Agreed.

My boyfriend and I just watched the entire first season, and that particularly story line was one of our favorites. In fact, the Dowager Countess is my favorite character so far.

She is the least sympathetic upper class character on the show, but I have to say, I felt kind of badly about what Mary did to her at the garden party. Mostly I felt bad for Sir Anthony, but also a little bit for Edith too (even if I do get why Mary screwed her over), because it's clear that she continually gets…

Aren't both Canalis and Keibler in their 30s? Not that it's that much older, but it's still better than going after twenty-somethings...

That was my second thought after reading this post.

It's sad that she's not in school, but I'm not sad that she's no longer raking in money for being "famous." What did she do, exactly, to merit being a celebrity? She just happened to be the daughter of Sarah Palin (another person who should never have come to national prominence), and is a prime example of the GOP's…

I'm not so sure that it's humility so much as her 15 minutes being up.

Oh, ok - that's good. I'd still get started as soon as you can, though - the more time you give yourself, the more likely it will be that you don't have to move back in with your parents!

I know it's scary, particularly in this crappy job market, but my advice would be to get started ASAP. It's a lot easier to get a job in a certain town/city/area when you are there to pound the pavement and can list an address on your resume in said town/city/area.

That is a very, very sad story. I don't know how she's going to be able to live with herself - I can't imagine losing all of my children AND my parents in one night as a result of a misstep I made. Madonna Badger's story is truly horrifying.

Oh God, that whole plotline skeeves me to no end. I do love the books, however, and am going to order HBO this spring expressly to watch the series.

It's classic guy bullshit - i.e., make the girl think she's needy/crazy so as to deflect attention from the fact that he is being an utter asshat. The way I see it, you've got two options. The first is to just live your life and not worry about him. If he contacts you, and if you feel that you're not getting…

You know, it's interesting - one time a friend's mom gave me a huge dictionary as a Christmas gift. At the time, I thought it was the worst gift ever, although I was raised correctly to say "thank you" regardless of how I personally felt about the gift. Ultimately, it turned out to be one of the most useful gifts I've…

Oh, gross...poor girl...

Oh my God! I know Victor, but I didn't know he was dating Johnny Weir! What a small world...

They can age her with makeup, just like they did to Estelle Getty on "The Golden Girls."

Your ex-husband sounds like a major league douchenozzle. I hope that you have been able to find some peace after going through such a crappy experience.

I'm with you. They add nothing of value, imho.

None taken. I'm a Giants fan too, but even if I wasn't, I'd think Romo was overrated. I don't care how gaudy his numbers are, I'd take Eli over him any day of the week.

Compromise. This year we decided to do Thanksgiving at my parents' house and were going to spend Christmas with Mr. Vivi's sister and her family in the Netherlands. The only reason we never made it there was because my father passed away a few months ago and we decided that, at least for this year, we should spend…