Sanctimommies! I will use that quite often and with great enjoyment...

A really great eye cream at night before bed can also keep away dark circles. If you're willing to spend big bucks Cle de Peau Beaute has truly miraculous eye creams and one legendary concealer. I once snagged some generous samples of Cle de Peau's Eye Contour Cream and....wow. Truly amazing (and super expensive)…

From the original article cited by Mark - " 'I think they should have done something a lot sooner. They've kept him in the same classroom with my daughter throughout this until Wednesday morning because Tuesday night I showed up with a restraining order,' Metzger said."

Please, PLEASE, can I be Mr. Flawless in my next life? That, or Elaine Stritch. Flawless either way.

Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel (both Booker Prize winners) are absolutely fascinating and excellent. Plus, the final book in the trilogy is due out some time next year (I think).

Cortizone 10 Eczema is great for treating my spots; Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream is the absolute tops for keeping them away.

Ah! I just hit the floor with that one. May your comment be granted a thousand stars for it is so very, very damn good.

You know what I've realized? Relatives are just people. And a lot of people are assholes. You don't have to put up with assholes even if you share a family tree.

God, do I empathize with anyone tapering an anti-depressant! It is unbelievably difficult. I remember going off of Paxil and getting SUPER dizzy and feeling very flu-like. I had exams during that time as well, so it made for quite a shitty end of semester.

Yeah. When I get so frustrated that I can't even seen who I am replying to, though, I know I am officially losing it. I gotta read some more benign stuff, like War and Peace. ;)

Sorry! Got you mixed up with someone above. Just on a tear about people saying endo is real but fibro and others aren't. Apologies all around. Will delete. (backing away embarrassed, filled with self-loathing...)

Well, fibromyalgia is real, unless, you know, the CDC, NIH, etc... are just making all that shit up. Fibromyalgia can be an utterly debilitating, life-crushing disorder; while your mother may or may not have it, please don't encourage others to use anecdotal evidence to determine whether or not a disease is "real."

I follow him on Twitter and I know he is a mega cat lover. He also wrote the hilarious "Guys Can Be Cat Ladies, Too". Pretty cool of him, huh?!

FYI - I tweeted about this and got fellow cat-enthusiast/comedian/director Michael Showalter to do a retweet to the GoFundMe page. He has over 300,000 followers, so hopefully this can help kick the vet bills in the ass!

See this guy? I scooped him up as a 1 year old stray. It was a perfect age for us to get to know each other. He's the Murphy in "MurphysMeow".

Law school grad here. My parents got me a small bracelet, which was nice, but all I wanted was sleeeeeeeeeep. Honestly, anything food-related is great too, since I never had time to cook myself a really great meal in law school. A night at a nice restaurant would be awesome. Plus, the massages are a seriously good…

I wholeheartedly agree with the other commenters who have recommended (1) finding domestic violence resources for your family and (2) entering some order of protection against your father with the court/authorities. Also, do you have any documentation (pictures, witnesses) from your last violent incident with him? You…

Quick story... When I was in my early 20s (Accutane had come out a few years earlier) I was experiencing very bad cystic acne. I went to a new Derm hoping to get something like a prescription-strength cream (which had worked well for me in the past). He recommended Accutane (even though I had listed chronic depression…

Holy fucking shit. I will NEVER hear "Dance to the Music" the same way again.

True dat. I'm exhausted before I get to the table of contents.