Is Evil Week coming soon? This makes me ready for it to be here!

My single biggest trigger, actually, is if I have to scrimp until my next paycheck. I grew up very poor, and although I have a healthy income now I really react to that sensation of "OMG I CAN'T SPEND ANYTHING NO MONIESSSS".

Every word of this . . .

Two-thirds of my childhood toy collection just stood up to take a bow.

Too funny!

It is! This is from White Collar, which I *love*. Not high art, but the kind of show where the characters are genuinely amiable and quippy.

Someone find that giggling intern, take away the spreadsheet, and buy them a damn drink! Excellent white-hat trolling!

I wish to assert my Fifth Amendment rights.

And now I'm floored.

What a gently classy way to address this.

I'll go one better . . . we have a light without a switch.

Now that right there is super. A true American hero. Someone give that man a flag to carry and a star on his chest.

Unrepentant Georgia homer, but I think #12 is a bit high for us. Too much uncertainty for me—I think the 20s would have been better, particularly since we have Clemson and USC in the first two weeks, and a lackluster performance will have brutal effects on the ranking.

You might also say, 'it's not my job to go see "Bridesmaids" or "What's Your Number" or "Zero Dark Thirty"' to convince movie studios that female-directed/led/oriented movies are worth making.

My brother is a nurse in Atlanta, and I will admit I'm a little worried about it*. Not in an active way, but in a worst-case-scenario-House-cold-open-things-go-wrong way, only because he'd be in one of those high-exposure occupations if an outbreak did happen.

Whelp, that's coffee on the keyboard.

Good advice, but it cracked me up. I stocked up on survival stuff before Sandy hit because I figured Manhattan would be okay but those of us in the boroughs might be reduced to semi-barbarism for a few days.

I did the basics—towel bar, etc, but didn't realize the HUGE impact the shower head and toilet seat swaps made. In a fit of luxurious spending I splurged on about $40 for each (hey, I'm swanky like that), and now visitors come out of the bathroom talking about how wonderful and relaxing their showers are.

You are not alone.

No no no no no. A thousand times no. Keep your lids UP.