Personally, I'm wondering if Mel Gibson didn't see this and have a lightbulb moment. "Drugged! I was ... I was drugged! That's the ticket. Yes, drugged by the Star Whackers." (But all said in a Jon Lovitz voice.) And cue press conferences.

@Goldbunny86: My mom is *always* up in my personal space. My husband and I are trying really hard not to repeat that with our daughter. And you make a good point about kids being forced into hugs. Which is creepy, and as a society we seem to extra-expect it from young girls. We try to say, "Would you like to give X a…

@heymisslayla: True, but I also don't think we should rush into a woman president just to say we have one. That sort of thinking might just end in the words President Palin. *shudder*

@the misanthropologist (aka heavymetalkarma): My understanding was that the tobacco lobby had a large hand in it, as they saw it as competition.

@bluebears: That reminds me. I need to send my alma mater 10 bucks to cover a ticket and free my transcript.

@Morning Gloria: I have a mental image of Jezzies frantically patching the internet with duct tape, trying to hold it together, so we get more of your writing.

@harperleebowitz: I wanted for smack Kors for that squeeze into it comment. Dissing Mondo's dress and a fat joke about Heidi freaking Klum? I really want Mondo to make one for her so she can wear it.

@Martita: Hey, if their protest saves me from having an asthma attack at the mall, I'm down with it.

@this_mad_woman: I know. I just really wish that part of Marie Claire's apology was to have Nina come down and give Kelly a PR style dressing down, complete with eyerolling and asking her to explain herself. And then have it put up on YouTube.

My mom tried a juice fast a couple of months ago. The first few hours weren't bad, because she doesn't usually eat breakfast anyway. Then she had a glass of juice and went back to bed and slept the rest of the day. Next morning? Giant breakfast with a cup of coffee and a vow to never do that again.

Any word on where Nina Garcia stands on all of this? She's pretty much the only person at Marie Claire I know of or care about, and even that's only because of Project Runway. (Which I'm not watching right now, because I have no tv and have to wait for it to go up on the website. Argh.)

@MissyMcCLung: Tish is a perfectly valid shortening of Letitia. And, if you're Gomez Addams, of Morticia.

@Batousi: Here you go: [smittenkitchen.com]

I love it for the bottle, if nothing else. But how does it actually taste? Because my mom gets this chocolate/tequila liquor and it's... it tastes like chocolate and burning, basically.

@jespree: There's what that needs to be in my alcoholstream? Oh man. I must find some. Ooooh... I wonder how it would be in a vodka pie crust...

@screaming_on_the_inside: Really? I've been debating that stuff for ages. Maybe I'll finally give it a shot.

@you've got red on you: Nope, not alone. It was my first thought as well.

@angizzle: That professor is nicer than one of mine. He was giving us the standard "if you miss the test, you're screwed speech" and told us he once had a student ask for a make-up exam because student was in jail at the time of the test. Professor's response? That's terrible, but no make-up becuase it was something…

Everytime I see a kitten, all I can think is, "Oh I can't wait to have another baby in the house! Purring, and being small enough to share my pillow without smothering me."

@AvalonBright: Have you thought about volunteering with a local shelter? A lot of places need people to come in and keep the animals socialized.