Drink up now—3 drinks in NYC = ~$30 and up. (Well, mixed drinks, but still.) ;)

Ah, ok. Interesting. I wasn't sure what constituted intellectual property in fashion. Thanks!

Is Betsey Johnson in a similar position, then, as Annie Leibovitz, regarding her copyrights and intellectual property? I hope not, but, if so, God, how devastating.

It's usually written "gypped," (others are misspellings), and if you think that the stereotypes about Gypsies are "a bit of a dead trope," well, then, you must not have traveled anywhere east of England in the last fifteen years.

For what it's worth, in reference to one of the last comments on this thread, I'm laughing mysefl silly at the suggestion that your male privilege somehow remains unexamined in the, oh, five years you've been on Jez... Really, chritter, check yourself!!

I have this [bit.ly] and this [bit.ly] (not to mention a shared phobia of bedbugs), and I've thrown both in the washer and dryer.

L'Occitane had some small zippered-bag thing with 3 small things (lotion, soap, etc.) for $25ish a couple of weeks ago, and they let me swap out the massage oil (which I'm pretty sure my mom wouldn't use) for a tiny thing of bath gel. And they gift-wrapped it for free. LE WIN.

It's a cozy mystery (also called traditional mystery)—they almost never have explicit sex, and any serious violence usually happens off the page. Just a hallmark of the genre (albeit an annoying one).

Ok, this is not exactly the same thing, but here's hoping it'll make you feel better. I went to a small college in the Mid-Atlantic, and my high school was in the Southwest. No one from my high school had ever gone to Small Mid-Atlantic College (hereafter, SMAC), and I was delighted that I was brand new and could…

I've been using this stuff for a couple years, and I love it: [www.etsy.com] A caveat, though: it doesn't guarantee dryness. It's a deodorant, not an anti-perspirant. But I still think it's terrific stuff. (This is not my shop, etc. etc.) I also tried Tom's, and it didn't work at all.

You can buy mattress covers at HomeDepot or from a moving-supply store. If it's in good shape, I'd definitely take it. You can always throw it over the boxes in the truck (although I recommend getting a slightly larger truck than you think you'll need, if you're DIY-ing it).

The point is, you don't earn it in one episode, so "Let's give her some credit" is meaningless.

Credit is earned, not assumed.

Jeff Koons makes more sense (I use the term loosely) for baby monitors, but maybe the Miami Biennale sold out of all those and they were stuck with the Hirst one (which is just a shark that leers out from plastic at any non-parent who tries to pick up the baby).

Have you never heard of therapy?

Noise complaint. (311 if you're in NYC.) This assumes you've tried to ask the neighbor already, but you're under no obligation to do so.

"...the same way they rip the ass out of having children."

Simply listing the states where laws like this are on the books is not "a thing against Midwesterners"—it's a statement of fact.

But just imagine—Carol's blog on Welsh socks goes viral, Mummy and Daddy reevaluate their investment in boring old Jane's shoes, and presto! Canny Carol has a tuition fund.

Exactly.