I find that occasionally Elmo sounds like Lady Gaga (although I think really the reverse is true, that Lady Gaga sounds like Elmo).

My sister calls this movie "Rock'em Sock'em Robots."

I used to keep my dresser in my closet, in part because my closet was enormous and my bedroom tended to be used as a den, with a sofa and such in addition to the bed. So my closet was like a tiny dressing room, big enough to actually change clothes in.

I think a lot of them lie to themselves because they need to believe it's worth it. Motherhood is not something you can really change your mind about, at least not if you're a decent human being, and so it's important for those who are mothers to believe that they really did choose the best thing they could. Many…

They did! That bitch! How dare she?!

At a wedding last weekend, a young woman who is getting married soon murmured to a good friend of mine also in attendance, "She stole my Bible passage!" when this was read.

Are you male?

It's apparently filled a real niche! (Although I find myself fascinated by the logistics. To quote Elaine Benes, "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things. ")

I feel much the same way. I like kids. I'm happy to tolerate well-behaved children. But I cannot tolerate parents who do not excuse themselves the moment the child ceases to behave well.

I had a girl who was obsessed with office supplies. She'd drag the box of staples from my desk into her nest, she was responsible when pens went missing, and she would steal the tape every chance she got. She loved the taste of clear tape and destroyed several rolls.

[www.hsph.harvard.edu] — in this article, credited to Dr. Walter Willett, Chair, Dept. of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, including citations, notes that carbs are not evil. It encourages people to choose good carbs, not no carbs. The article also includes recommended foods that help ward off diseases and…

As a PhD candidate in physics, I must concur.

Ugh. Ugh. Why isn't he HER assistant?

That is pretty amusing! I'd give my number to any non-creeper who gave me that line.

Condescending much?

That kind of thing makes me crazy!

It makes me want to steal the Lane Bryant mannequins and wheel them down to the Gap and see how the clothes fit them!

I have less issue with this mannequin than I do with the Lane Bryant mannequins which require safety pins to wear the store's smallest clothes. If the Gap's mannequins want to wear XXXS clothing, that's fine by me, so long as they carry those sizes for customers, too. If there are humans who actually buy the Gap's…

My mother has never liked tampons, and she refused to let me use them at first, building them up as too stressful to use with one's first period (first day of 7th grade). But I wore her down, because I wanted options for swimming, and by the following summer, she'd bought me a box of little ones.

Sorry to have dumped on you. Broken engagements are a painful subject for me, but don't let it get you down. Many people do manage to get happily married! (Also, I totally have a date tonight. Maybe it'll go somewhere.)