Just to make people smile because... I'm all a-sniffle:

Remember when she did "Runaway Love" with Ludacris? I feel like she makes a point to make the hurting feel less alone and I just love her for it.

You can always tell when someone gets it. This is a heartbreaking song and video that documents a reality that most people would rather ignore.

I wasn't ready....

Holy shit this is awesome.

Wow, I want to elope and have two culture weddings now.

Mine, too!

Shaming all the other women who would rather not shave above the knee on their wedding day.

A wonderful piece about the search for the scent of the Nile: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/…

Because I truly believe Tilda Swinton to be either a vampire or a being like Orlando, I will answer that I think it takes centuries.

"Unfortunately there are reasons why people don't take victims seriously and Janice displays them all."

Exactly. All we're doing is defining the woman it's safer to hunt.

"Attention-seeking" seems to me to be applied to people who are really seeking......comfort. Reassurance. Solace. Aid. But when it's women doing it, it just gets changed to.....something vaguely sleazy.

Noooo, Jill Scott! I thought you were Golden, but your words are Getting In The Way of my long-held admiration of you. Whatever. I think it might be time you took A Long Walk and figure out why you're So In Love with the idea of defending this creep.

Fine. Janice has a reputation for attention-seeking behavior. But she also, from all accounts, has a reputation for being a brutal truth-teller who speaks it like it is. She doesn't owe it to you to be a perfect victim.

I was about to say I will never feel guilty about singing along to this or Last Christmas, damn the haters. Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" can die a fiery holiday death, though. If I could make it through the holidays without hearing a single note of that song, I'd be a happy person. My family knows ... I…

Yup.

THIS HAS SHATTERED MY TRUST IN THE ST. LOUIS POLICE DEPARTMENT!