@LaComtesse: Or, you know, actually read pre-Renaissance writings on the matter that don't come through a Victorian filter. Or, worse, were processed through a contemporary "New Age" filter after the Victorian one.

Dear Ms. Gilbert:

The 'Other Mother' is basically the same thing as the evil stepmother in fairy tales. Old trope; the kids can handle it.

@Wit: Oh, and the nose crinkles are making me go all mushy inside.

That is how you do fierce.

*gigglesnort* Thanks for the info and way to make a post out of the constant requests for your wallpaper on every post where you show it!

I can see this being a jerk move, depending on the circumstances.

@sammyboombaladdy.the.wonder.kitteh.smoking.was.so.3.days.ag...: Dude's used to it. He gets shot every other day.

@JuniorAndTorrie: Yep. Mine usually warns me that I'm about to run out of battery power about a minute after my computer shuts down due to lack of power.

Ceiling Cat looks all Old Testament here.

@EasttoMidwest: Worse, I think she thought she was right. Justified.

Because relationships aren't hard enough?

That purple dress? I want it.

Holy whatnow!?

@I'm Chuck Bass: I *think* she thought that her previous comment had been first and was excited about it... but refreshing the page would've disabused her of that notion and saved her a lot of grief.

The fact that there's no option in vista to select for "Yes, I am certain that I want to run this program, and yes, I know that executables are the big bad wolves of the file universe, and NO, I do not want you to ask me about this every single time this file is set to run, thank you."

@The HZA.: True that - and they're having a truly cruddy season as well.

You'd look grumpy too if you were wearing a Thrashers uniform.

They didn't account for number of each type of vehicle on the road, did they? I would guess the only reason the Subaru Outback is so high on the list is because every fourth car on the road (or thereabouts) is an Outback.

That's the kind of monster that makes you die of cute.