Yes, my company only allows us 1000 hours of on-site work per freelancer per year, and once they've come into the office once, they can no longer freelance off-site, and vice-versa. Weird rules related to our union, I think.

Yeah, my department has employed a string of temps for over a year because the company doesn't want to give us the headcount to employ a fulltime person. And let me tell you it sucks donkey balls for us, too. Because of union rules/a lawsuit which precludes us from employing perma-lancers, we can only keep temps for…

Thank you — it was 3 years ago and I still think about her all the time. She must have felt so alone. Her kids are doing well though, if that's any consolation.

I haven't been pregnant, but a dear childhood friend of mine suffered from PPP. I'd like to share her story, for some perspective, and because it haunts me — maybe someone reading this will recognize themselves or someone they love in this and get them help before it's too late. Warning: sad ending.

That happened at my job too. I used to share a floor with the culprit and it was disgusting enough (it was actually snot, not poo, which is almost...worse). Then the person moved to another floor and things escalated to the point of vandalism. Surveillance was put in place (outside the restroom — it was happening…

It might save the person some awkwardness with guests at some point? I was told by my landlord in an old building not to flush them (at move in). Few months later, I had a friend come stay with me and it wouldn't have occurred to me to tell her not to flush them, but then I saw a wrapper in the trash and had to have…

The landlord sounds like a jerk, and she shouldn't be forced to hang a sign. But...yeah, she shouldn't be flushing tampons if she's been told not to. It's not discrimination against women — they can cause huge problems. I've been told by multiple landlords not to flush them, and many restaurants and bars here…

Exactly. Taylor and Rhianna are both under 25. What more could we possibly learn about either of them at this point that we haven't already read in the 408,589 magazine profiles they've each done. Come back in a couple years when there's something new to say.

Re 3)... seriously. Candace Bushnell created that character, SJP — not you. And therefore Candace Bushnell has the right to do whatever she wants with the character, including...write more books and sell the rights to make another show about her.

Oh yeah, this pisses me off so bad. I can take in a huge stack of Mr. G's shirts and it's maybe $12. Next day I take my load; 2 sweaters and a pair of work pants: $42.

Apparently Leslie Mann (Judd Apatow's wife) is playing the mom in this movie. I like it!

And it was directed by Walter Murch! Which is still so weird to me for some reason.

I'd love to see those too — as I replied to someone above — Rated R of course. I don't know that it will ever happen though. They'll probably just make a movie of the musical. I could see a lot of confusion and anger... as parents bring their kids to see "another Wizard of Oz movie" or the "family friendly" musical...…

Indirectly, yes — Maguire includes a lot of elements from other books in Baum's world in his alternate-Oz universe (in the Wicked books; the musical unfortunately leaves a lot of it out). "Ozma" being the traditinally moniker for the monarchs, Tik-Tok automatons, talking Animals, etc. He also borrows from the movie…

I wish I could upload a picture of the Ozma of Oz costume my wonderful mother made for me for Halloween when I was 9 or 10. It looked exactly like her outfit in the illustrations, complete with 1930's Mucha-esque art nouveau diadem (made of gold pipecleaner, natch) with Oz logo and the big flowers over the ears (I…

If you would be willing to show your kids the Wizard of Oz movie, they can definitely handle the books. There are a few slightly scary things in Ozma of Oz, like a woman who can switch heads at will (wearing whichever one makes her feel prettier that day), and a desert that turns people into sand if they touch it —…

That's funny — I loved The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and all the books in the series, but I literally had no idea, until college, that they were religious allegories. I was obsessed with Greek mythology as a kid, so I guess I just considered all the Aslan-sacrifice, breathing life into the world, crap as just…

What LouWhoo says. The author, Gregory Maguire, is gay, and in the books there is a lot of fluid sexuality, and you can also see the treatment of the Animals (talking Animals are always capitalized) as an allegory of the treatment of homosexuality in this country up until recently.

Me too, rated R please. I hated that stupid musical, was spluttering with rage throughout and kept turning to my mom to say "that's not how it was in the books!" (though I admit some of the tunes are catchy). If you haven't read it yet, Out of Oz wrapped up the whole saga pretty satisfactorily (I skipped Lion Among…

I was trying to explain that whole kerfuffle to my boyfriend this morning, as he somehow missed it when it happened. I shall be sending him this link!