The Canadian equivalent - the Canadian Dolls - cost about $100. By comparison, a Lego Star Wars Millenium Falcon is $150. Now yes, there are cheaper Lego sets, but there are also cheaper dolls. There are always toys out of reach of many kids. Music lessons, competitive sports, and vacation travel are even further out…

If it’s in a bowl then the broccoli I serve with it has to sit on top, touching the mac and cheese. (Or be buried like treasure underneath.). Now, nobody wants that, so on a plate it is.

I think so... A leopard mermaid with octopus arms.

I have worked in engineering for over 20 years, and I am so tired of the type of young male engineers who, in spite of having verifiably limited experience, somehow manage to pull off a swagger of know-how like they’re god’s gift to the process industry. Since men vastly outnumber women in this profession, this study…

Since I’m in the greys, I’m just going to throw this out there, like a bottle in the ocean. No question, or advice needed; just whispering to the cosmos.

Me too :-)

Was Skipper the one that grew - from a little girl into a teenager? I remember taking her apart to see how it worked. I didn’t figure it out though ‘cause I panicked that my mom would be mad because I’d broken it on purpose. I had to wrap her middle in masking tape to keep her together afterwards, and then her clothes…

Enough with all the pop culture love for this pope! People seem to forget that he’s still Catholic, and all that means.

I’m fairly confident to say that your child will not be devient because you watched crime shows. Nor will the allergy meds be why they don’t get into Yale.

Don't underestimate the effects of the hormones now and after baby is born. Be sure to cut yourself lots of slack!

So sorry for your loss.

I may have to find myself a biography of Mr. Barnum.

Happy birthday! By all means take the wine to celebrate! Husband turned 50 on Wednesday. I’m younger than him, but not far behind. I’m liking my 40's, finally feeling like an adult. But I start to feel old when I think of people I used to know, like teachers, whom I thought were “gettin’ up there” when I knew them.…

So true. I started taking Cipralex a while back. I actually don’t really know if it’s an antidepressant or an anxiety drug or what. My doctor prescribed it to help deal with the over the top angry moods I was having with PMS. It just took everything down a notch (or ten) and the background noise of worry that had…

Half Magic, by Edward Eager.I think I borrowed it from the school library at least once a year all through grade school. The Anne of Green Gables books were favourites too. I still break out Anne of the Island occasionally when I want a soothing read. It’s a bit like visiting with old friends.

I read this for a university English class twenty years ago and found it bleak and depressing. But might have to revisit it...

The Cruel Sea. (Does that count as a classic? Only published in 1951, but the author is dead.) follows the Corvette escorts of the WWII convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Sorry you’re not feeling better...

It's truly much easier than knitting.

The beginning of this makes me think of a Dalek in a dress.