Yep. Husband used to be pretty large during childhood/young adulthood, and so used to be called Big Ted (not his real name). Even though he's said before that he's fine with me calling him Ted, I know how it rankles him when others call him that. So I never do, and call him by his proper name (that is, Theodore).

I live in Atlanta (um, obviously), and though there are some bike lanes, we have a very car-centric culture here. However, there are also people in need of bike-riding etiquette. Bikers do not share the sidewalk with pedestrians; they share the street, and therefore must follow traffic and right-of-way laws. I…

Rawr.

I saw them filming Anchorman 2 in downtown Atlanta. They were filming in Woodruff Park (but it's supposed to be Central Park/NYC). The funny part about them filming there is they had to bring in a bunch of trees to cover up the giant playground structure that spells out ATL. I did see Will Ferrell in a leisure…

I have to say, though, that weird villain-y smile he did? Very good and convincingly creepy.

Just got back from it. The story could have been so much better! I get that they were trying to make Ben more of a 'cerebral' villain, because that's his strong suit is portraying smart guys. But the vengeance backstory was awful.

I can't stand to cook with my rings on. And my fingers swell at night, so I take off my rings so I don't wake up with throbbing fingers.

I think that's an elliptical. And if it is, balance really isn't as critical as, say, on a treadmill-it's not like she's going to misstep and go flying off. Maybe she's just rocking out? I don't judge-I work out at home so I can watch whatever I want on the elliptical as I HAAATE working out and I need something to…

I had to move out of a place because of the noise above me. Think 2 people walking around and 2 large dogs jumping around because they could go outside right above me on the wooden floor at 6:00 am. That wasn't the only reason I moved (it was a studio and I got tired of how tiny it was), but I couldn't sleep with…

Last night, I had leftover gravy from a previous meal. I made a baked potato in the microwave so I could have potatoes and gravy. OH MY GOD SO GOOD.

When I can, I try to cook 3-4 times a week. My husband and I just eat whatever is around otherwise (crackers for me, peanuts for him) if I'm not cooking, and he's surprisingly nice about it when I say that I just can't cook that night. We have a budget for food of $100 a week. We keep to this by shopping at Aldi a…

Oooh I do! I know this is really common, but when I need to clean, I'll watch it to give me motivation.

That medieval surgery sounds really cool! What books are you reading on this topic?

I just finished 'Heads in Beds,' a memoir by a man who worked as a front-desk hotel clerk. Non-fiction-wise, I'm reading 'In the Garden of Beasts,' about a US ambassador to Germany on the cusp of World War II. I'm also reading the third in 'The Hangman's Daughter' series, to give myself a little break from the Nazis.

I've been reading (and MUST finish tonight or else it'll be overdue) the book 'The Year of Learning Dangerously' by Quinn Cummings, about her adventures home-schooling her daughter. She is a former child actress (on The Goodbye Girl, where she and her mother have to live with Richard Dreyfuss) and is a really funny…

I simply can't wear my wedding/engagement rings at night. I don't know if my hands swell while I sleep, but they get so uncomfortable! I have a specific location I put them when I take them off at night. I also work in a lab environment, so I have a spot in my desk drawer at work where I keep my rings while I'm…

Aw, thanks! By 'gallery' do you mean an art show? That sounds awesome!

Me! Well, more like hitting my dissertation proposal...I've been working on this thing for months and this is the first time it's all together and I can finally determine if it sounds cohesive or if it's in bits and pieces. I busted it out today and wrote 3 pages (it's now almost 10), mostly of proposed experiments.

I deleted a comment basically saying what you said. This is bullying that goes so far beyond the pale-that your property was rifled through and your innermost thoughts were literally COPIED and posted for your entire (school) world to be used as a source of ridicule. I mean, my god.