@1.1.1.: Agreed. She was a terrible candidate, and buying that her nanny issues were the reason she wasn't appointed is taking a very shallow look at the whole situation. She has no experience. She is horrible at public speaking. She had no ideas, stance or platform to speak of. She basically just showed up and…

I saw this was on tv Saturday night... and chose to flip to the skills portion of the NHL All-stars thingie instead.

@infmom: Mine puts on a quarterly sale of donated books, too. Maybe it's something to consider instead of dumping them?

@MarkS: And you totally can't take a kindle into a bathtub, hot tub, pool, or to the beach.

@TheUptightMidwesterner considers North Face and Sorel high ...: Indeed, she's terrifying.

@Dottie Gale: Seems like on the theory of you are what you eat, Betty was afraid of a diet of boiled cabbage and potatoes turning men Irish.

No mention of the classic hot toddy? My favorite variant is a cup of strong tea, two teaspoons of honey and a shot of brandy.

@chancentrate: It does seem horribly juvenile and petty, and I know I don't think very well of people who insult our jezziwriters' appearance when they disagree with them.

@kareneg: OMG! I had to look that up. How horrible.

I'm certainly guilty of this. I tend to only put the TV on for noise, anyway, though. If it's something I actually want to watch, I'll put the laptop aside.

@morninggloria: Mine was an inch or so below the knee.

I dunno, I've got nothing against the Church's statement. It was brief and to the point, and they're allowed to feel that this artist's subversion of their holy figure is tacky. It was a one-sentence statement that didn't call for the artist's death, so as far as artist v. religion vision conflicts go, this one…

I wish you all the best, Gina :) Glad to hear you'll still be around a bit.

According to commenters over at BoingBoing, these are copies of works by Donald Droller Wilson [www.donaldrollerwilson.com]

@ionu: I'm still trying to figure out why one would want a sharper microscope.

Dear Governor Palin,

I'm not entirely sure I want to be plastered on anyone's monitor. It sounds painful and likely to hamper my own productivity.

I'd like to note that it does not have a char-grilled with mustard and onion rings topped with a ladle-full of hot cheese-like-substance option.

Am I missing the part where this* doesn't look like crud?

Okay, say I go with this (which is unlikely).