On sets, they're always after people not to leave their water bottles around because they don't want them to end up ruining a shot. So when this happened, I think everyone who has ever worked on a set had a good laugh about it. Especially since it's so period-inappropriate.

I love this! Your Mom sounds super cool.

Do what you feel comfortable with. For me, family is one of those things where I have to really trust my gut. If I have an uneasy feeling about a gathering, for example, I just don't go. My mom and older bro are alcoholic and have breaks with reality. (It's never clear if they drink to self-medicate for mental…

Hey Jezzies, any recommendations for inexpensive under-eye night creams?

Couldn't this just be about following celebrity culture in general? A lot of the people I know who are into celeb culture to the point where they follow the progress of someone's "bump" and "recovery" are unhappy in their own lives. Instead of trying to make a change, or putting effort into meeting people & being part…

Taking micro- and macro- economics can really teach people how to think and be more informed voters. A lot of people vote based on scare tactic ads without knowing what a graduated tax system actually is, or how the treasury really operates, for example. I also think that history, when taught properly, really teaches…

Well I was thinking in terms of lifeguards employed public beaches*, or the types of inexpensive day camps run by towns and cities. So in my mind, it would be a parks department expense. I'm not sure why, if this is an issue and Moms keep getting arrested, cities can't designate a park to have a program where someone…

I mean, I don't really see how it's any different from employing lifeguards or camp counselors if you think about it that way. Everything we do in life involves risk, it's better than municipalities spending money to jail Moms and place their kids in the system. If these kids are going to foster care, someone is going…

You know how they have crossing guards posted near schools? And bus monitors on buses? Why don't they create something similar for parks. So kids could play without parental supervision, but there would still be a person there to call 911 if one of them got hurt, and make sure no predators were approaching them.…

My aunt and uncle had eight kids. He was a doctor, she kept her nursing certification current and occasionally worked. When they first got married my grandparents helped out a lot with the kids. I grew up in a very Catholic area, some people had 6+ kids but they also knew from a young age that they wanted big…

I think it's one of those grass is always greener on the other side of the fence things. When I was a kid, there were some attempts to portray the Kennedys as "America's Royal Family" but they've all kind of managed to eff things up in recent years. (Caroline: failed political career - Patrick: drunk-ass shenanigans -…

Now I just feel sad about the state of these people's careers. And what's with the hair situation on Queen Hurley's King (King Consort?)? Poor things.

I love Kathryn Hahn! I like your idea about Anne Hathaway too. I think Jonah Hill would make an okay Nicely Nicely, actually...

OMG I love Guys & Dolls. They really need to do that.

This just seems like Land's End doesn't know their market very well. Land's End seems to appeal to middle class women who drive minivans. Not horny young men. So it's a weird magazine to give away. Martha Stewart Living or Oprah would make way more sense.

If a small child gets up in dog's face, even a well-trained dog might bite them. They need to work something out so this can be a safe space for everyone.

That's so weird and disappointing to read! When my parents used one with my (older) brother they were living in the middle of nowhere, NH, and I think they used it to save money. This was ages ago, though.

I was thinking the end market for diaper fraud would be more like the shady stores in my area that sell a lot of things that clearly, uh, fell of the back of the truck. There's actually a huge gray-black market for some products (Tide is an example) and it wouldn't surprise me if diapers were also in that category.…

My parents used a service when my brother was a baby. So they weren't doing the washing themselves. I wonder if that still exists?

Oh, I was kidding. But it is kind of funny to think that some kids who were reading and writing HP fanfic in the early 2000s now have bachelor's and master's degrees.