One of my best friends has an older sister who is a cheerleader for the Carolina Panthers. She's married, with two kids, in her mid-to-late thirties. She's tiny, athletic, and blond, and mostly she does it because she loves to dance. She did dance team things her entire life, and it was something she really missed…

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: It does. I just bought it for $0.99 for my Droid!

@Snow: Common law wife?

@eri401: For example, as a TA, I teach over 120 students this semester. This is not an atypical semester. I make less than $15,000 a year, and I am not provided health insurance, which I can get through the university for about $1000 a year. My tuition is covered, but not my fees, so I must pay at least $600 a year to…

@booter26: I have just been given insight into what my father will be like when he retires.

I had a lot of difficulties in graduate school for medical reasons (I seem to be physically allergic to College Station, TX). And although there were policies in place for dealing with the sort of chronic, legitimate medical problems I had, most of my professors didn't know about them. I failed classes I should have…

@Jennymac: As it turns out, I have an exit strategy now. It was pretty much what ended up happening in 2005:

My ex and I got engaged the summer of 2004 and had a wedding planned for the fall of 2005. We moved in together the winter of 2004, figuring it was just a prelude to marriage. It was his apartment originally, but I was on the lease.

@mandabear: There's really no good way to tell a friend that her partner is bad for her, gay or straight. You can subtly point out problems, but for the most part, you have to just hope she sees the light. :( It is not a good prognosis.

@lalie (apologetic mess): I... don't like it. I want to like it, but... I don't like it. And I won't be sold without seeing the inner pocket set up.

I can't fault them for wanting to even their skin tones with makeup or soften their lips in a nice pink.

The best part of the first video is where the kid rediscovers her cone boobs. And squeezes them.

Manderson Pooper could totally do this job. He always wears a dubious look when I dress him in a sweater or raincoat. Where do I sign him up to be a doggy model?

@bluesbelle: Yeah. I totally dated his cousin in New Orleans.

@SNEAKERS: That's exactly what I was thinking! She looks sleek and sexy and not very pregnant at all.

When I did some substitute teaching for a friend of mine, she had two girls named Unique in her class.

@Phyllis Nefler: I spent New Year's Eve with my friend and his niece Trinity. She's in 5th grade and was SUPER excited about fireworks. They mostly just call her Trin.

@blah: Up your intake of B12. Liver is a great source (and includes plenty of iron as well) and if you don't like fried liver, liver sausage (braunschweiger) is my preference, especially smothered in spicy mustard.

@Hey Girl Hey: Sandra Bullock adopted her little Louis from New Orleans! And he's so adorable I just want to nom him up.

I refer to mine as: the Lesbian Porn Incident.