I was in Brussels with American friends who've been stationed in Germany for two years. I let them choose where to go for dinner. They chose Hard Rock Cafe. *sigh* I know they miss american food, but still... We're in Brussels, for Pete's sake!

I've done this, and it was absolutely terrific. I just got a cheap scrub/stomp brush on a long handle from Home Depot, got the deck wet, sprinkled my oxy on it, let it sit for a moment, and just started scrubbing away. Major game-changer.

.... I see what you did there. ;-)

Fair enough!

I get the feeling it might be considered acceptable because it's been pronounced that way by so many people for a good long while. But M-W does say it's a "nonstandard" form, so make of this all what you will!

Neato! Thanks for this. Though it does note that the other form is "nonstandard," so... Yay me? :-P

Nope! I used to be a newspaper proofer, and one of our resident grammar über-nerds/copy editors mentioned it to me.

Mischievous: Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.

Come to the bar where I work! Please? I need to see some throat-punching.

Holy ballsack. My life has been forever changed.

There's a dual gravestone in Lake Helen, Fla., with the husband and wife's names, Buster and Minnie. Their last name? Hyman. BOOM.

I just had to say that I love you simply for the "fire of a thousand burning infections" bit. Marvelous.

Seriously! In the past few years I've let loose and stopped giving a fuck — I started pursuing fitness but for making my body feel good and less old and rickety. And it's like men swoop toward my confidence now, whereas before I was the sad, desperate girl. If I weren't married now, hoo boy, I still wouldn't be…

Please do. And I love you forever now for the velociraptor meme.

Please do. And I love you forever now for the velociraptor meme.

Re: yoga teachers (and Lululemon, incidentally). Holy balls. My local Lululemon hosts weekly yoga workshops by different local teachers, and one lady needed to seriously STFU. She talked about the heavy, noisy breathing, equating it to Darth Vader. Then she said, "The Jedi were yogis, you know." Oooookay. But then she…

I definitely got myself a cool, understanding husband. He said early in that, if we ever did get hitched, he understood my rationale for wanting to keep my name. But then, shortly before our wedding, he suggested we both hyphenate. You know, since I'm McAwesome and he's McBadass, we'd both become Mr. and Mrs.…

As a resident of Tampa, I feel I must defend my town. Are we perfect? Oh hell no. But we are famous for our cigars, beer, and strip clubs (possibly even in that order).

I really, really didn't want an engagement ring. We were already sharing finances, and I thought it would be a waste of what little money we did have. So instead we went to the jeweler, picked out our wedding bands (titanium, what what!), and both wore them on our right hands until the big day as our version of…

I really, really didn't want an engagement ring. We were already sharing finances, and I thought it would be a waste of what little money we did have. So instead we went to the jeweler, picked out our wedding bands (titanium, what what!), and both wore them on our right hands until the big day as our version of…