A couple summers ago I met an English guy who was spending the year backpacking/bussing all over the States. Basically he made a list of all the cities he wanted to see over here and then just turned up at bars, relying on college kids to offer him a couch or spare bed. It seemed to be working pretty well for him; I…

Haha! Exactly what I thought of when I heard the random Steve shout-out. I hope this means Gaga is a Conchords fan.

This, x1000. I instantly think less of anyone who's rude to waitstaff. I don't think there's a better litmus test for the quality of someone's character than how they treat people in service jobs.

I got the idea that prior to Hogwarts, wizarding education is largely homeschool-based, isn't it? With seven kids, Molly would pretty much have to stay home. As for Narcissa, she came from a wealthy family and married into another wealthy family; not that unusual for her to choose not to work. Like Lavenderfields was…

Consider the typical audience of TED talks though. I'm also annoyed that this can be presented as something novel when I think most women look at it and think, "well, duh," but if this guy acts as a gateway for his male audience members to finally give some thought to what feminists have been saying all along... I'll…

Prescription pills are legal - and expensive. Addicts rob pharmacies all the time, or come up with more creative means (check fraud, identity theft) to afford them. It's awfully shortsighted to think that legalizing drugs will wipe out crimes associated with them.

Seconding Justlove2. Medically speaking it IS an abortion, but because that word is so loaded the term "missed miscarriage" is used in cases where it was involuntary.

+1 for separate beds. When my husband is awake, I love him. When he's splayed out over the bed, sleeping diagonally, stealing the blankets, randomly flailing his limbs (I have been elbowed and kicked numerous times), I loathe him.

This is what I've started doing for my husband. He is also a chronic last minute packer, and I quickly learned that it's much less stressful - for both of us - for me to just do it the night before. Any annoyance I feel about having to pack two suitcases the night before is easier to get over than being annoyed at him…

I also hate "DH" (just say "husband" and we'll make the safe assumption that he's dear to you) and "hubby." Baby bump doesn't bother me nearly as much as "preggers" and "preggo" do.

How often do you look at fashion ads? I got the parody the first time I saw it on TV and thought it was hilarious, but maybe that's because I read Vogue (et al.) and quickly recognized the tropes they were lampooning.

That IS the message. It's totally in keeping with what Target's been doing lately with collaborating with high fashion designers to sell at Target-level prices. It just seems to have flown right over Doug Barry's head while he was making his "hurrhurr ejaculating cakes" joke.

I don't see these as misogynistic at all, or even as continuing stereotypes. Isn't it more stereotypical for the woman to need a man to change a light bulb? I don't see anything wrong with showing a woman changing a light bulb. That's pretty normal for an adult, man or woman. Baking cupcakes for a PTA bake sale? Okay,…

No problem! I basically had the same reaction as you when I saw her in Freaks & Geeks a few years ago and HAD to look it up. Always happy to share my discoveries. :)

It's a nickname for Elizabeth, although obviously an infrequently used one. Probably a derivation of Betsy?

You posted exactly what I came here to write, only more articulately!

To be fair, Adele is a pretty tough act to follow.

Yes! Both of them only knew their respective women when they were young and never actually had a romantic relationship with them. And yet they still think they have some sort of "claim" over them. Snape less so than Baelish (at least he didn't directly contribute to killing James Potter), but they're both still creepy…

I agree with you on Shoshanna's. I think she'd be better suited to hot pink. She has a lot of that color around her apartment, if I remember correctly.

Nah, I wear a D cup and I think it's weird too. Especially when it's hot out.