I usually wear an 8 or an 8.5, and I got a 39. They fit great.

Try Lotta From Stockholm. They have similar pairs, just as Hasbeens does. The difference between Lotta and Hasbeens is a) Lotta is cheaper than Hasbeens for the exact same thing (in most cases), and b) Lotta has an ONLINE OUTLET. Similar high clog sandals from Lotta's outlet might run you around $83 (plus overseas…

The New York Times just published the results of a new study showing that regular consumption of red meat significantly increases the risk of heart attack, by funneling carnitine to intestinal bacteria that then release a dangerous chemical. Apparently the only safe way to eat red meat is fairly infrequently, because…

I tried the Tracy Anderson routine and I don't see how it does anything for anybody. It's just aerobics and wimpy little floor exercises. Has anyone actually had good results with this? Or is Gwyneth shilling for it because there's no way anyone will take it seriously otherwise?

Here's my (horrible, but maybe true) theory. Most (obviously not all) of the people who watch porn are white guys, and they want to be able to "identify" with the dude who is doing the lady. If that dude is black, they see him as other and can't identify. But a white dude doing a black lady? That they would like…

Thank you. "Having drank" was killing me.

Crap, that was supposed to be a response to alanna's question.

I'd suggest you try it, for two reasons: 1) it's slow plot-wise sometimes, but it's not slow intellectually. Matt Weiner never condescends to his audience. He juxtaposes plot points, characters, and issues without explaining exactly how you're supposed to interpret them. One might even say the show is just a series…

There have also been studies that show that companies with a higher proportion of women in senior positions make more money than companies without women in those roles. I wonder if part of the reason for that is reflected in this study. If you screw over a) your employees; b) your clients; c) your host country; d)…

Cocaine may be the only thing that can finally put a necessary end to all this Lisa Frank foolishness. And that's why I say: Thank God for Cocaine.

I can honestly understand how the writer deemed this information relevant: it is a striking combination—scientist with traditional feminine values/accomplishments—for a woman of her time. What I *can't* understand is why he led with the femme stuff, because that is not the *most* important information about her. The…

Sounds about right.

I can't help wondering if this article says as much about the editors at New York magazine as it does Miller. Editors have been known to pressure their writers to write a certain story, regardless of what the facts actually are. Sometimes the editors have their own agenda, and sometimes they have a misguided desire…

I just came here to say essentially the same thing.

One size does not fit all when it comes to salt consumption. Those of us with (diagnosed) low cortisol/low blood pressure actually need to add salt to our diets to help regulate our endocrine systems.

Who are you to tell her she is ill-informed about the experiences she has had with her own body.

Here's why some of us are upset about the article: not because we can't read, but because we do have medically necessary reasons not to eat gluten, while at the same time constantly having to battle people who tell us we DON'T have medically necessary reasons. It is possible to interpret this article as telling us to…

Perhaps I am overly defensive. I know she quickly mentioned that she wasn't addressing people for whom going gluten-free is medically necessary.

This is unfair, because there is a middle category. I don't have celiac disease (negative blood tests and negative intestinal biopsy), but I get really sick when I eat gluten (along with eggs, dairy, eggplant, and beets).

On NPR this morning, a woman who'd been raped in the military said that every woman she knew who had, like her, been raped in the military had been hounded out of the service when/if they reported their rapes.