But, will the measure pass in time for Season 2 of Downton Abbey and the Crawley sisters?

Aha! I've always wondered how that expression "the exception that proves the rule" worked.

Cinna, I wanna sinna with you.

I'm glad you called it out, though, as it gave a chance to explain so others who didn't know the reference would get it too, if that makes sense.

You can totally freeze celery to use in your millepoix. Just clean and dry thoroughly and pop in a double ziplock with all the air sucked out. This is for cooking only - once thawed, this celery will be limp, but it retains its flavor.

From now on, "golden plates in a hat beyotch" is what I will say when missionaries come to my door. Thank you for that.

Lemon, you mean Mark Driscoll, of the Mars Hill Church? He also wrote recently that masturbation is a homosexual act, because it's a male hand on male penis. (Girls don't do that nasty thing, you know.) Doesn't matter if you're looking at naked lady porn, when you jack off you are Gay. Also, women must submit to…

"Why does a religion need an ad campaign?" Because they want Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination and the presidency, which they can't do if the Right's Christian base thinks they're all a bunch of golden calf-worshipping cult members. Which is a believe espoused by some Christian churches.

It's mimicking a meme, "Look at this Fucking Hipster." Because the article discusses Mormons doing hipster-ish things, like growing beards and getting tattoos.

Ugh, the awful wait. We're planning a bunch of trips - in our state, you can't take a foster kid out of state without a court order, so we're getting all our travel in. Once the adoption is final, that kid better learn how to roll a suitcase, though.

Hearted. I can barely read the news some days without yelling at my computer "Please, drop your kid off at my house, I will be so nice to it and no questions asked!" It really scared the cat. I just have to keep believing my kid is out there.

My granddad got to learn to be a mechanic in his boarding school, which was handy (kept him out of active combat when he was in the service).

Part of the reason Native kids are considered "special needs" is that there is more involved in their placement and care. The Indian Child Welfare Act requires that a Native child be placed (in order of priority) (a) with extended family; (b) with nonrelation foster parents within the tribe (c) with nonrelation…

Neglect and poverty are not the same thing. If there is so little money that electricity is intermittent, or food is scarce or respite care and other support services are unavailable, the right thing to do is to provide those things. No child should be taken away from a loving parent because that parent is poor.

And I have the name for my next band. Welcome to the stage, all the way from Seattle, give it up for SEX ROSARY . . 1-2-3-4

You could also get one of those spit test ovulation test kits - you spit on the lens and then look at it through a microscope. $30. Ovulation tests can be used with barrier birth control (condoms) to prevent conception (and then used to make a baby, when you're ready for that business.)

I could make a strong fair use argument, since the images of the costumes are being used in criticism/commentary. Lawyerbattle: On.

Kate Winslet is an English honey badger. She just don't care.

I got a glimpse into this during a recent kerfuffle on a friend's Facebook page. He had posted the end-homophobia-on-Facebook photo with the arrow, and one of his cousins made a "I'm not a bigot, but . . ." comment, explaining that she 'didn't have a problem with "homosexuals" but if they could get married then…

Hey, Michael Bublé, maybe your wife doesn't want to have a baby because you've pretty much told her that her life is going to end when she does.