Exactly.

Yeah - that felt like a self conscious piece that flopped, on the part of the Academy. And Vergara was acting the hell out of it.

You've got me giggling like a madwoman, over here.

I'm mostly with you, but part of me firmly believes that lust finds a way.

Sorry, when you said "Achiever", I assumed you were familiar with the Big Lebowski and were making a reference to that movie. When the "big" Lebowski's assistant, Brandt, shows The Dude a photograph of a group of children from many racial backgrounds and says, "these are Mr. Lebowski's kids", The Dude says, "Different…

Are you saying racially you're *not* pretty cool??

THANK YOU. I have lost several family members and friends to suicide. One I watched fight his depression with every ounce of his being for decades. In or around 2009 he asked his psychiatrist if shock therapy might work because he would try anything that might, at that point. He was a volunteer, a teacher, a father, a…

I was at a shopping mall with my husband and kids, and realized we forgot to get something at one end of the mall after we were already at the other end. So I raced back to the other end, got the whatever-it-was, and was speed walking through the mall with the purchase at about 2:30 on a Saturday afternoon, when a man…

I remember once telling a friend I was bisexual, and she immediately asked if I was attracted to her. I was not, and said so, thinking I was reassuring her, and then had to spend about 10 minutes reassuring her that just because I wasn't attracted to her didn't mean I thought she was unattractive.

I am so sorry for your loss. Two of my uncles killed themselves. One was diagnosed bipolar. My husband's paternal grandfather also committed suicide, and we have a cousin on my mother in law's side who is currently in a psych ward and who is at risk for self harm. It always hits hard to see the mental illness take…

My response to this (on FB) Today is my husband's birthday, and the day of my parents' departure for Canada. The eldest is taking their absence hard. The youngest is down for the count with a stomach bug. My father in law called to wish the husband a happy birthday, and i told him Robin Williams had died. "Suicide?"…

A young man who was trying to impress me once told me that my form of speech was Joycean, and I was wooed.

Thanks! We're on a project in South America, so we've invited everyone we know to take advantage and come visit. It's great, but it's also really intense when they all decide to come in the North American summer...

I do not have any diagnosed mental illness, and I'm not on any medication, but I go through times when I am not up to much other than lying on the couch in my pjs. I also tend to crash hard after a high energy stretch - particularly one that isn't just me feeling high energy, but rather responding to an external…

I'm surprised to hear about altitude sickness in Denver. Is it really that big an issue? I live at higher altitude than that, and we see a lot of tourists through here (foothills of the Andes), but altitude sickness at this elevation - 7,660 ft - is rare. I mean, it's pretty common to feel some effects as one…

I also thought this!!

I clicked on this edition of selfie loathing specifically to find out who the hot inappropriately-young-for-me man with the lizard toy on his face was, and then saw JJ. Who is more age appropriate for me anyway, so ...

I mistook him for David Spade, unfortunately.

I did too!

It was amazing, and totally drama-free! Such a great trip!! Thanks for your kind words :)