I feel like Carol Hannah is getting shafted. She consistently makes awesome stuff, but this week she wasn't even in the top 3? And she's never won a challenge yet Irina has won 2? Ridiculous. She better make it to fashion week, but I fear she's going to have one bad week and they'll throw her off.

@ytuhermanotambien: I have developed a problem with the word pretentious - I think it's overused. Or maybe I just think it's overused by my boyfriend who dismissively describes anything too arty or boring (to him) as "pretentious" - and hence I take offense if it happens to be directed at something in which I'm…

@bluebears: We were just told that our employer provided insurance is going up 18%. Nice.

@EinDC: I don't think the legislation says anything about the capital building...

@goldengirl11: Exactly. My mother had three pregnancies: my brother, myself, and one miscarriage. I can cite another friend with those exact same statistics and I doubt it's uncommon for women who have multiple pregnancies. So I wouldn't be surprised if the number of women experiencing a miscarriage was well over…

@doodley is not amused: Exactly. And I keep hearing people say "oh, the judge was going to reneg on the plea deal." Well, the judge is *not* obligated to follow your plea deal. All a plea deal means is the prosecution agrees to recommend a certain sentence, and maybe dismiss some of the charges - usually the judge…

@babydollhathnofury: You're giving a lot of credit to someone who bases whether she likes or dislikes someone on their astrological sign...

I always knew we could be great friends.

@katie.scarlett.o'hara: But Pete is so so terribly paranoid that Don will find out he met with Duck. He'd be ratting himself out in the process.

@SarahMC: well there's a whole article in people this week about it - dancing with the stars is responsible, apparently. if i had 4 hours a day to devote to dance classes, i'd probably look like that too.

@Leucadia: I'm all about that song. Truly the highlight of the second season.

@cheshirecatfish: As a pageant winner, she's probably under contract with them for the year of her reign to appear at certain events, clear her public activities with them, etc. I bet that contract includes certain provisions about keeping up your appearances...

@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: I'm kind of surprised about the Gap. Wasn't it only 18 months ago they were on the brink because consumers preferred Old Navy (the lower end brand) and Banana Republic (the higher end brand) to the Gap? I kept seeing stores close down. And I haven't been inside a store in awhile, but I've…

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: That should tell you something about my skill level!

@MargaretMoony: Oh yeah. But I actually find the knitting patterns too difficult for my skill level. If I recall, Vogue does sewing patterns, too?

I also saw McKee on the cover of Vogue Knitting while in the bookstore this weekend.

It's such a relief (and really shouldn't be that surprising) to hear so many people ate play-doh. I remember doing it exactly once - I ate the play-doh I'd put on my pop tart for some reason (decoration?) and then panicked for a week that I was going to DIE.

@schoolofloverboy: my mom always told me if you don't have anything nice to say...

@philoclea: reports are they arrested someone today - possibly another student and/or a lab technician depending on the report. and i do get the impression it's a guy they arrested. it sounds like this one will actually be solved, and i don't sense any attempt at a coverup - yale was even offering a reward for any…

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: i also get mad men on demand ... if your cable package has that, look under the tv series and see if they give it to you for free.