The funny thing about it is that the U.S. was one of the countries that pushed hard for the rule, back when the gymnastics team wasn't as strong. It cuts both ways.

This isn't your average loss - this was probably Wieber's only chance at an Olympic medal in the all-around (and maybe her only chance at representing Team USA in the Olympics, period). At least in other sports you can go back four years later and try again if you come up short, but gymnasts often only have one…

I agree. And I also think that Arya Stark, Jon Snow and (to a lesser degree) Sansa Stark are going to have large roles to play as well.

It would be ok if she didn't rim her entire eye - that has the effect of making them look smaller. I do agree, though that she should try a softer look (i.e., brown or purple eye liner), particularly for daytime wear.

"I would rather watch a live feed of a bowl of actual curry cooling on a countertop than read one more story about Ann Curry."

Did he say it in a joking way? What happened afterward?

Once, in the middle of sleepwalking, I popped a squat in my parents' closet, but my mom luckily caught me and guided me to the bathroom before I could do any damage.

Yeah, because that's a real punishment/deterrent.

School administrators? Please, they'd do squat about it. Nobody can discipline kids who aren't theirs in our overly litigious society.

They don't possess fear because their parents are clueless and incompetent.

And what, pray tell, should she have done? Screamed at them and risked having the parents complain about how horribly she was treating their special snowflakes, resulting in her job ending up on the chopping block? Kicked them off the bus, risking something happening to them and having the parents file a lawsuit?…

Except that Americans are so freaking litigious that "authority" figures don't have leeway to discipline kids at all, and those little fuckers know it. What could she have done, really?

My dad took us when I was 11 (my brother was 9 and my sister was 6). We actually had a blast - spent most of our time by the pool during the day, visited the various hotels on the Strip in the evenings, enjoyed great food at the MGM (which was where we stayed, in the first year that it opened), also went to the MGM…

I have never met Johnny Depp or Vanessa Paradis, but I genuinely feel a bit sad about this break-up. They always seemed like such a solid, happy couple.

So glad to hear that this little girl is on her way to recovery.

Except that Gaga doesn't really get Madonna's song because "Express Yourself" is ten-times better than "Born This Way".

That is a very interesting thesis.

Yeah, me too, but guys (people, actually) can be cowards that way. They'd rather just drop off the face of the planet than be honest. If it turns out he's just busy, then you will hear from him shortly.

Ah. Sounds like he doesn't want to put the time in and was expecting to get some action with minimal effort. You are well shot of him if that is the case.

It's all good. Back when I was younger, before I had no fucks left to give where guys were concerned and before I met my now-fiancé, I used to overanalyze stuff to death and send long/too many messages. Then I realized I was wasting way too much time and energy. Short and to the point is often the best way to go with…