Weird to see such a vivid visualization of how much I have to lose before I reach my goal weight.

I liked Amy - I couldn't stand Nick. I gave up on just three books in 2014, two of them because I couldn't spend time in the brain of another whiny, clingy, narcissistic asshole. I think Gillian Flynn is very talented and that this is a good book. I just couldn't read it all. I basically skipped all the Nick chapters…

This was my first thought! Or a mini series? I would definitely watch this - probably twice!

My friend and I were talking about this in relation to those Dalhousie students who talked on Facebook about chloroforming women. Some of the responses have been essentially "They shouldn't say that on Facebook" rather than "Why do they not think of women as people?" This idea that 80,000 people "liking" something…

It's been a thing in NZ for at least 20 years. They introduced them in London because so many expats live there.

Yes! Please don't tar NZ coffee with this Starbucks bullshit brush! A flat white is just espresso with steamed milk - a latte without foam. I like them because I don't understand the purpose of foam, but I'm not about to start spouting bullshit about microfoam.

Microfoam is some Starbucks bullshit. If you asked a New Zealander what a flat white is they would say "espresso with steamed milk". It's basically a latte without the foam.

My friend was having vagina surgery with only a local anaesthetic when the doctors said "Huh." and just paused.

Or Violet Beauregarde, of Chocolate Factory fame?

But a Long Island Iced Tea has gin AND other things... more stuff is better, right?

In my house I'm the one who runs hot. My boyfriend is a blanket burrito and I'm kicking off the sheet. We fight over the car thermostat and whether windows get opened and how many blankets go on the bed. In my opinion I am normal and he's just always cold. Yay reversing gender roles? Yet somehow I still end up doing…

Also to clarify what other people seem to be claiming - this is really specifically American, it's not an English language thing. I'm from New Zealand and it's day-month-year there. Now I live in Canada, which gets really confusing because officially here it's day-month-year, but the US influence is insidious so…

When I've asked this the most common response is "Well that's how you say it." I guess it is more common to say "It's on January fourth" rather than "the fourth of January" but I can't say I think that's a sensible reason. The computers at my work default to US dates and it confused me so much in my first month that I…

I should do this! This is such a good idea - then just mention it to my partner and he can send the link to his in-laws who seem to think I'm hard to shop for - which is shorthand for "Oh, she doesn't follow any sports?"

The sweater in that weird olive green/brown that was everywhere this year says "I really like this sweater and wanted to buy it for myself but couldn't justify it so I bought it for you even though I have never seen you wear green or brown."

The expert you're looking for is a dietician.

Yes! Sophia Loren! I was looking at these and thinking that Monroe isn't quite what I was feeling from these and you're totally right - Loren is spot on.

Counterpoint: more and more people are doing shift work or have precarious employment that may require them saying yes to last minute shifts/work duties. My partner gets one week notice on his shifts. He's lucky to have some consistency so if it's for a Sunday afternoon he's a yes, a Thursday evening is always a no,…

And there are plenty of white people who voted for Obama, and who are also racist. It's not like this is a box to tick on the census "Are you racist? Y/N". It's more like degrees. I am never intentionally racist and I do not hold racist opinions, but it's still my responsibility to address unconscious bias in myself.…

I know there was one in the last year or so, but she was I think 22 weeks pregnant, they kept her alive for four or five weeks, and - most importantly to me - it was her husband's decision to try and save the fetus so he could still raise their child. That child was born healthy, but babies have ever survived when…