Not if you're on the East Coast.

What if you're lying right now?

There was a story about the trend a few years ago: http://jezebel.com/5864117/how-so…

I had a conversation recently with my manicurist (who is not Asian thank-you-very-much) when a young mom dragged her per-pubescent daughter to the salon to get a bikini wax. I wanted to cry. My manicurist who is also an aesthetician told me she outright refuses to do those. She very loudly pondered "what's wrong with…

An industry blog on Adweek is pretty upset too. Though adweek is dominated by old white men who still think they work at the BBDO national office in the 1980s.

This is what we in the PR industry like to call "a teachable moment." Or as our office sometimes calls it "what idiot said what today [WISWT]" moment.

Oh goodness that just reminded me that Slightly less Frilly Who Dude asked me if I wanted to paint our living room wall "light red" once. Pink, kiddo. That's just pink.

Looks like we're agreeing! I listened to that Radiolab episode a while back and I remember them on a quest to find someone with more cones in their eyes than the normal person. As a designer, I can't really say I recognize more colors, but that I am definitely more aware of them. I get told to make it *darker* or…

It's absolutely a socialized thing. Its a vocabulary thing, as well. While we learn our peaches and lavenders and aquamarines, boys are given orange and purple and green things to play with.

My mom was real lucky when she had me, in that as a high school teacher she had only 5 days left in the semester when I popped out. And she took the full summer off and then the allotted 16 weeks and then left her job for another one.

I'm way more into the minipeeps at the NY Daily News link.

Psst, her name is spelled with a K

Are ya machinin? YUB YUB YUB for some cleanin? YUB YUB YUB

As someone who named her fender stratocaster Cinnamon J. I approve.

Is it ok that I love this movie and am very excited for the television adaptation of Constantine [the acne years]?

This post (AND THAT DRESS OMG YES) made me finally look up Maggie Q who I was surprised to find is part Asian. Or you know, ambiguously ethnic but definitely gorgeous looking ala Rashida Jones.

Get a grip.

Go Aggies!
Can I use my credit for tractor riding classes towards this major?

All I can see when I look at that "graphic" is how much she needs a PR rep. Unless anyone else thinks the CPDIPDFF program is really catchy?