriate…

What bothers me (in addition to the myriad other things that bother me), is that the girls making these pledges are 11, 12, 13 years old. It is completely inappropriate for a girl that age to be making those kind of decisions about sex.

@stealthird: They did reprint a few years ago with new covers showing Laura with a more "modern" look. Whatever, Garth Williams FTW.

Yoko's tweet is delightful, as always. [www.traydio.com]

@Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink: ....and hearted.

@anteup: You are an American Hero. Someone deserves a gold star...

There is a giant clock on her shawl! That is made of awesome, case closed! Also, I recently discovered that my dog's inner voice is that of Mindy/Kelly. So that's awesome too.

My aunt and uncle live in Wasilla, and whenever I talk to them I want to ask about Sarah Palin sooo bad. Like, "Do you ever see her at the grocery store? Is she nice to you? OMG!" etc, etc. Unfortunately, fear of looking like a total goober prevents me.

@HereComesMyBaby: I think the point is to ask, "what is pain?" Plants may not have nervous systems, but they take action to avoid negative stimuli. The way pain is measured in animals is by the way they react to painful stimuli.

@BlackSheepSayMoo: I have heard of "hand rejuvenation". Skin peels and fat injections and such. So when your face is pulled and smooth and waxy looking, you don't have horrible "old lady" hands.

@MichelleMyBelle: "Give me my money, bitch!"

My worst hair disaster was when I went from brown ringlets halfway down my back - to a rather butch looking pixie in one fell swoop. I had just gotten it cut when I went to pick up some of my little cousins, the youngest of which yelled "you're a boy, you're a boy!" and then ran over and rubbed the top of her…

@doodly: Ah, the falling in love montage. Where the two lovers-to-be try on a silly item of clothing while shopping, point out something unusual while walking in the park, and eat food off of the other person's plate. How could they NOT fall in love?!

When my brother was about two years old he got put in his room to ride out a temper tantrum. Apparently, he took off his clothes, opened a window, jumped out of it, and ran down the sidewalk wearing only his diaper, at which point my dad saw and retrieved him.

@fridaphile: Jezebel has totally ruined the lady mags for me. I don't know what I would do at the airport - coincidentally, last time I was there I picked up a Jane, and it was all like "last issue ever!" And I was all like, "no way! This sucks!" I do love sudoku, though. Crosswords are fun as long as they aren't…