I wish we could resurrect the word antomasia/antomasy in the sense of substituting a person's title for their name. There's really no equivalent in daily use.

@disco2000: What you said.

I was going to answer your question, but KITTY! Squee! Oh whosdacuuutestkittyinthewholeb...!?

And I'm still incapable of reading it as anything other than "untie," which pretty much ruins it.

@bansaiiiiii: $100,000 over four years, even! Unless my calculations are wrong, that's a whopping $25k a year.

@midwestdesigner: I actually kind-of loved Music and Lyrics.

@Treeless: Seriously. He rocks the bald look. It emphasizes that he has bone structure (facial, people) to die for.

Oh eff that. My kids will get a shot at living as they are, and that's all I can give them. So what if there are some ugly genetic bits in there that they might inherit? I've got 'em too and I'm still glad to be alive. There are advantages that they have a shot at inheriting as well. You take the good with the…

Hrm... is it odd that I'm much more freaked out by the thought of monkeys and ferrets being around than snakes?

@baraqiel: One of my parents' cats would probably be pretty good at it. The old bastard doesn't like to let us walk in my parents' woods without him being there to protect us. Of course he'd probably dismember a few people, take down a couple of dogs and cuddle up to some kids... maybe more apt to the bodyguard role…

Cool! Thanks :)

Dear Ms. Bruce,

Awww, come on, I love jelly shoes! Target has been selling them for $2 for a couple of summers now.

The father of a family member's co-worker (I know - awkward) recently died after a shockingly short battle with Alzheimer's disease. His family had just regretfully put him in a home because they weren't equipped to to take care of him.

@legallynonblonde: Russet? ;)

I'm in a similar blonde-brown-red place but with more gold and less red. I still describe myself as blonde or "dark blonde" (though I've given up on the "golden blonde" I used to cling to), and I still get described as blonde, but I suspect I don't really qualify. Then again, my hair seems to change color so…

@pvcrisp: Exactly. It's very quick and easy to use. I use it all the time.

@Wit: *When I used to write, that is. There were no chickens involved.

@TheFormerJuneBronson: It's the "Hey, I can do better than that!" response. hen I used to write and needed inspiration, I would read truly terrible stuff. It worked like a charm for quite a while.

When I was unemployed for a while I fell into a terrible depression. Ugh. It suggests that I would be an awful housewife.