She always kept her suede indoor coat handy for those long summer days she spent puttering around her glass house with the A/C cranked up to high.

This episode reinforced my position that nobody who actually likes Joan should want her to end up with Roger. He's awful to her.

@SilentShout: There's no need to assert that class is more important than race. It's not a competition. Race matters and class matters. This is evident when you look at things like, for example, access to healthcare. Poor people typically have less access than wealthier people, but you'll also see that blacks…

@SarsDoesn'tSave: Going the Distance was actually pretty funny. I'm not big on romantic comedies but I liked it.

@enidcoleslaw: Like George Costanza!

@RaisedOnWhiskey: You're certainly not alone, if that makes you feel any better. I'm still unemployed nearly a year after taking the bar and most of my law school friends are either deferred from their law firm jobs or also unemployed. Here's hoping things turn around soon!

@ShinyThings: I also love youth literature. My favorites growing up were Lois Lowry, especially the Anastasia series, and Judy Blume. I like to read contemporary stuff too; I call it "research" for the children's book I plan on writing some day.

@Joie de Vivre: I'm okay leaving zits alone, but not blisters.

@lalie (apologetic mess): I just say : As per your request, my salary requirement is $X

@Nightwriter: You might enjoy this post from a long time ago...

@profanity_encouraged: That's a really nice interpretation. I'm not sure what Death was doing in there, but I think I've read somewhere that dreaming of death can symbolize change? And there have been some changes to my life recently so it could be that.

I had a really eerie dream last night and I can't get it out of my head. I was on a beach walking in a line of people and we were all holding hands. I looked over to the far side of the beach and saw a tall black cloaked figure. "Oh my God, it's Death!" I said. The girl in front of me turned around and said "You…

I usually find it hard to watch Tom Cruise in movies without thinking of his off screen persona, but for some reason his helpless dad performance in War of the Worlds really touches me. I also find him totally watchable in Minority Report. Maybe I have a blind spot for performances in sci-fi movies regardless of my…

@angelina jolie-laide is a mavericky bish AGAIN: I actually liked season 3 so who knows, you may as well. I think some people thought it moved too slowly in the first third of the season, but that's not a huge problem when you can watch a bunch of episodes at once and don't have to wait from week to week for the…

@vincenoir: I live with my SO. I'd actually never considered NOT living with him before marriage.

I enjoyed this thoughtful piece posted on The Root. [www.theroot.com]

@jumpingpiglet: I didn't pick up on it, but maybe you're right! One of the ONLY things I remember about the Tommyknockers is that the phenomena going on made all the women have constant periods.

My problem with "The Karate Kid" movie. It's set in China, and so it's apparently about Kung fu, and yet it's still called the KARATE kid. They could have set it in Japan, they could have used Kung Fu in the title, but instead they just say, the hell with it it's all the same, right?

I've had more than one guy tell me that cowl neck tops make us look like our heads are coming out of giant vaginas. Whatever. I like them.

@EmilyTimbol: Dude, I'm right there with you. At this point I'm just stoked that bf's mom seems to have gotten out of the habit of calling him about twice a day. Now it's more like once a day.