This girl I went to college with faked having cancer! She was horrible but everyone was super forgiving of her horribleness because she “had cancer”.

Agreed. I got a pair of litter mates; they are nearly 3 years old now and they still LOVE to play with each other. Often, I realize I am merely an obstacle in their path of rocketing around the house chasing each other. (Also, they are evidence of something mentioned above - I got them because I wanted energetic cats…

I'm actually in LA. And it is definitely only a small, specific slice of L.A. that is like that as well, but I am happily ensconced in that slice. I've chosen my tribe and for the most part, I love it, so it's not so easy to write off everyone who is part of that - these are my close friends, neighbors, colleagues,…

This idea of the "package" is very intriguing to me and it's a good description of what I've attempted to describe to people previously about why I don't want children...

I like the concept... and like even MORE that they said, "It's peeback time."

I think gossip bonding is somewhat common, and actually I can think of one situation where a co-worker hurt her career by refusing to partake. If any gossip came up around her, she would always say, "I prefer not to discuss others; I would rather we not gossip" or something similar. Which was very lovely and…

Oh geez. That is tough. Usually I have a rule - if I'm writing an email with anything even a little sensitive, I imagine that it's going to get forwarded to the person I LEAST want it to get forwarded to, and I read it as if I were them. Usually this leads to me either rephrasing what I'm writing (switching from "if…

I like Cameron Diaz, but I am not really sad at all that there is one fewer celebrity in the world contributing her thoughts and musings to the world at large.

I agree with this totally, although I'll also add that if you're generally a type-A / highly motivated person, maybe check in with someone to make sure your goals are realistic.

It's Wisconsin, that IS pro.

WOW. That could have been such a sweet gesture but nice to know she was really bitter about it. In my imagination, she threw them at the ground at your bride's feet.

A "rumpled beatnik" who happens to have perfect brows and the most flawless skin I've ever seen? If you think that's "rumpled", allow me to introduce you to the clothes I picked up off the floor and put on to wear to work this morning.

Agreed. Adding to my confusion is that are always some companies that respond to the pressure, so you hear all these people saying "OMG SULFATES" and then you start seeing "Sulfate Free!" on the bottles at the store, and you begin to wonder... have I been a fool all along? Is this actually a thing? Or are they just…

Running a shop and museum sounds pretty dismal if there are only 3 other people there.

Yup, I discovered this website years ago and figured out a combo of ingredients I like that is under 600 calories. Still not SUPER healthy (due to sodium etc) but it's really not hard to figure out how to eat a delicious and still not too terrible meal.

As The Onion once said, "If we don't preserve freedom of speech, how will we know who the assholes are??"

Are you... me?? I recall having a very similar conversation with my mom at a young age. I magnetically drawn to the store because I thought, "Wow, everything you need for nutrition! In ONE STORE!"

"...spending the evening at the new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts or the LA Opera."

Haha awesome! Gosh I feel old - this was more than a decade ago, late 2003 or early 2004. Once I realized who he was, I definitely was a bit starstruck and also somehow worried that he would know I had downloaded all of his music illegally from BearShare and featured his lyrics regularly in my AIM away messages...

Once when I was in college, I went on a date with some guy and then got back to the dorms and felt the need to over-analyze the whole thing with some friends. So, I went and pounded on their door, which they opened juuuust wide enough for me to squeeze in.