I, for one, am very grateful for you mentioning the annoyance of the lack of time specification in cooking instructions. I will recommend your post to other like-minded folks.

Be careful about letting small children know what a "pregnant" woman looks like - it can easily lead to inappropriate "are you pregnant?" questions to women who are not pregnant.

So where exactly is this dumpster? Has anything else been placed on top of it? Asking for a friend ... a very, very hungry friend who loves cake and frosting.

Oh my goodness - I didn't know you were posting on here dear! I promise I will go through my mail stack tomorrow.

One important 'i' short of a light bulb.

That is interesting. I waited tables for a summer in a national park and we had a lot of foreign visitors, some who tipped, some who didn't. Normally I came out far ahead, but I wonder how this rule plays out in reality (is it for one night or over the course of a pay period)? I still tipped out the bar based on the…

I can't even get the auto-flush toilets to work correctly, there is no way in hell I would trust my privacy to a sensor. File under technology we don't need.

This was the FIRST year of "team" figure skating. Where all the skaters from one nation were competing as a unit. (a la gymnastics), hence the additional flag waving by the group.

This is what happens when you insist on straight male interior designers.

I feel like the "no flushing toilet paper" is the most normal thing about the Sochi Olympics. I have seen this a decent hotels in Greece and Italy - I didn't realize the trash can method would surprise global reporters. It is all the other insanity that makes this interesting.

I think she needs to read up on what she is putting in her mouth - those super-absorbent crystals aren't great to be touching, let alone eating.

My diagnosis is desperate for fame, in layman's terms, a famewhore.

When my grandmother had to move into assisted living, she was trying out the group activities they offered. I asked her how it was going and she said "They use a dictionary when they play scrabble. Who can play with people like that?"

I asked for no engagement ring and selected a nice diamond band that is great for day to day wear. And it came from a jeweler, it just isn't an engagement ring.

Hah! I had the same exact thought. Keep the stories coming, you people are making me feel like parent of the year (which is a nice change to the "omg we are screwing everything up" feeling I usually have as a parent).

Haha! me too. Even when his vitriol is directed my way, at least it is funny.

Check out websites like sweepstakes advantage or about.com's sweepstakes pages to get started. I was unemployed for about 8 months and I entered contests about 1 hr/day and won a netbook and cash :) and lots and lots of little stuff. It wasn't anything to live off of, but it did make me feel like I was contributing…