@LAmonkeygirl: Eileen Fisher and J. Jill also spring to mind. Also, Coldwater Creek. I think my mom would be happy to move into one of their stores.

@Samanthrax: The botox has clearly reached Paulina's frontal lobe.

@Lauren Milner: Good Lord, he was invited? Tell me y'all at least staged a sit-in at your dean's office.

My closet screams Trixie Belden, which is maybe not so good, now that I'm over 30.

Ironically enough, it's "Broomfield."

@mllej: That is all kinds of fabulous.

...spies the last of the Mohicans, bearing Chinese take-out?

Chris Matthews is driving me nuts! I'm only still watching MSNBC for their Sasha-and-Malia cam.

On a scale of 1 to 10, the filming difficulty of this spot seems to be around 500.

May we all look that good at 48!

@Brigit: I got the circuitry kit once, and it was the best gift of my LIFE.

Incidentally, the article ends with this gem from Mr. V.: "'Hopefully the girls will get pregnant and we'll have babies with live-in baby sitters!' he said."

Welcome to married life!

@monaflambe: Maybe that's where Karolina Kurkova's belly button is hiding?

@Roar of the Greasepaint: Hear, hear.

@Kilotwat: Yes! Or hold elections on a Saturday. Works for other countries.

Listen, Colorado, you better find my absentee ballot and count that sucker. I'm watching you.

My mom is an optimist by nature, and comes from pioneer stock. She's weathered the empty-nest syndrome better than my dad, I think. She volunteers, works part-time, is arts-and-crafty, and surrounds herself with creative friends. Plus, she reads a ton and is curious about everything. I envy her her sunny nature, but I…

The Czechs have opera diva Emmy Destinn, storyteller Bozena Nemcova, and (for good measure) Saint Agnes on theirs.

Thanks, but New York has enough Hubert Huberts without inspiring more.