My friend just exited the workforce to stay home and write a romance novel.

@chichismcgee: EEK, I'm going to agree with you. I burned 425 calories last night on a 3 mile run. Eating that little cannot be healthy for anyone.

@BeckySharper: Hey, I had those socks in 6th grade. Stop with the hatin'.

Ugh, every time I reconnect with an ex when I'm single and so is he, I end up sleeping with him. I'll let you guys guess how many times THAT'S been a good idea.

This "trend" is why I couldn't find a damn pair of running shorts on sale at Macy's. All they had were the stupid skirts! I kept thinking I was accidentally in the "Tennis" section and was spinning around chasing my tail like the crazy dog in the PetMeds article.

Wow, those are some of the best pics of Tyra I've seen in a long time. Wonder if she art-directed them herself...

Hilariously, I was out to dinner last night in Brooklyn and these two were sitting right next to us. Ramona was scampering all over the patio, and when we sat down she came over and said "hi" to our table.

Thanks Hortense! You are an excellent role model for all of us.

Looks like Delia*s and Alloy grew up with their original customers (us eighties babies). I had this pair of electric blue satin pants with DRAGON embroidery from Delia*s that I used to wear my senior year. Jeebus God they were scary. But now this stuff is adorable!

Methinks his mouth is forming the words "F*** Off"

I wholeheartedly agree with everyone who says children should be allowed to read and/or be read to above their age level. My mom started me off on Barbara Kingsolver (Bean Trees, et al) when I was in 6th grade (which is also when I read Gone With the Wind) and I read 100 Years of Solitude, sex and all, when I was 12…

@WantToTouchtheWahine: I'm so glad you brought up Betsy-Tacey! My Mom is from Minneapolis, so she read them as a kid and kept them all and I read them when I was age-appropriate (the little kid ones and the ones when they're in High School and then the ones after they're married and grown up).

My (late) 2 cents: we had to read Wuthering Heights my Junior Year in AP English. (Of course I had already read it.)

I am STILL pissed that I had to use my stimulus payments for wedding presents and travel. I really wanted to buy porn.

Dammit Slut Machine! I know exactly how you feel. Like, if you throw that stupid wall o' self-preservation up one more time it's going to stay there.

@LBB: Your outfit sounds cute! I'd wear it in a second.

Um, I'm wearing bermuda shorts today. They're black-on-black herringbone/pinstripe, coming to just above the knee. With a cute long top. I fully embrace this outfit. I even ironed the damn things.

@ilikenoise: Look at moooyyee Kim: Seriously. The early eighties have passed. Time to grow up.

My problem is that I have cute clothes that would also be work-appropriate, but if I wear them to work I quickly get sick of them.

The real Tyra is unbelievably wax-like.