They did keep my son reading when he was struggling a bit so that is good. Oh, the time travel one was pretty good. I have to admit - I was a bit of a fuddly duddly "mom" about all the potty humor.

I just refused. My son either read them to himself or read them with Dad. The only thing I liked was the anagrams on the school billboard. My son always vaguely resented CU because the author concentrated on those books instead of the Ricky Ricotta ones. Which were much more clever and amusing, in our opinion.

Personally, I thought it was a nice tip to people who've read the book and know how batshit things get.

I agree. I see him as a better fit for this role than Batman, actually. He has the eau de bro/douche about him the trailer that I imagined following Nick around like a cloud of Axe.

It's from a movie about pirates and Charles Darwin that Aardmen (?) Studios did a few years ago - they are the Wallace and Gromit folks. It is actually quite good. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt143062…

A friend of mine had twins and was nursing them. She was so tired that she answered the door for the UPS guy with both breasts on display. She didn't even care. She used a chart to keep track of which baby had been fed on which breast. Good luck! It sounds like things will get easier soon. Just be easy on yourself.

Archer, Lost Girl, Continuum, MacGyver, Say Yes to the Dress, Wire in the Blood, Dr Who/Torchwood. Good luck. I remember watching a lot of sports when I was feeding my little ones.

WOOL for sure. I am a big fan of Neil Stephenson. That reminds me - I need to get Cryptomonicon back from my sister.

There was just something about that episode that bugged me more than the others.

How do you eat that much at once? TWO pineapples. Discounting the sugar and acid, how can she consume that much bulk?

We are still a long way from planting (MN), but tomatoes, lettuce, herbs, and maybe potatoes again. I have two raised beds and am thinking of doing flowers in one this year. And about six pots of snap peas - kids love them. Then replace those with a late crop of spinach or lettuce. I've tried carrots many times and…

My problem with the experiment was that it seemed designed to make the results closer or less clear-cut than they could have been. That being said - anything that gets my kids thinking about physics, chemistry, and robotics over stupid kiddie sitcoms gets a stamp of approval from me.

I thought their test was flawed. They maintained the same drop order instead of ordering it to maximum right turn efficiencies.

That is where we usually fall - right around $1000 back as we have some variable deductions/credits. But this year we increased our withholding significantly in the last four or five months because my husband had been out of work and collecting unemployment insurance. We were afraid of getting whacked with a big bill.…

I am in the Whole Foods income bracket (something I learned last night while doing my taxes) and refuse to shop there after learning about their asshat of a CEO. I shop at my local unionized grocery stores because that matters to me, as well. I do not shop at Wal-Mart unless I have to for some reason. Organics or…

My kids LOVE Old Country Buffet. Personally, I think it is where food that's been bad goes to be punished, except for the salad bar. It is a delight and never crowded and no one weighs my giant plate of veggies like at a regular salad bar. Pickled beets for everyone!

I had a big argument with a guard at Lollapoolza circa 1992/3 because they didn't want to let me in with my crutches from knee surgery a few weeks prior. They should have been worried about the idiots who were plotting to tear down the venue fence and build massive bonfires with the planks.

My daughter sings it at random moments when things go her way. Like getting the last cheeseburger at dinner.

I was in a similar place and blamed my symptoms on hormones and my cycle. Then I had a few glasses of milk with dinner one night and thought I was going to exploded - my abdomen was distended. So I eliminated dairy and within a few weeks, I felt better. I've "cheated" a few times and paid dearly. My kids call dairy…

My husband tried texting me "quesadillas" once and had to give up because he could not even get close enough to the spelling for autocorrect to work. I think he used - "Mexican melted cheese tortilla sandwiches" instead. There was mocking.