My first thought was that it is unreasonable for us to expect/demand that men wear full suits in the summertime, or since I live in Texas, anytime at all really.

I cry EVERY TIME with that song. Just a little, but it's there. Every. Time.

lol

No. That is not why people like Jane Austen. I see Katie calls Austen's heroines "one-dimensional" here, but I disagree. I think it's possible that Katie (who I generally like, I swear!) hasn't read these books since high school. I know when I read the Brontes and Austen as an adult I got VERY different impressions of…

I'm pretty sure the enemies mistreat the male POWs as well.

I felt the same way about the Courtney Love tweet. Truly, these are strange days and I am not sure that what goes up must come down anymore.

"it is a difficult and challenging issue of enculturation, training, and risk for many reasons." I think maybe you should have put something like this at the top of your comment. If I understand your clarifications correctly, I think it's possible you aren't saying women shouldn't be in combat or in the front lines if…

I think the reporter was using Booker to stage a publicity stunt to benefit all the other dogs who get left out in cold weather, and he probably thought it would work both for him and for the animals. That's my guess anyway. Everything he does gets national attention, so the end result is probably more dogs saved.

My guess is that the reporter wanted to make more people aware of the problem. Everyone is obsessed with Booker, so if you get a good photo op of him, your end result is more dogs getting brought inside.

I'm guessing he must have ignored other cues from her that indicated that this sort of thing wouldn't be welcome. Because if someone I had a good working relationship with sent me something like that, I think I would find it amusing. From the excerpts he seems like a decent writer. I have to think there was history…

While I'm not a fan of her music, I have to say I kind of love Miley Cyrus these days. And her hair.

Rand Paul needs to get punched in the face. Not because Hilary needs anyone to defend her precious lady-honor or anything. She could eat him for breakfast. However, I would still really like to see him punched in the face.

I didn't hear that! But I'm starting to feel guilty that I didn't want him to be Secretary of State simply because I thought that would result in Scott Brown getting Kerry's senate seat.

I feel you.

Maybe he should have attended the briefing with the intelligence officers who explained everything, but instead he decided to skip it and then yell about how no one was answering his questions.

It was like a pea under the mattress for me the whole time. I'd settle comfortably into the book and then I'd be like: BUT THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN! And I know I'm reading a fantastical dystopian novel, it's just there is no way any human beings would wind up in this sort of society and then this idea that the…

Shepherd Book, is that you?

Nononononononononono. They're going to mess up Four just like they messed up Peeta and Gale and Finnick.

I liked it a lot, although I was continually irked by the premise seeming STUPID. And yet, couldn't put it down, loved the characters, etc. Then I read the second one and it started to resolve some of the issues I had with the world building, so I'd say yes, read it!

Yeah, I was thinking Tris's mom too.