Outside the bathroom? Mine always insist to be let in. I saw somewhere someone say “cat detective needs to know what you’re putting in the toilet” and think of that every single time.

Has anyone tried the Burt’s Bees lip crayon? Looks like it may be a bit darker than the tinted lip balm.

Has anyone tried the Burt’s Bees lip crayon? Looks like it may be a bit darker than the tinted lip balm.

He ended up at 304. Two electors changed their votes.

My daughter chose CC for the exact opposite reason: She wanted to jump into her major right away, and in a 4-year college she’d have had to work through the Freshman curriculum first. So she got a technical associate degree and went to complete her bachelor’s degree at a state school in creative writing. We saved…

Me: Fuck that man.

The one thing I’ve learned from home-improvement and design blogs is that the best way to improve your photography is to renovate your kitchen.

I remember talking with my mom when the MTM show first came out that the her character was even more important because she’d been Laura Petrie. That it was the next step for women after smart, sexy (not stupid and kooky) wife (who wore pants).

But That Girl was utterly dependent on Donald and “Daddy.” An adorable character who often tried to stick up for herself, but she was nothing like the independent Mary Richards.

That was in the first episode. Brilliant.

This is everything.

In our house, it has traditionally been the drawer for collecting mouse poop.

Ha! We had Christmas early because my son went to his in-laws for the real thing. It turns out, it’s great to be done with Christmas a week early! No crowds, no last-minute frantic ... anything! Merry Christmas!

We refer to it as Alexa, but call it with “Echo.” Somehow it seems less creepy, and it doesn’t wake up when we talk about it. I’ve had the Dot for three days (Christmas present) and LOVE it.

My new favorite hot winter drink is plain old hot chocolate—with a splash of Fireball. MMmmm good.

Plunk. Great word.

Fortunately for me, I’m done with this nonsense now, but my life changed when I started using the disposable cups made by SoftCup. I highly recommend them.

Like this design team did.

I use canned evaporated milk in my coffee every morning. It’s pretty cheap and has a long shelf life (until you open it, of course). It’s not sweetened like condensed milk is, so my coffee taste shines through.

I was an editor. It was my job for silly stuff like that to bother me.

In my two years working as a contractor for the Navy, I never got over the use of “V/R” in every Navy employee’s signature. What does it mean? “Very Respectfully.”