It wasn't just you. My son is seven and I'm always really cautious about keeping him away from the edge of the platforms. So even as I was watching this cuteness I had low level anxiety the whole time. /NeuroticNewYorker

I PROMISE you, if you have interests and other things besides motherhood and family life you will still be interested and be able to discuss them. At first when the baby is new and you're adjusting it can be hard. But if you're capable of having other interests and intellectual conversations that will not change if…

OOh sorry to butt in but thank you, I'm hoping to go to Vienna in December so I'll check it out too. And I also am super aware of bad American behavior stereotypes (and I've seen enough first hand to make me want to claim Canadian citizenship) so I also can be hyperaware of how I dress and behave.

She sounded Northern to me. A little Brummie perhaps? Brits, your expertise please.

That was my reaction. I've partaken in more than a couple all you can drink brunches and don't recall ever getting more than a nice buzz, nor seeing anyone in the shape these people are in. And the drinks I had didn't seem terribly watered down. Then again I never had more than 5-6 probably. Maybe they have…

No Nellie was described as willowy and fashionable in the books. And I don't think her TV character became fat, but she DID become pregnant (after marriage of course).

I was always oddly fascinated by the descriptions of what they ate. Particularly in Farmer Boy.

Yep, if you haven't read Susan Sontag piece on it written for, I think, the New Yorker in the 1970's. She talks about the aesthetic appeal and coined the phrase "that fascinatin' facism". I was able to find it online.

I'm only being semi-facetious when I say a I think a large part of the appeal is those smokin' uniforms and snappy goose steps.

Aww this is Zen Master Shiro (the big boy on the far right) and his housemates. They are the world's most chill cats. Their owner puts all manner of wacky stuff on their heads and they sit placidly through most of it. I happily wait for new videos to appear on their youtube channel.

Even more terrifying than these quotes is the gushing reviews this book is receiving. Look, I know people have different tastes, I get it. But this seems to have been written by a person not even fluent in English and with limited sexual experience. So basically the average American I suppose.

I saw that too. Too bad, it would have been hot! *ahem*

I HATE this. Curvy is a body type, even when I was thinner I was curvy. All the screaming about fat shaming, which is wrong, but then shaming women who aren't heavy. Not the way to make a point, or get people on your side.

NO. It's not Islam it's cultural, there have been honor killings by Hindus and even some Christian families in South Asia and the Middle East. It's a cultural issue and one that doesn't look to be ending soon. It's so ingrained I think things will change but I'm sad to say I don't see it happening on any large scale…

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is your not-lover too?! Boy does he get not around! *swoons*

Thank you for saying this. I'm also a single mom, son was a surprise, boyfriend was a jerk. I have my own business and am far from rich but am managing and have a wonderful, polite, bright little boy. It can be tough as hell and yes kind of lonely sometimes, but every parent I know, not matter relationship status,…

Same thing happened to me. I got the DVD for my little boy, saw his name in the opening credits and turned into a sort of squeeing fangirl.

It is revolting when anyone is a victim of violence I agree. But the fact that someone is brutalized because of their sexuality, race, religion, or gender is particularly disturbing. That total strangers want to hurt someone so badly just because they view the person as an "other" or "less than" is something totally…

No please no more friggin' hipsters here! Stay in Brooklyn! Our rents are high enough!

Also never had a problem getting cabs to Astoria no matter what hour, generally as has been pointed out most of the cab companies are HQ'd in LIC so I even get off duty cabs w/ no problem. Also I've noticed that after they drop me they'll just head over to LaGuardia which is close by. But when I lived further out…