Correction: Common makes anything super sexy.

Meh, it always just seemed like he was trying to portray a part of normal Swedish life to me. I was just back and drank SO. MUCH. COFFEE. I had forgotten how many fikapaus people take in Sweden. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to make myself an open-faced cheese sandwich.

Thank you for writing this. I was kind of sad at how mean some of the comments about that quote were when it seemed like she was acknowledging that she has become more appreciative.

Alright, I feel WAY less old now. It's just so great! Hints for how to clean more effectively, quick tasty recipes, inspirational quotes ... who wouldn't love it? Communists, I say.

GEAUX BLUE! I'm very excited to watch a game not in the middle of the night again!

I have to share: I moved to Germany in late August for a pre-doc. I don't speak German, I'm working on finishing my dissertation, I'm making less money than I expected, miss my boyfriend and grad school friends like crazy, and have generally been down in the dumps for a large part of the time here. Yesterday (Friday)…

Yeah, but he had already been in the NBA for a while by then. He had agents and lawyers around who should have been looking out for his interests. He must have ignored them. Stupid if you're making that much money.

I am pretty sure that is the law - though I can't remember if the 10 year mark is where you get half of everything and the pre-10 year divorce you are entitled to half of what was earned during the marriage or what. California is pretty generous with that sort of thing either way though, and if she gets custody the…

Yeah, Teo would start yelling "Hallå! Hallå! På Svenska!!!" He also claimed "Jag KAN engelska men jag VILL inte" which cracked me up because he won't start learning for a few more years. It was pretty adorable.

That's super cool! Too bad melons aren't in season right now, I would totally have weekend plans.

That's awesome! Oh man! those would be sweet center pieces, if there is enough variety.

That's awesome! We made replicas of the California missions as a kid. The best was out of clay, but one time I made one out of sugar cubes.

No, I plan to buy my older brother a Brandenburg Gate Lego set for Christmas (I just moved to Berlin) and he's a full adult. I was considering buying the same thing for my friends' 6 year old son as well. Question, how serious are they about the "12+" age limit? He's not gonna eat the pieces. Neither will his little…

Dodai - did your 6th grade class make 2 entire classrooms into Egyptian burial tombs, complete with cornish game hens that you mummified? Because mine did and it was AWESOME!!!! We made everything. It was the best social studies unit of my entire life, and I'm not a (nearly) certified social scientist.

I am glad the surgery went well for Giulliana. I hope she recovers well and that she and Bill end up with the family they really seem to want. They really seem like a sweet, devoted couple who are genuinely nice people. I wish them all the best.

Off topic a bit, because the whole thing just seems so preposterous to me.

Same in political science too.

I hope that the trade maybe lets Khloe and Lamar get out of the insanity of E! I mean, I know there will be another season of Khloe & Lamar, but maybe there won't be any more of them on "keeping up" or "take [fill in city name]" and they can get some peace together.

This is the best thing I've seen written in a long time. I'm liberal to moderate from a very conservative area. My best friend and my brother are both quite conservative. It doesn't mean I don't love them dearly and owe them respect. Whenever I hear someone say that they don't know or would cut off someone who…

Yeah, I used to read Muscle and Fitness Women which was pretty fantastic. But most of the mags aimed at women for "health" recommend using 5lb weights or less. Though perhaps this is because its a lot of women's first time using weights. The problem I have is that they never tell women "and eventually you'll be able…