I THINK you can click on the date stamp to get the link to the comment and then paste the link with the tag #trollpatrol in a new comment. Reporting without promoting! I'll test it next time I see a troll.

Now that I think about it more, and have read some of the Groupthink talk about it, I do think there is value in the "don't talk about your body numbers on Jez" rule being all inclusive. There's no way to start doing that and draw more detailed lines about body snarking.

I see where your frustration is coming from, but I totally read it as a mockery of the idea that 200 was a magical number one way or the other, and that she was really only talking about her own body. That's why she writes "Weight is, obviously, a relative thing; one woman's healthy number can be another woman's cross…

Ugh. This is like the "do little girls see themselves as fat" clip. Stop making these things a big deal! "How far would you go" makes it sound like "woah, guys, that's risky!"

Well, I'm not sure it ALWAYS works that way, because Harry, Hermoine, and Ron Disarm people all the time, and sometimes wizards go back to using those wands, right?

In the first one or two books they changed words too— Jumper to Sweater etc.— but in the first one they also changed Philosopher to Sorcerer because they (publishers? Editors?) thought American Kids would not read a book with Philosopher in the title. They stopped all of those translating shenanigans by the 4th book,…

Good point. Thanks for clarifying that. Also, does anyone know if Dumbledore's comment in the movie that "Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic" is in one the books? It's a Rowling kind of thing to say but I couldn't find it. It would also be nice if it was added to the movie and serves as a tribute to…

It actually is a little more complicated in the book— I just reread the last half of the book after I watched the movie.

I've gotten compliments on my (gchat) away messages over the years, but I still can't get the hang of Twitter! I've thought about the connection a lot though.

Is the FTC also targeting the "one trick to no wrinkles" people? Is it the same people?

It's certainly made by a little girl. Or I assume as much. I discovered that there is a whole YouTube community of videos made starring the dolls. In theory I am all for that. It's technology (there are adorable stop motion videos) and contests and girls doing cool things. But then you get a girl's doll who loves…

So, I bet Rebecca is the actual (historical) American Girl doll named Rebecca and Lexi is one of the American Girl Dolls of today. I just googled American Girl Lexi, to see if it was one of the named dolls and instead came up with this, which kind of made me want to cry. I was all about American Girl Dolls to be the…

Did her daughter compete? I didn't watch the show, so I was wondering if she just had that hairdo for fun.

Try Arthur and George, which is about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a random guy (George) who was falsely accused of a crime. It's based on a true story and is pretty excellent.

ARGH! Sorry, wrong response. I meant to respond to the person below you. I have no idea how to solve your problem :-(

Last year I went to the National Archives to hear a reading of the Declaration of Independence, watched the parade, made a berry pie, had a barbeque, and watched the fireworks on the National Mall. I intend to do basically the same thing this year. I figure such a concentrated immersion into Americana once a year…

The New York Times article said that she lied about what happened directly after she was allegedly attacked. To me, that seems like the only lie that is relevant to this case. I understand the concept of a reliable vs. an unreliable witness, but to me this seems like precedent for a situation in which women who commit…

Yes. I just get frustrated when people are so quick on the judgement and so skimpy with the sympathy/hopes she gets help.

Maybe Sulman shouldn't have had all those kids; certainly the doctor should not have implanted all the embryos. Maybe she is seeking attention. But maybe she needs help and has untreated postpartum depression — it can go on for a long time.

I just remembered two cute stories: