This! The rest of the series is so unjustly ignored!

I love bareMinerals! I don't wear makeup everyday, so I bought one of the starter kits that has a small container each of foundation, blush, and finishing powder, and three different brushes to apply it all. This little kit will last me a while and then I can buy each component separately as they run out so it doesn't…

I was coming here to recommend the same thing - that stuff is amazing. A friend of mine told me about it in passing once, and I had to send her a special thank last summer when I was pregnant. I don't think I would have made it through the summer without it.

I'm not sure what makes me feel older...turning 30 next week or learning this. I remember going to see this in the theater! How could that be so long ago?

If you're future in-laws have any sense whatsoever, they probably agree that this guy is a douche canoe, but just aren't talking about it. Does your future husband agree with you? Just enjoy hating this guy together and remember that they probably won't last.

Definitely don't get pregnant just for the camera. But as long as you are already a hardcore runner, you can (usually) keep running while pregnant, you just don't want to increase or start doing physical activities you aren't already doing. Remember the news story a while back about the lady who finished a marathon…

You are a hero to many current and former pregnant women! I'd be proud of that moment if I were you - she had no business telling you that. I got the stink eye a few times while getting my weekly dose of Starbucks while pregnant, but never had anyone out and out harass me about it. Besides, pregnant women are…

Eeek, watch out on The Knot, that's where the crazy bridezillas hang out. I loved Offbeat Bride - there is a book and a blog and they aren't focused on ridiculously huge, traditional weddings. In the end though, after considering the cost and stress of even a low key wedding, the husband and I went the "FUCK IT,…

I've had a Mirena for just shy of 8 months and have no complaints thus far, other than the insertion process being mildly uncomfortable. You can always check to make sure you can feel the strings every day if you're afraid of it falling out. There are minimal risks (uterine perforation!), but just about every birth…

That is a delight.

I think your answer was perfectly appropriate. You didn't go off on an "ew, kids are gross!" tangent. You told her why YOU don't want kids, not why no one should ever have kids.

Try meetup.com. That way you can find people that you already have a little something in common with (hiking, vegans, mommies, bronies - seriously, there is a PDX brony group), while avoiding the people looking mainly for sexy times.

Same here - the beeb is sleeping and I'm currently enjoying a Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ale with NO GUILT. My mother saw a picture of me at a wedding with a glass of wine in hand and had a conniption - "You know that whatever you drink goes straight to her, don't you?!" - as if I have no…

I agree with the other commenters that this guy in no way deserves your business, nor do you want your children exposed to this kind of douchebaggery. I'm not the type to be sue happy, but this guy needs to be taken down a notch. Aside from negative reviews on every forum - yelp, google, etc.- I agree that you should…

Get the juicer! The husband and I had been talking about buying one for forever, but put it off because he wanted a super expensive masticating one. Last week we finally went bit the bullet and bought a less expensive (non-masticating) one, but have used it every day and probably consumed more fruits/veggies than we…

I just recommended the same site on a different thread - it's a great site for the less mainstream. The entire Offbeat Empire is worth checking out.

Most parenting message boards are rage inducing on one end of the spectrum or the other, but every so often I just have to sit and hate-read them for a while. I'm lucky that there is one locally based Facebook group that isn't completely crazy that I'm a part of, but there are still a few members that try to bring the…

Have you tried Offbeat Families? It's a pretty chill, welcoming, crunchy-ish-but-accepting-of-less-crunchy blog. They specifically don't have a forum to avoid the drama.

Congrats! Not to be a weirdo, but I saw your picture and realized I knew who you were - I used to read your blog long ago, before my old computer died and I lost the link (very shortly after September 2011). I'm really happy that things are going well for you!

I've been anxiously awaiting that movie for years! How has it not happened yet?