I love you. I am covered in yogurt and snot and I may have a lego permanently embedded in my heel, and I love you.

I love the pants off that movie.

American in Australia. Second this. Also for Americans who might be curious, what we call tomato sauce is generally called Passata here (and in the UK, I believe).

In defense of those people who got offended, when I took my now-three year old to his eight week pediatrician appointment the guy gave me hell because he had gained weight too quickly and told me to feed him on a strict schedule and not on demand. I was blown away. The kid was born at 7 lbs and had gained half a…

I was just thinking "EEP! Did all those people think I was going to steal their stores' stuff?" That happens to me all the time!

I am feeling pretty soft toward Cohen right now and I have been examining my decidedly emotional response toward this story. I think it has to do with the fact that most of the stories we hear about famous or powerful men and paternity have to do with vigorous denial even in the face of DNA proof. In fact, lots of the…

Your comment just gave me the shivers. You are definitely speaking the truth. Once they've "othered" her, she loses her right to the protection and consideration afforded other young girls. It's the same sort of creepy sexualized thinking that permeates this whole conversation.

I'm all for any excuse to use the Bonn.

That is really interesting and not something I had ever considered. Thanks for pointing it out.

Depressing, ain't it? I ate two, count 'em, TWO cheeseburgers a day for a period of over a year when I first moved to NYC as a skinny young sprite. (Not to gain weight. Just 'cause I liked cheeseburgers). And people constantly made remarks about how I needed to eat, or how much nicer I'd look if I had bigger boobs.…

My husband's job brings us into contact with fancy famous people and when I was in the hospital after having my son I had flower arrangements from all sorts of ridiculous people (at least here in Australia). And the fun kept coming. We are both pretty low key people and we got Gucci baby shoes, all sorts of fancy…

Same boat. I have been awful in the past. Once broke up with a guy who spelled coup d'etat "coo de ta." Because it would have embarrassed me to have to explain it to him and he said he was a history major. Lost interest when I went to a guy's apartment and he had no books but an impressive collection of surfing…

Not a doctor here, but my understanding is that acetaminophen and alcohol play horribly together. You risk liver damage if you have too much acetaminophen (Tylenol) with alcohol (or even alone). Ibuprofen is better, but not without risk. Not something you'd want to do long term. It apparently affects the kidneys, but…

Oh crud.

Well you just ruined my evening. Quite. I am an American expat in Australia and I have blithely been using quite in my usual way for the past 6 years, while people all around me are hearing something else entirely. Gah. I thought I'd finally figured it all out.

I also love the stinky squid. But the laternea pusilla is my fave. MushroomExpert.com describes them as "like Sauron's great eye." Sadly, I have never actually seen one. I just realized the taxinomical family of the stinkhorns is Phallacea. Which kind of ties back to the horrible self-mutilation on shrooms story. Ah,…

You just made me laugh out loud! "The crazy penis mangling dude on mushrooms made me think of you!!!" Hee. Anyhow, I thought of you. I went for a walk this morning and saw some amazing stinkhorn fungi. Covered with flies, no less. I took pics but I have no idea how to upload on Kinja.

They are also my platonic friends!

Thank you. She repelled and attracted me in equal measures as a child. Fascinated me. And here I forgot her in my old age. Poor Childlike Empress.

Oh please somebody quick remind me what movie this image is from. It's going to drive me INSANE.