Slate did an interesting piece on people born 79-82 and posited that they should be called Generation Catalano. We aren't quite as cynical as Gen X but not as (um, I'm just going to say it) shallow as Millennials. We were too young to pine for the pop culture of the 70s and too old to give a shit about the stuff that…

The Girl Next Door is the right title, it was originally a book by Hank Ketchum. Hank Ketchum based the book on the real story of Sylvia Likens, who was really beaten and murdered by a woman named Gertrude Baniszewski, her kids, and the neighborhood kids.

I remember wearing things like that in the mid-80's when I was in Elementary School, and they weren't hand me downs.

All respect to the people who work so hard on Sesame Street (Oscar and the Count forever), but that furry little red bastard and his annoying habit of speaking about himself in the third person drives me up the wall. When I let my kids watch Sesame Street, I always explain to them that Elmo is a freak for not saying…

Why can't I get things like this anymore? Even smocked dresses are hard as hell to find and are expensive when you do. Simple, classic and very lovely on a little girl when paired with lace trim socks and mary janes. Nope, today when I want to find a nice outfit for my five year old, most places only offer things…

This has been my life every Halloween since becoming an adult with my own place at 21. I'm so bad, I'll walk through the kitchen and snatch some candy. Wash, rinse repeat for the entirety of October. Now with a husband and kids, I end up buying tons of candy every year. I think I'm at bag #7 this year (not five lb…

I used to be an OB devotee, but I tried the U by Kotex stuff, and it's great. Honestly, it stands right there with OB in being able to contain the red tsunami (crimson wave is far too mild of a term to describe what I deal with) ensuing on a monthly basis. It isn't any more expensive than any other tampon, and Kotex…

Ah, yes, how would we have ever existed without such poetic masterworks as "No, no, no" and "Bills, bills, bills"?

They do both co-exist, but Monae is the superior talent and doesn't get a quarter of the press that Beyonce does.

Janelle Monae doesn't sound like she sings through her nose, Beyonce does.

As a nation, we need to band together in saying 'Beyonce who?' and embrace Janelle Monae. She is amazing.

I thought that the only one she nailed was Kate Moss, but only because some genius makeup artist was able to contour her lips like Moss'.

The mute button works wonders. I wouldn't pass up a chance to see that beautiful man shirtless for the 1, 436th time. Except for that crew cut/no facial hair disaster from the last episode of the season. I didn't think that he could be unattractive, but I was wrong. A crew cut doesn't work on anyone.

Not really a dumb question. I suppose it would depend on the couple. (TMI Alert) It varies when my husband pulls out (though its not being done for birth control purposes, I'm on the pill, its just because I don't want that clean-up sometimes). Sometimes he comes on me, sometimes I finish him off with a handjob and he…

Good point, I never hear anyone say 'when I'm down, I drown my sorrows in a smoothie.'

Cooking at home does save a fortune, and our diets are pretty similar. I do it because I want my kids to know what a real meal made with minimally processed food with sensible portions looks like. I found out that you can buy a five lb. bag of regular long grain rice for around a dollar. Previous to this year, I'd…

I'd take Brand over Mayer any day. And that's saying a lot, because I really don't have too high of an opinion of Brand (except in forgetting Sarah Marshall. I enjoyed that).

Did anyone else immediately think 'the woman who responds to this has a very Not Without My Daughter -esque future ahead of her'?

Cancerous.

It's when a male comes inside a female, the creampie is a shot of the ejaculate leaking out. (I listen to/read Savage Love religiously)