I'm 39, just had my first child, and went back to work when my baby girl was just 6 weeks old. I got, and continue to get, so much shit for that! I felt like I was damned if I did go back to work, and double damned if I didn't. The sheer about of hate, pressure and bullshit handed out to me from so-called friends and…

I'm probably going to get slammed for this because everyone loves Kristen Bell, but I'm really over her whole meh attitude about marriage. It's ok to make it a special day because it is a special commitment. I'm not talking dropping millions, or hell, even a couple thousand. Our wedding culture of spend, spend, spend…

Agreed. I look back on how much money I spent to see her Monsters Ball concert in Atlantic City a few years back and cringe. You can either be a pop-fun spectacle, or a serious social commentor. But not both. That marriage just doesn't work and becomes extremely distasteful. I will not be supporting Gaga in the future.

I've been moved to the grey and I really don't know why. It's pissing me off, though.

I completely agree with you. This dude deliberately put these pants on and unless he has zero reflective surfaces in his home, knows exactly what he is doing. I don't really even get this "public shaming" argument that's being made by some on this thread. He wore them in public. He put it out there. He's clearly…

I really enjoyed reading this post. Because I think you are completely correct. The crazy passionate love that our society seems to idolize is exhausting, exasperating and burns out faster than a 99 cent sparkler on the 4th of July. It's all prickly heat for a while and then it burns the shit out of your fingers…

"The human capacity for creating unholy, squalid monstrosities is truly stupendous." I love this. So true. Why does the Kardashian Klan instantly spring to mind?

I agree with you 100%. I love history and I really prefer it to be served up to me accurately. BUT, not everyone is as awesome, cool and clever as we obviously are! So, that being said, I do not object to a dramatic hook to snare those who *think* they have no interest in dusty, boring, old history. They might just be…

I am all for pimping history. Because here's the thing I've learned: some of that historical stuff really IS that juicy. People had nothing else to do but plot, scheme, talk to one another, jockey for position in court, etc. Sometimes I feel like modern society is so dumbed down. We have shades of this kind of…

Well, damn. I was super excited about this until I read your assessment. There is always a danger with these period pieces that the dialogue is going to suck. And like a daytime soap? Oh, UGH. I'll give it a whirl though, just to see. Maybe if I set my expecations super low I'll be surprised????

Let's not forget my friend, Plantar's warts. Oh yes, I grew up in Florida. We did not go without shoes unless you were on the beach. And even then it was all stingray warnings and crabs.

Good for her! And brave. I was a journalist for 12 years and can attest to the fact that women are treated poorly at many publications - especially in print media. I was routinely sexually harassed at work. And if I didnt laugh it off, I was persecuted. Once I had the gall to report an editor who told me I could have…

I went to college in SC and pretty much thought it was the lesser of the two states UNTIL I moved to NC, where I have been living for the past 15 years. Now, SC looks pretty much utopian in comparison. Although there is the issue of the voters putting Sanford back in office. Are they putting something in the water…

HEARD!!!! And I live here!!!!!! McCrory is a prick and was when he was the mayor of Charlotte. I knew him back in the day when he lurched around parties drunkenly, spitting on people who had the misfortune of getting too close to him. Why, why, WHY did anyone vote him into office is a mystery to me. Fucking North…

Don't hate yourself. I just corrected someone else on another thread. Not trying to be a dick, but it's important. It is something that affects all of us, so we really should get it right.

It's actually HIPAA. The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act. Not being a noodge, just saying. A lot of people get it incorrect and so did I for many years. While it was good in theory, it really has created a lot more problems than it has solved. The worse cases are these, where employees squeal for…

"Eat a bag of dicks dipped in a bag of dicks with a side of fuck you very much." I love you. I really do. I hate Lululemon for this exact reason, although I hate many other retailers for doing the same shit. H&M comes to mind....as does Anthropologie, where the largest size you can get is a 14 and even then those are…

Waiting for Gwennie over at GOOP to put a frowny face on this potentially delish abomination of awesomeness.

Oh, give me a break!! Really? This post merited that response? Why not go post at Goop. Gwennie would be glad to have you!

No judgment here! Pop Tarts are yummy delish! I don't care that they are devoid of nutrition. Sometimes, that's just not the point.